AN EXPERT SYSTEM

FOR PRESCRIBING
HERBAL REMEDIES
TO HEALTH
PROBLEMS USING
JAVA-ENABLED
PHONES

Proponents:
Helaryn L.
Dumalagan

Diorey Q.
Potestas

Review of Related
Literature
Related

Systems
The use of Expert System
Herbal Medication
Conceptual Model of the Proposed
System

Related Systems
List

of Philippine Herbal Medicinal Plant

Herbal Prescriber Database
Herbs
First Aid Pharmaceutical Digital
Assistant
Summary

List of Philippine Herbal

Medicinal Plant
One

of the component of the

StuartXChange site

List

of Philippine herbal plants is given

for the user to select

List of Philippine Herbal

Medicinal Plant
How

it works

Scientific and common Names, Botany,

Distribution, Constituents, Properties,
Uses and Studies

Herbal Prescriber Database

Developed

by Christopher Hobbs
Exploration is done through herb or
ailment
Selected herb includes:

A brief information/description
Dosage
Ailments treated

Herbal Prescriber Database

Selected

ailments include:

Description
Treatment plan
A list of recommended herbal remedies

Herbal Prescriber Database

How

it works
HERB
S
AILMENT
S

Information,
Dosages &
ailments treated

Information, description,
Herbal remedies,
treatment plan

Herbs
Developed

by Zentrum Publishing
Commercialized, computer-based
software

Herbs
Compose

of 8 panels:

Herbal listing
Image Browser
Herbal Actions
Commission E
Digestive System
Text Files
Data Bank
Sources

FAPDA
First

Aid Pharmaceutical Digital

Assistant
First aid drug prescription software
deployed for small mobile devices
Uses mobile terminal, using both its
memory and processing power

FAPDA
Its

components:

Mobile
Server
Pharmacy

Database

FAPDA
Scope

Model

Summary
Challenges
How

of the project:

to prescribe herbal plants

What ICT tool to be used

Summary
Herbal Prescriber Database

Herbs Software

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info.
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web-based,
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info.
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herbal
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herbal
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herbal
properties
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List of Philippine
Medicinal Plants

First Aid Pharmaceutical

Digital Assistant

The Use of Expert System

An

Expert System
Advantages of An Expert System
Rule-based Expert System

An Expert System
Branch

of Artificial Intiligent
Interactive computer-based decision tool
that uses both facts and heuristics
It manipulate knowledge

Advantage of an ES
Why

expert system?

EXPERT
SYSTEM

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have
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Rule-based ES
One

type of expert system

A set of if-then statement
The widely used expert system

Rule-based ES
To

create rule-based expert system, the

following are needed:
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2.
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A set of facts
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Herbal Medication
Herbs

are defined as food

Used to ensure balance w/in the body
system
Caution is needed in prescribing
Some

herbs are not for lactating or/and

pregnant mothers
Commercialized/synthetic drugs and herbs
interaction

Conceptual Model

Research Methodology
Knowledge
Assessment
Interface
Design of the Expert System
Testing
& Engineering
Evaluation
Implementation
of theAssessment
System Prototype
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components
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eliciting
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of
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interface
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Java-enabled
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Technique
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and
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& implementing
expert
system
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JESS

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