Application and research progress of modern technology of tongue diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine
Tongue diagnosis is an important method and means of diagnosis and treatment of diseases in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM).In recent years,researchers had combined TCM tongue diagnosis with modern technology,extracted and digitized the features of tongue images,and explored the molecular mechanism of tongue image formation from a microscopic perspective,and achieved certain research results.This article summarized the digital analysis methods,modern omics techniques and their clinical applications of tongue diagnosis,summarized the research status,current research problems,and prospected for future research trends,so as to provide certain ideas and references for subsequent research on the objectification of tongue diagnosis.
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