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Go To Index Page Ayurveda may help cure IBS Washington:
A systematic review of clinical studies has found that Indian, Chinese
and Tibetan traditional herbal medicines may improve symptoms of abdominal
pain, disturbed bowel movements, and/or bloating and distension caused
by Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Prof Jianping Liu, lead review author,
said that researchers conducted 75 different randomised trials, and
that some of the traditional medicines did improve the global symptoms
of IBS. "Many of the trials were small, so it is premature to recommend
herbal medicines for routine use in IBS, but there is evidence that
some of the medicines did improve the global symptoms of IBS," he said.
Medicines that showed promise included the Indian Ayurvedic formula
of two herbs and the Chinese herbal medicine Tongxie Yaofang that showed
a statistically significant effect on global symptoms. Chinese herbal
formulation and individualised herbal formulation; STW 5; SW 5_ii; as
well as Tibetan herbal formula Padma Lax were also found to be effective.
Though six small trials reported that combining conventional and herbal
medicines produced greater benefits than using conventional therapies
alone, the Authors have urged people to be cautious, and said that larger
trials are needed to confirm this finding. "There is a great need for
further rigorously conducted trials that look to see whether it is possible
to replicate these positive effects," Liu added. The findings are published
in the latest update of The Cochrane Library.
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