Spatial Patterns of the Indications of Acupoints Using Data Mining in Classic Medical Text: A Possible Visualization of the Meridian System

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Characteristics of the indications of acupoints. The 8 Source points are presented on the -axis of the array and the 18 selected disease sites are presented on the -axis of the array. The 8 Source points were allocated with each meridian group (Foot-Yin, Hand-Yin, and Hand-Yang).