  The explosive growth in the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
has resulted in the continued increase in clinical and research data. The lack
of standardised terminology, flaws in data quality planning and management of
TCM informatics are preventing clinical decision-making, drug discovery and
education. This paper argues that the introduction of data warehousing
technologies to enhance the effectiveness and durability in TCM is paramount.
To showcase the role of data warehousing in the improvement of TCM, this paper
presents a practical model for data warehousing with detailed explanation,
which is based on the structured electronic records, for TCM clinical
researches and medical knowledge discovery.
