Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi. 2000 Sep; 17(3): 316-9.

[Recognition of multiple information of human auricular points by linear model]

Goa J, Shi X, Wang J, Zhu B, Hu Z, Yu M, Zhong Y, Xing J.

Institute of Biomedical Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093.

The three variables of the electric characteristic of human auricular points can be regarded as observed targets that reflect the physiologic or pathologic changes. Medical principle design follows the theory of the channels and collaterals and the viscera-state doctrine of traditional Chinese medicine and that of the pattern recognition. The linear integration model can be established by drawing the characteristic variables of the correlation groups of the auricular points and applying the multi-variable normalization. With this model, the recognition of the three variations of the auricular points can be of use for differential diagnosis. In this paper, the test to identify the cases of Upper-Digestive tract achieves good result. This research, based on the integration of modern science with traditional Chinese medicine, provides a method for building the specialist system of the auricular point diagnosis, and probably has some prospect in clinical application.