Syndrome Differentiation in Chinese Herbal Medicine for Irritable Bowel Syndrome : A Literature Review of Randomized Trials
Joint Authors
Liu, Jian-Ping
Li, Qing
Yang, Guo-Yan
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-03-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been commonly used for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Syndrome differentiation is one of the important characteristics of TCM.
To assess the application and basic characteristics of syndrome differentiation in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of Chinese herbal medicine for IBS, we performed this paper.
We conducted electronic searches in main Chinese and English databases till March 2012.
A total of 735 RCTs involving 67,784 IBS participants were included.
224 (30.5%) studies applied syndrome differentiation.
The major syndromes of IBS patients were the syndrome of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency (56.8%), spleen-stomach weakness (49.4%), spleen-kidney yang deficiency (48.1%), and cold and heat in complexity (29.6%).
Herbal formulas were prescribed based on syndrome differentiation in 202 studies.
Chinese patent medicine was more commonly used in studies that only enrolled patients with a specific syndrome.
15 studies compared the therapeutic effect among different syndromes, of which 6 studies showed that there were significant differences among different syndromes.
The low use of TCM syndrome differentiation in randomized trials of Chinese herbal medicine for IBS results in the poor pertinence of treatment.
TCM syndrome differentiation should be used in further studies at the stage of recruitment, treatment, and data analyses.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Li, Qing& Yang, Guo-Yan& Liu, Jian-Ping. 2013. Syndrome Differentiation in Chinese Herbal Medicine for Irritable Bowel Syndrome : A Literature Review of Randomized Trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455868
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Li, Qing…[et al.]. Syndrome Differentiation in Chinese Herbal Medicine for Irritable Bowel Syndrome : A Literature Review of Randomized Trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455868
American Medical Association (AMA)
Li, Qing& Yang, Guo-Yan& Liu, Jian-Ping. Syndrome Differentiation in Chinese Herbal Medicine for Irritable Bowel Syndrome : A Literature Review of Randomized Trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455868
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-455868