In the digital Chinese medicine system, all the data and information in the system are represented, stored, processed and transmitted digitally, which can be interpreted and expressed by computers. In other words, digital Chinese medicine can make full use of computers to interpret and express the theory and practice of Chinese medicine, so that the massive information that Chinese medicine faces and needs can be collected, stored and utilized efficiently and accurately; The depth and accuracy of Chinese medicine's grasp of the human body have been improved by dozens of times.
The basic contents of the digital Chinese medicine system include:
Digital Chinese medicine; Digital four diagnosis; Digital Chinese medicine; Digital therapy; Digital literature; Digital Chinese medicine human body; Digital hospital service platform; Digital clinical research platform; Digital Chinese medicine quality control and research platform, etc.
The establishment of digital Chinese medicine system should be based on the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, apply the research results in the fields of complexity and system science, bioinformatics, digital earth, computer technology and data mining, start with standards and norms, and start with obtaining tools and data for digital understanding and replication of traditional Chinese medicine.
The strategic significance of digital Chinese medicine lies in: 1) solving the problem of "inheritance and innovation"; 2) Solve the key technical problems that restrict the development of traditional Chinese medicine; 3) Integrate the research strength of traditional Chinese medicine with multi-disciplines, multi-departments and multi-regions to build a world-leading discipline and field; 4) Give full play to the advantages of "early diagnosis", "individualized diagnosis" and "comprehensive adjustment" of traditional Chinese medicine; 5) Establish a systematic and complex science and informatics with China characteristics.