title: [Data mining-based research on regularities and characteristics of application of moxibustion therapy for different clinical disorders].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the regularities and characteristics of application of moxibustion therapy for different clinical problems or diseases by using data mining technique.
  
  
  METHODS
  A database on moxibustion therapy was established first by collection, sorting, screening, recording, collation, data extraction of the related literatures published in recent 60 years. By analyzing the appearance-frequency of clinical disorders treated by moxibustion and their effective rates, the regularities and characteristics were summed up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Moxibustion therapy has been used to treat 193 types of clinical disorders or diseases up to now, mostly in internal medicine for 72 types (accounting for 37%). Of the collected 2 516 articles about moxibustion therapy, 1 107 are for problems of the internal medicine, accounting for 44% ; those of facial paralysis and uroschesis are 139 and 108 respectively. The second and third mostly seen articles are surgery and gynecology respectively. Analysis on the therapeutic effect showed that moxibustion therapy is effective for relieving many types of clinical conditions or diseases, particularly those of pediatrics, surgery and dermatology. By taking both the appearing frequency and efficacy into account, analysis on the therapeutic effect shows that a total of 29 types of clinical disorders are preferably treated by moxibustion, including 12 types (41. 4%) attributed to the department of internal medicine, 10 types (34. 5%) to the department of surgery, 2 types to the department of dermatology, 3 types to the department of gynecology, one to the pediatrics and one to the department of five-organs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Moxibustion therapy is effective for many clinical disorders, particularly for those of the department of internal medicine and surgery.
authors: Zhan-na
authors: ZN
authors: Tan
authors: Chun-sheng
authors: CS
authors: Jia
authors: Jian-ling
authors: JL
authors: Wang
authors: Bo-ying
authors: BY
authors: Li
authors: Xue-liang
authors: XL
authors: Zhu
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Shi
authors: Yan- hui
authors: Y
authors: Sun
authors: Xiao-feng
authors: XF
authors: Li
authors: Xuan-ping
authors: XP
authors: Zhang
authors: Xin
authors: X
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D057225:Data Mining; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion