Appendix XVI
Internet Links from
Phil Rogers
DATA MINING AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING IN TCM
Phil Rogers MVB, MRCVS,
1 Esker Lawns, Lucan,
Dublin, Ireland
Professionals need to update technical information relevant to their interests. They must know how to find new material and select the most relevant for study. Information technology (IT) offers busy professionals the most effective and speedy answers to many technical queries. Last year, PubMed Medline added more than 637K new titles. Assuming that each title had circa 4 pages of text, this represents >2.5M pages of text in the journals. If one adds text in non-Medline resources and new books, one can estimate that output of medically-related material exceeds >3.5M pages per year.
Classical ways to find data needed to solve medical problems include:
(a) searching hardcopy textbooks, journals and professional commercial
literature;
(b) visiting trusted colleagues, or networking through them;
(c) attendance at professional conferences and workshops. Against timeconstraints
due to a busy practice and family- or social- commitments, all of these ways are problematic.
This paper will discuss ways to mine digital technical data and to network internationally with colleagues in areas related to TCM, including:
(a) Live demonstrations of the use of free online databases (Medline and Cornell Consultant);
(b) Other specialist databases in TCM, acupuncture, herbal medicine and homeopathy, such as
Acubriefs, Acuxo, Yinyanghouse, ITM Online,
Sunten (Taiwan)
Mayfair Medical (HK)
(c) Membership of closed professional International Email Discussion Lists (such as PVA-L, PA-L, EVHMA, VBMA, ChineseHerbAcademy, Traditional_Chinese_Medicine List, etc);
(d) Use of WWW Search Engines, especially Google Advanced and Baidu (Chinese);
(e) Use of Copernic Desktop Search and online (free) translation (“Google Translate” and “Altavista Babelfish”) from European languages (German, French, etc) to English or from Oriental languages to English;
(f) Use of commercial Chinese / Japanese / Korean Translation Software (Wenlin and NJStar)., TCMAssistant
Bookmark these Online Reference Sources:
ChineseHerbAcademy
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/chineseherbacademy/
Cornell Consultant (Vet Diagnostic Aid)
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/consultant/Consult.asp
EVHMA (European Vet Herbal Med Assoc)
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/EVHMA/
Google Desktop Search
http://desktop.google.com/
PA-L (Professional Acupuncture List)
http://users.med.auth.gr/~karanik/english/pa-l/paltips.html
PVA-L
http://users.med.auth.gr/~karanik/english/pva-l/pvalgen.html
Traditional_Chinese_Medicine List
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Traditional_Chinese_Medicine/
VBMA (Vet Bot Med Assoc)
http://www.vbma.org/
Acuxo
http://acuxo.com/
Altavista Babelfish Translator
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Acubriefs
http://www.acubriefs.com/
Baidu Search (Chinese);
http://www.baidu.com/gaoji/advanced.html
Copernic Desktop Search
http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/index.html
Google Advanced Search
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?
;
Google Scholar Advanced Search (Peerreviewed data)
http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search?hl=en&lr=
Google Translate
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en
ITM Online
http://www.itmonline.org/
Mayfair Medical (HK)
http://www.mayfairmed.com/newmf/eng/products.asp
Medline
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
NJStar Translation Software
http://www.njstar.com/
Sunten (Taiwan)
http://www.suntenglobal.com/products/main01.php?main_id=3&sub_id1=5
TCMAssistant [by Subscription only]
http://www.tcmassistant.com/search/index.asp
Wenlin Chinese Translation Software
http://www.wenlin.com/
Yinyanghouse
Acupuncture Channel Data http://www.acupuncture.com.au/education/meridians/meridians.html
Acupuncture for Lung: Rootdown (USA) http://www.rootdown.us/Search.aspx search Type=3&query=lung
Acupuncture Point Data http://www.acupuncture.com.au/education/acupoints/points.html
Acupuncture.com http://www.acupuncture.com/ Acupuncture-Zangfu Data http://www.acupuncture.com.au/education/zangfu/zangfu.html
Articles on TCM [Blue Poppy] http://www.bluepoppy.com/press/download/press_articles.cfm
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Index [U Maryland] http://www.umm.edu/altmed/index.html
Damo Herbs (Herb Classes on right-hand side) http://herb.damo-qigong.net/ Dietary Supplements [Malaysian Herb Database]http://content.nhiondemand.com/moh/media/dsmain.asp?ctype=ds
Drug Details [Herb-Drug.com] http://www.herb-drug.com/drugs/
Drug Dictionary http://alternativehealing.org/drug_dictionary.htm
Drug-Nutrient Interactions & Depletions [Malaysian Herb Database]
http://content.nhiondemand.com/moh/media/intmain.asp
English-Chinese Medical Dictionary Online (Esaurus) http://www.esaurus.org/
Ethnoveterinary Research Database: Listings by http://bcics.uvic.ca/bcethnovet/database.php?by=animal
Ethnoveterinary Research Database: Listings by Disease
http://bcics.uvic.ca/bcethnovet/database.php?by=disease
Health Conditions A to Z (TCM Patterns) [Malaysian Herb Database]
http://content.nhiondemand.com/moh/media/tcmmain.asp?ctype=tcmhc
Health Conditions A to Z [Malaysian Herb Database]
http://content.nhiondemand.com/moh/media/hcmain.asp?ctype=hc
Health Conditions by signs and symptoms [U Maryland]
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsLookups/Symptoms.html
Health Problems & Herbs to help http://alternativehealing.org/list_of_health_problems.htm
Herb / Supplement Interactions [U Maryland] http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsLookups/InteractionsByHerbSupp.html
Herb Data http://www.acupuncture.com.au/education/herbs/herbs.html
Herb Data – Anticancer Herbs http://www.fzrm.com/anticancer 20herbs/anticancer_chinese_herb.htm
Herb Data – Herbal Extracts http://www.fzrm.com/herbextracts.htm
Herb Data (Drug Digest) http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/DVH/Herbs/0,3913,,00.html
Herb Data (Pinyin Name A to N) – in Chinese only
http://www.cnm21.com/00new/asp.asp?id=zhcypy_an
Herb Data (Pinyin Name O to Z) – in Chinese only
http://www.cnm21.com/00new/asp.asp?id=zhcypy_oz
Herb Details - TCM (In Chinese Only!) http://sx.hbttc.org/basic
Herb Details (in Chinese only) [PopTool] http://www.poptool.net/health/cndrug/1.html
Herb Details (in Chinese only) [Spec-G.com (Taiwan)]
http://www.spec-g.com.tw/newherb/HerbList.aspx?
Herb Details [Dictionary of Chinese Herbs] http://alternativehealing.org/chinese_herbs_dictionary.htm
Herb Details ]Sunten (Taiwan)] http://www.suntenglobal.com/products/main01.php?main_id=3&sub_id1=5
Herb Details A to Z [Physiomedical Dispensatory by William Cook MD (1869)]
http://medherb.com/cook/html/cook_VpIndex.htm
Herb Details A to Z by Common Name [Asante Academy of Chinese Herbal Medicine]
http://www.asante-academy.com/a-z-medicines.htm
Herb Details by Herb Function [Chinese Natural Herbs]
http://www.chinesenaturalherbs.com/bulk_functions.html
Herb Details by Latin Name [U Maryland] http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsLookups/Herbs.html
Medicine (NCCAM): Herbs at a Glance Pharmaceutical Monographs [RxMed] http://www.rxmed.com/b.main/b2.pharmaceutical/b2.prescribe.html
Phil Rogers’ Acupuncture Home Page & Links http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/vaplinks.htm
Phil Rogers’ Study Links http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/study.htm
TCM Basics Materia Medica & Acupuncture Data
http://www.tcmbasics.com/materiamedica.htm
TCM Diagnostics http://alternativehealing.org/tcm_diagnosis.htm
WHO Monographs on selected medicinal plants: Vol 1
http://tinyurl.com/43l22
Yahoo Groups: Join Professional Vet Acupuncture List (PVA-L)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PVA-L/join
Yahoo Groups: Join Traditional_Chinese_Medicine Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Traditional_Chinese_Medicine/join
Yahoo Groups: Registration & Sign-in Help http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/edit/
Herb Details by Pinyin Name [Crane Herbs - Spring Wind]
https://www.craneherb.com/web/shared/productlines/productline.aspx?ua=3&id
=22
Herb Details by TCM Pinyin Name [Malaysian Herb Database]
http://content.nhiondemand.com/moh/media/tcmhmain.asp?ctype=tcmh
Herb Details, sorted by Latin Name http://chinesenaturalherbs.com/bulk_latin.html
Herb Details, sorted by Latin Name http://www.herbasin.com/herb/latinsort/a-b-latin.htm
Herb Details, sorted by Pinyin Name http://chinesenaturalherbs.com/bulkherbs_pinyin.html
Herb Details, sorted by Pinyin Name http://www.herbasin.com/herb/pinyisort/a-b-pin.htm
Herb Products [Crane Herbs] http://www.craneherb.com/Products/Product009180
Herbal Formula Details (Kampo, Honsousa) http://honsousa.com/Products/defult_Kampo.htm
Herbal Formula Details [Sunten (Taiwan)] http://www.suntenglobal.com/products/show01.php?ID=1406
Herbal Formula Library [Crane Herbs] https://www.craneherb.com/web/practitioner/custompharmacy/cflibrary.aspx
Herbal Formulas [[Blue Poppy, Practitioners Only – Must Register]
http://www.bluepoppy.com/cfwebstorefb/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.displa
y&category_ID=166
Herbal Formulas [CCMP: Taiwan Government Committee on Chinese Medicine & Pharmacy]
http://www.ccmp.gov.tw/en/information/formula.asp?relno=52&level=C
Herbal Formulas by TCM Pinyin Name [Malaysian Herb Database]
http://content.nhiondemand.com/moh/media/tcmfmain.asp?ctype=tcmf
Herbal Formulas for Lung: Rootdown (USA) http://www.rootdown.us/Search.aspx?searchType=2&query=lung
Herbal Materia Medica [TCM Health Info] http://tcm.health^info.org/Herbology.Materia.Medica
Herbal Monographs [RxMed] http://www.rxmed.com/b.main/b3.herb.monos/b3.herbal.html
Herbalgram.org http://www.herbalgram.org
Herb-Drug-Interactions [Google] http://tinyurl.com/2jogor
Herbs for conditions A to Z [Herb China] http://www.herbchina2000.com/t2_index/A.shtml
Herbs for Lung: Rootdown (USA) http://www.rootdown.us/Search.aspx?search
Type=1&query=lung
Herbs for Skin conditions A to Z [Herb China] http://www.herbchina2000.com/t1_contents/26_SK.shtml
Institute for Traditional Medicine http://www.itmonline.org/
Introduction to Chinese Herbology
http://chineseherbacademy.org/herbs1_reader_1. html
National Ctr for Complementary & Alternative http://nccam.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htm