Research Article

A Key Node Mining Method Based on Acupoint-Disease Network (ADN): A New Perspective for Exploring Acupoint Specificity

Table 1

Community attributes and centrality parameters of 30 key acupoints.

AcupointCommunityCloseness centrality ∗ 100 (%)

TE5Triple energizer meridian of hand-Shaoyang (TE)0.5869.36
TE17Triple energizer meridian of hand-Shaoyang (TE)0.5504.10
HT7Heart meridian of hand-Shaoyin (HT)0.5738.83
HT5Heart meridian of hand-Shaoyin (HT)0.4801.53
SI3Small intestine meridian of hand-Taiyang (SI)0.5324.21
SI11Small intestine meridian of hand-Taiyang (SI)0.5022.25
LU11Lung meridian of hand-Taiyin (LU)0.5413.99
LU5Lung meridian of hand-Taiyin (LU)0.5283.54
LI4Large intestine meridian of hand-Yangming (LI)0.74730.05
LI11Large intestine meridian of hand-Yangming (LI)0.63019.87
PC6Pericardium meridian of hand-Jueyin (PC)0.66524.54
PC5Pericardium meridian of hand-Jueyin (PC)0.5243.30
GB20Gallbladder meridian of foot-Shaoyang (GB)0.61915.02
GB34Gallbladder meridian of foot-Shaoyang (GB)0.58110.26
KI3Kidney meridian of foot-Shaoyin (KI)0.5897.40
KI6Kidney meridian of foot-Shaoyin (KI)0.5163.09
BL23Bladder meridian of foot-Taiyang (BL)0.59411.26
BL32Bladder meridian of foot-Taiyang (BL)0.5577.03
SP6Spleen meridian of foot-Taiyin (SP)0.64924.51
SP9Spleen meridian of foot-Taiyin (SP)0.5416.20
ST36Stomach meridian of foot-Yangming (ST)0.76438.94
ST25Stomach meridian of foot-Yangming (ST)0.5547.26
LR3Liver meridian of foot-Jueyin (LR)0.62218.35
LR2Liver meridian of foot-Jueyin (LR)0.5122.35
CV4Conception vessel (CV)0.55010.00
CV6Conception vessel (CV)0.5476.45
GV14Governor vessel (GV)0.61314.97
GV20Governor vessel (GV)0.60512.35
EX-HN5The extraordinary points0.5526.75
EX-B2The extraordinary points0.5453.45