Roles of Chinese Medicine and Gut Microbiota in Chronic Constipation
Joint Authors
Liu, Tian-Hao
Yang, Zhong-Shan
Yuan, Jia-Li
Xu, Zhenyuan
Zhou, Qingli
Chen, Jing
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-05-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Chronic constipation is a common gastrointestinal dysfunction, but its aetiology and pathogenesis are still unclear.
Interestingly, the compositions of the gut microbiota in constipation patients and healthy controls are different.
Various studies reported the different gut microbiota alterations in constipation patients, but most studies indicated that constipation patients showed the decreased beneficial bacteria and the reduced species richness of gut bacteria.
Besides, the alterations in the gut microbiota may lead to constipation and constipation-related symptoms and the regulation of gut microbiota has a positive effect on gut functional diseases such as constipation.
Microbial treatment methods, such as probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and fecal microbiota transplantation, can be used to regulate gut microbiota.
Increasing evidences have suggested that Chinese medicine (CM) has a good therapeutic effect on chronic constipation.
Chinese medicine is well known for its multitarget and multimode effects on diseases as well as less side effects.
In previous studies, after the treatment of constipation with CM, the gut microbiota was restored, indicating that the gut microbiota might be the target or important way for CM to exert its efficacy.
In this review, we summarized the effects of microbial treatment and CM on the gut microbiota of constipation patients and discussed the relationship between CM and gut microbiota.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Xu, Zhenyuan& Liu, Tian-Hao& Zhou, Qingli& Chen, Jing& Yuan, Jia-Li& Yang, Zhong-Shan. 2019. Roles of Chinese Medicine and Gut Microbiota in Chronic Constipation. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151669
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Xu, Zhenyuan…[et al.]. Roles of Chinese Medicine and Gut Microbiota in Chronic Constipation. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151669
American Medical Association (AMA)
Xu, Zhenyuan& Liu, Tian-Hao& Zhou, Qingli& Chen, Jing& Yuan, Jia-Li& Yang, Zhong-Shan. Roles of Chinese Medicine and Gut Microbiota in Chronic Constipation. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151669
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1151669