Acupuncture combined with Chinese herbal medicine Plantain and Senna Granule in treatment of functional constipation: a randomized, controlled trial.
- Author:
Like GUO
;
Chaoxian ZHANG
;
Xiaofeng GUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
2011;9(11):1206-14
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Functional constipation is one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases. Currently, there is no effective Western medical therapy for functional constipation and it significantly impacts the quality of life of the patients. Integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine therapies were reported to have better therapeutic effects than routine Western medicine therapies.