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TMD: The Traditional
Medicine Database
1. What is TMD?
 | Two interlinked databases: one for herbs
and the other for nutrients.
 | The database for herbs is exactly
the same as that used in TMD’s sister program, HerbBase; the database
for nutrients matches the one for TMD's
other sister program, NMD: this makes upgrading from either HerbBase or NMD
to TMD extremely easy |
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| A modern, state-of-the art Materia
Medica database
| Unlike most other programs available, you have complete
editing control over all your data. Whether you obtain data from us or
enter your own, you can:
 | Delete all or part of
your data for any herb or nutrient; |
| Add data for new herbs
and/or nutrients at whatever level of detail you wish; |
| Modify or append
existing data on herbs and nutrients in any way you want |
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| Enter data easily from a variety of sources
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| Instantly rearrange and redisplay data in
ways useful for prescribing, reference
and learning — a process that using any
other (even computerized!) method would be both laborious and prohibitively
time-consuming. See below for examples. |
| Initially, TMD contains
data on just a few herbs and skeletal information on 85 nutrients (vitamins and minerals).
The nutrient database also includes more than 6 Mb of data on food sources
for the various nutrients (more than 7000 records on over 750 different
foods). From there
you can:
| Purchase fully-referenced
data directly from Dynamic Array (at very reasonable rates: click here for further information; you can
also edit purchased data in any way you wish). And/or you can |
| enter data yourself on additional herbs and/or
nutrients from any source:
| from books and other printed media |
| from other computer programs |
| from the Internet. |
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| TMD makes it as easy as it can be to keep abreast of the latest
information and to have it immediately available in whatever format you choose. |
So, TMD provides you with the tools to build your own
fully expandable Materia Medica database for herbs and nutrients from your
preferred sources, and update it easily at your convenience. Then instantly
re-organise and display your data in any way to meet your current needs.
So, TMD provides you with the tools to build your own
fully expandable Materia Medica database for herbs and nutrients from your
preferred sources, and update it easily at your convenience. Then instantly
re-organise and display your data in any way to meet your current needs. Then instantly
re-organise and display your data in any way to meet your current needs.
2. Data Entry
TMD delivers the
ultimate in control and flexibility in data entry.
| you control the sources from which you build
your database. |
| for most fields in the database, you can choose either or both
of two data entry methods:
| in lists (for quick-and-easy reference); or |
| in free-text formats (for entering information at
whatever level of qualitative detail you wish)
(For a complete list of the fields available for data entry, see Fields. To view full-sized
pictures of the data entry forms in TMD for herbs and nutrients, click on the thumbnails
below.) |
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| when you've entered data for a herb or nutrient, a single
button-click will copy all the information to a new record: all you
have to do is provide the name of the new herb (or nutrient) and then make any necessary
modifications. A great time-saver when entering data on related herbs and nutrients! |
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List-wise data entry:
| Lets you enter abbreviated data on the
qualities of herbs and nutrients in a way that is both extremely fast and also
convenient for quick-and-easy reference. |
| The use of lookup lists makes data entry both
fast and dramatically reduces the possibility of typing errors. Just press the
Insert key
whilst in one of TMD’s data grids and then enter the first two or three characters of
the entry you wish to make: the lookup list appears, and you’ve a 90% chance that the
item you’re looking for is already highlighted! Having found the lookup item, just
press Enter and the entry is pasted into the grid. |
| While the number of items already existing in lookup lists
varies widely, a few (such as that associated with the 'Therapeutic Applications' grid)
contain literally hundreds. Click on the thumbnail below to view a full-sized picture of one
of TMD's grids with its lookup list activated. |
| If the item is not in the lookup list, finish typing
it and press Enter: TMD will capitalize the first letter if you haven’t already done
so and then not only add it to the records in the grid, but to the lookup list as well! |
| If you make a typing error whilst entering a lookup list
item, you can correct it using TMD’s Setup and Maintenance form. Having done so, TMD will
offer to automatically search all your grids and replace any incorrect entries! |
| You can also rate (or rank) both the herbs
and nutrients most appropriate to
| (a) particular therapeutic applications and |
| (b) actions for herbs and functions for nutrients |
| this information will then be immediately available when
viewing the Prescribing Information form. The Food Sources, Absorption Locations,
Absorption Enhancers and Forms of Availability of nutrients can be ranked in the same way:
great for instantly finding the best herb or nutrient for the job in hand! |
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Free-text data entry
In the vast majority of fields, TMD lets you enter qualitative data at whatever level of
complexity you desire, using the TMD Rich Text editor. This is, in effect, a sophisticated
word processor, the major features of which are:
| Full text-formatting capabilities, including the use of
color; |
| Search and replace; |
| Insert and print graphics (pictures); |
| OLE-enabled: if you have relevant data in other applications,
create links to them so that when your data changes in TMD, so does the data in those
other applications (and/or vice-versa)! |
| URL-aware: enter the URL (address) of your favorite web site
into the TMD Rich Text editor. Then, when you click on it, your default web browser will
be started and you’ll be transported there automatically; |
| Spell checking; |
| Access and update a list of references you’ve created
whilst creating your Materia Medica. The ‘References’ memo can
also be linked via OLE to other compatible third-party bibliographic databases |
| Activated just by double-clicking a multi-line field or by
single-clicking one of the form's buttons. |
Click on the thumbnail below to see a
full-sized picture of the TMD Rich Text Editor.
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fully-functional, 30-day FREE trial version today!
Data entry in TMD is fast, flexible
and powerful: all the features you want, without having to understand over-complex
menu structures or learn many unnecessary commands!
3. Data Re-organization and Display
Having entered data, you can quickly and easily rearrange and redisplay your information in ways
that suit your needs of the moment using TMD’s Prescribing Information
form. (Though designed specifically for prescribing purposes, this form will also be
invaluable to the researcher and student as a "ready reference" and learning
aid.)
| The Prescribing Information form contains two main grids:
| one displays information on the qualities of herbs
(with related grids and memo fields) |
| the other shows data for nutrients (with
other related grids and memo fields). |
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| The contents of these grids are controlled by clicking on
radio buttons at the top of the form (you can choose from five
characteristics of herbs and eight of nutrients, with "therapeutic applications"
in common with both, and with the actions of herbs linked to data on the functions of
nutrients). |
| Having selected one of the main grids, you can:
| sort its data on any field just by clicking on the buttons
that form its column headings; |
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| search for data in the grid by entering a few characters; |
| print a comprehensive report on the selected item; |
| view all your primary data on the herb or
nutrient with just a couple of button-clicks. |
In this way, you can quickly answer questions such as:
| What are all the actions of
herb X?; and then, with a single button-click,
display the answer to the question |
| What are all the herbs with
action Y?
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| What are all the food sources
of Vitamin A?; and then, with a single button-click,
display the answer to the question |
| What are all the nutrients to be
found in food source Z? |
| One of TMD’s most powerful and useful
features is the way it
| Links data on the therapeutic applications of herbs and
nutrients and |
| Links information on the actions of herbs with the functions
of nutrients.
| So, whenever you are viewing the therapeutic
applications of a herb (or nutrient), you also see the equivalent data for nutrients, without
having to do anything at all!! |
| The same applies to the actions of herbs and
the functions of nutrients. Click
on the thumbnail below to view a full-sized picture of the Prescribing
Information form displaying linked therapeutic applications data for herbs and nutrients.
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FREE trial version today!
With TMD, there’s
simply never been a more simple or convenient way to view the complex relationships
between types of data!
4. Other Features
| Extensive and flexible reporting/printing facilities; |
| Share data with colleagues using TMD's
downloading and uploading capabilities; |
| Automated saving and backup of data; |
| Comprehensive on-line, context-sensitive help
with hypergraphics; |
| Easy to learn and use (all program features
can be accessed using on-screen buttons or other components such as radio buttons:
no need to search through complex menus!). |
5. Requirements
| Windows 95/98/NT/ME/XP; |
| IBM-compatible 486 with 8Mb RAM (Pentium with 16 Mb RAM
recommended); |
| 18 Mb hard disk space; |
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a fully-functional, 30-day FREE trial version today!
Want more information? E-mail info@dynamicarray.com.au.
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