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Chinese Herbal Medicine Falls Short for Irritable Bowel Syndrome By Jeff Minerd , MedPage Today Staff WriterReviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco MedPage Today Action Points
- Advise patients that this review does not support use of traditional Chinese herbal medicine for irritable bowel syndrome because of the low quality of most of the studies done to date.
- Advise patients that rigorously conducted, randomized, double-blinded, and placebo-controlled trials must prove the safety and efficacy of traditional Chinese herbal medicine for irritable bowel syndrome before such an approach can be recommended.