An Analysis of the Network of Interactions among Medicinal Herbs and Their Uses

본초 상호작용 관계망 분석 및 활용 방향

  • Lee, Jeong-Hyeon (Medical History & Literature Group, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
  • Kwon, Oh-Min (Medical History & Literature Group, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
  • 이정현 (한국한의학연구원 문헌연구그룹) ;
  • 권오민 (한국한의학연구원 문헌연구그룹)
  • Received : 2013.03.19
  • Accepted : 2013.04.03
  • Published : 2013.04.30

Abstract

Objectives : The aim of this research is to produce information by gathering up the data on the interaction between medicinal herbs which lie scattered in oriental medical books, and to provide people with easy access to the information by visualizing it. Methods : For this purpose, this study established the fundamental data by organizing the patterns of interaction into some kinds after selecting a part of Bonchogangmok(本草綱目) and extracting its text. In addition, in an effort to visualize the data, the study converted the data into 'net' file and visualized the interaction between medicinal herbs on Pajek. The visualization was done targeting a total of three patterns, such as 1 medicinal herb, 2 medicinal herbs, and 1 prescription. With the data on 'Chinese Lacquer(乾漆)' for 1 medicinal herb, data on 'Licorice(甘草)' and 'Chinese Lacquer(乾漆)' for 2 medicinal herbs, and data on 'Iijin-tang(二陳湯)' for prescription, the research conducted the analysis of the network using 'Kamada-Kawaii Algorithm' on Pajek. Results : As a result of the analysis, it was possible to see the meanings at a single glance as the scattered and fractional meanings were integrated with focus on medicinal herbs, but the increasing number of analyzed medicinal herbs tended to more and more complicate their relationships, thus, requiring additional work like filtering. Conclusions : Such results are fairly applicable in on-line database, and it is judged that if further research expands its scope to include systematic classification of medicinal herbs or cover other medical books than Bonchogangmok, it will create more objective, abundant information.

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