Research progress on TCM syndrome differentiation and Chinese herbal medicine treatment for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome
ZHANG Zhiliang
CUI Jianjie
SONG Qingjiang
WANG Ye
Abstract：Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome(IBS-D)is a common functional gastrointestinal disease characterized primarily by abdominal pain or discomfort,altered bowel habits and abnormal stool consistency.In conventional Western medicine,commonly used drugs include antibiotics,adsorbent antidiarrheals,adsorptive antidiarrheal drugs and 5-hydroxytryptamine 3 receptor antagonists,but the therapeutic effect is often limited and the disease is prone to recurrence.Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)regulates IBS-D through a variety of therapeutic approaches,showing favorable efficacy and fewer adverse reactions.This paper reviews the recent research progress on IBS-D from the aspects of TCM syndrome differentiation and Chinese herbal medicine treatment.
Keywords：diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndromeTCM syndrome differentiationChinese herbal medicine treatmentfunctional gastrointestinal diseaseregulationreview
Publication Date：2025-12-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-01-16(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 136-140 )