# SCIR-HI/Huatuo-Llama-Med-Chinese

Repo for BenCao [original name: HuaTuo (华驼)], Instruction-tuning Large Language Models with Chinese Medical Knowledge. 本草（原名：华驼）模型仓库，基于中文医学知识的大语言模型指令微调

Repository: https://github.com/SCIR-HI/Huatuo-Llama-Med-Chinese
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/huatuo-llama-med-chinese
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: llama, llm, medical, nlp, aidoctor, medgpt, medqa, chinese, bloom, huozi
Last push: 2026-07-04T05:56:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 35, longevity 89
- inputs: {"age_days": 1251, "days_push": 60, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4986, forks 498 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:04.228167+00:00)

## What it is
BenTsao (formerly HuaTuo) is a collection of large language models instruction-tuned on Chinese medical knowledge, built from LLaMA, Chinese Alpaca, Bloom, and Huozi base models using LoRA fine-tuning. The repository provides training code, LoRA weights, and a Chinese medical instruction dataset constructed from medical knowledge graphs and literature.

## Use cases
- build a chinese medical question-answering chatbot
- fine-tune an llm on medical knowledge
- download lora weights for medical llm
- improve llm answers for healthcare questions in chinese
- train a medical assistant model with lora
- research instruction tuning on domain knowledge

## When to choose
- you need a chinese-language medical qa model
- you want to study or reproduce lora-based domain fine-tuning of llms
- you need a starting point for medical chatbot research

## When to avoid
- you need clinically validated medical advice for real patients
- you need a general-purpose assistant without medical focus
- you need an actively developed project with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: llm-training, llm-inference, nlp, chatbot
- domain: large-language-models, healthcare, artificial-intelligence
- platform: python
- tags: medical-qa, instruction-tuning, lora, chinese-medical, fine-tuned-llm, medical-knowledge-graph, natural-language-processing, gpu, linux

## Member repositories
- SCIR-HI/Huatuo-Llama-Med-Chinese (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.228167+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:17:40.837381+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SCIR-HI/Huatuo-Llama-Med-Chinese (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.228167+00:00, sha 8398acd8c338)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.