Methodology for Modeling on Chinese Herbal Property Theory

In order to reveal the theory of Chinese herbal properties, one characterization modeling method was established based on Chinese herbal property's potential model and functional knowledge element's network in this work. Then, the relationships among Chinese herbal's four-properties, five-tastes, channel tropism and function were investigated by this method. The result of this work would present an open system for knowledge of traditional Chinese herbal property theory. This research would be also helpful to digitalize the characterization of Chinese herbal property. The result could also provide a new method to evaluate the theory of Chinese herbal's compatibility.