An expert system for injured vital energy channels diagnosing

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Baronas, Romas | Dičiūnas, Valdas | Norgėla, Stanislovas | Vaicekauskas, Rimantas

Affiliations: Faculty of Mathematics, Vilnius University, 232006 Vilnius, Naugarduko St.24, Lithuania

Abstract: In this report an expert system AKU for diagnostics in acupuncture is described. The injured vital energy channels can be diagnosed using three independent methods: inquiring, Ryodoraku test and Akabane test. The inquiring is constructed as a set of trees whose internal vertices are questions while the leaves are the symptoms of diseases. The production rules describe the correspondence between the symptoms and the state of vital energy “qi” in the channels. AKU is realized by IBM PC computer and used for acupuncture treatment. The program is coded in Turbo Prolog.

Keywords: acupuncture, medical diagnostics, vital energy channels, expert systems

DOI: 10.3233/INF-1990-1208

Journal: Informatica, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 121-124, 1990