Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine

Volume 19: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Charlie Changli Xue RMIT University, Australia

Chuanjian Lu

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, China

Key Features

Shefon Parker RMIT University, Australia

Yintng Li

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, China

• he editors o this series are internatonall recogni ed, well respected leaders in the feld o Chinese medicine and evidence based medicine with strong track records in research

• he book provides clinicall relevant in ormaton wri en b e perienced clinicians and researchers

• he book ocuses on the management o irritable bowel s ndrome with Chinese medicine using a whole evidence approach, comprising in ormaton rom various resources, including classical te ts o Chinese medicine and clinical evidence

• his book provides a comprehensive review o classical Chinese medicine literature. nal sis o the classical literature presents the concepton and treatment o irritable bowel s ndrome using herbal medicine, acupuncture related therapies and diet therap . Providing insight into Chinese medicine treatment or irritable bowel s ndrome throughout the Chinese medicine histor

• rigorous scientfc approach is used to review evidence rom clinical studies including randomised controlled trials, controlled clinical trials and non controlled studies o Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture therapies and a combinaton o Chinese medicine therapies

Descripton

Irritable bowel syndrome is a type of functonal bowel disorder causing symptoms of abdominal pain and altered bowel habits such as diarrhoea (IBS-D) and constpaton (IBS-C). his book uses the whole evidence approach to give an overview o the available evidence or Chinese medicine treatment or irritable bowel s ndrome, partcularl subt pes S and S C.

he book starts b summarising the conventonal understanding o irritable bowel s ndrome, including its subt pes, aetolog , diagnosis and current available treatments. ata rom Chinese medicine classical literature and clinical studies are then discussed. Evidence rom clinical studies are evaluated using high ualit and rigorous scientfc methodolog . or S and S C, evidence rom treatment modalites including Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture and combinaton Chinese medicine therapies are presented. he fndings are anal sed and potental implicatons or clinical practce and research are e plored. E perimental studies that describe the potental mechanisms o acton o ke herbs are summarised. n the fnal chapter, current evidence o Chinese medicine or S and S C are s nthesised, recommendatons or contemporar clinical practce and uture research are also o ered.

he book is a help ul guide or clinicians and students o Chinese and integratve medicine, o ering a comprehensive s nthesis o both classical and contemporar knowledge that can integrated into their clinical practce or people with irritable bowel s ndrome.

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January 2023

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978 98 26 50 3

Imprint: World Scientfc Publishing

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Extent: 50pp

Type: onograph

Series: Evidence based Clinical Chinese edicine Volume 19

Main Subject: edicine

Sub-Subjects: lternatve edicine

Chinese edicine Gastroenterolog

Keywords: Evidence based Chinese edicine rritable owel S ndrome

S S C Classical Chinese edicine

Literature Chinese Herbal edicine cupuncture Clinical anagement

Readership: Chinese medicine practtoners and students in evidence based Chinese medicine management o irritable bowel s ndrome, partcularl irritable bowel s ndrome with predominant diarrhoea and irritable bowel s ndrome with predominant constpaton

Contents

• ntroducton to rritable bowel s ndrome

• rritable bowel s ndrome in Chinese edicine

• Classical Chinese edicine Literature

• ethods or Evaluatng Clinical Evidence

• Clinical Evidence or Chinese Herbal edicine

• Pharmacological ctons o re uentl Used Herbs

• Clinical Evidence or cupuncture and elated herapies

• Clinical Evidence or Combinaton herapies

• Summar and Conclusions