Entropy-based model for interpreting life systems in traditional Chinese medicine

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-279

  Kang, Guo Lian ^a,c   Li, Shao ^b   Zhang, Ji Feng ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold and hot; Entropy; Life systems; qi; Traditional Chinese medicine; Yin and Yang

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 51849094042     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem026     Document Type: Article

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