Objective:To systematically review the disease names and symptom terminology related to sarcopenia in ancient medical texts and to establish standardized traditional Chinese medicine recommended terminology for sarcopenia.Methods:According to standards such as Clinical Terminology ofTraditional Chinese Medicine and Classification and Codes ofTCM Diseases and Symptoms,vocabulary related to flesh,tendons,and bones was selected as search terms and searched in the 5th edition of Zhong Hua Yi Dian database.The retrieved entries were standardized through deduplication,review,information completion,and unification of variant characters,and then recorded in an Excel program following the template″year-author-book-chapter-original text″to build the″Ancient Medical Text Corpus for Sarcopenia″database.Following the principles of terminology standardization,TCMterms were extracted from the corpus,preferred terms and synonyms were determined,meanings were analyzed based on sarcopenia diagnostic criteria,and after usability evaluation,recommended terms and definitions were finalized to complete the standardization.Results:A total of 3732 entries related to sarcopenia were obtained from 1156 ancient TCMtexts,from which 154 TCMterms were extracted and 14 recommended terms for sarcope nia were formed. Conclusion:Five disease name terms(Rouwei,Zhiwei,Rouji,Tuorou,Roushuo)and nine symptom terms(Rouxiao,Rouhuan,Rouxian,Pojiong,Xieyi,Duoye,quadriplegia,limping,hand and foot dysfunction)were proposed as recommended normalized TCMterms for sarcopenia.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |