Anti-aging herbal formulae in Dongeuibogam : Identification of candidates by text mining

Abstract

Objectives : The main aims of this study were to identify candidate anti-aging herbal formulae(CAHF) from Dongeuibogam Methods : We analyzed the terms describing effect of 3,901 herbal formulae on Dongeuibogam and selected the terms describing the anti-aging effect of herbal formulae(TAEHF). Finally, we generated a list of CAHFs based on TAEHFs.Results & Conclusions :1. We finally selected 162 TAEHFs on Dongeuibogam.2. We finally selected 138 CAHFs on Dongeuibogam(15CAHFs for external use, 123CAHFs for internal use).3. TAEHFs are classified into 9 types. 4. CAHFs are classified into 9 types.