Systematic review of D-IBS treated by Chinese herbal medicine
- VernacularTitle:中医药治疗腹泻型肠易激综合征的系统评价研究
- Author:
Dongmei SU
;
Shengsheng ZHANG
;
Jianping LIU
;
Hongbing WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Irritable bowel syndrome;
Diarrhea-predominant pattern;
Chinese herbal medicine;
Systematic review
- From:
China Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy
2005;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To assess the e cacy and safety of treating D-IBS with Chinese herbal medicine. Methods: To collect comprehensively the RCTs of treating D-IBS with Chinese herbal medicine by computer search. Results: Up to Nov. 2007, one hundred and sixty-three trials were included. There have 14150 patients, the maximum sample number is 234, the minimum is 40, and the average sample is 87. Because of the complex and various interventions, we just do descriptive analysis. It indicated that the Chinese herbal medicine intervention has obvious e cacy, its cure rate was(50.80?24.70)%,total e ective rate was(90.68?7.30)%and recurrence rate was(18.99?10.61)% all better than the western medicine. Conclusion: Compared with the western medicine and placebo, the Chinese herbal medicine had obvious e cacy in improving the global symptom’s cure rate, total e ective rate, symptom score and recurrence rate, and didn’t discovery seriously adverse reaction.
