About Verscienta

Who builds this

Our Mission

Verscienta Health makes Chinese medicine knowledge searchable and verifiable: herb monographs, classical formulas, acupuncture points, and patterns, cross-referenced with the pharmacopoeia, the classical texts, international standards, and modern research.

It is built first as a reference for practitioners and students, and written so that patients can understand what they have been prescribed.

Editorial policy

Where the data comes from

• Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2020 edition) — official names, Latin binomials, dosage ranges, and toxicity.
• Classical texts such as the Shang Han Lun, Jin Gui Yao Lue, and Pi Wei Lun — formula composition, herb roles, and indications.
• WHO Standard Acupuncture Point Locations (2008) — the location of every channel point. Locating tips and point functions are checked against Focks, Atlas of Acupuncture (2008), which is also noted wherever it places a point differently.
• Point combinations from Guo Changqing's Acupuncture of Acupoint Combinations, each cited to its chapter.
• Public-domain anatomy — point maps drawn on Albinus's plates (1747) and Gray's Anatomy (1918).
• Peer-reviewed research, linked by DOI — clinical studies, constituents, and herb–drug interactions.

Rules we hold ourselves to

• Clinical fields — doses, toxicity, Latin names, contraindications — stay empty when we have no source. We don't fill them with plausible text.
• We use AI to help research and draft records. Drafted content is verified against its sources, and we correct errors when we find them.
• Safety rules — the classical incompatibilities (十八反 / 十九畏), pregnancy cautions, and dose ceilings — are enforced in code, not left to a model.
• Depth is uneven, and we say so: core TCM herbs and classical formulas have full monographs; many Western botanical records are thinner.
• Every herb, formula, point and pattern page shows one of three review statuses: medically reviewed (by whom, and when), re-review due, or not yet clinically reviewed. Pages also show when they were last updated.

Corrections

Found an error? Tell us. Reports that affect safety — doses, toxicity, interactions — are handled first.

How the AI tools work

The tools read from the monographs rather than from a model's memory, and their suggestions pass through the same fixed safety rules as the catalogue. The symptom checker screens for emergency symptoms before any analysis runs, and speaks in TCM pattern language — it does not diagnose. The formula tools are educational simulations meant for qualified practitioners.

What this is not

• Not medical advice, and not a diagnosis.
• Not a prescription service, and not a guide to self-treatment.
• Not a substitute for a licensed practitioner or physician.
• Not for emergencies — call your local emergency number.

What you'll find here