More than 1/3 and up to 1/2 of IBS patients opt for the drug-free and more natural interventions provided by integrative health (IH) practitioners in the hope of relief of disabling symptoms with fewer...
IBS is one of the most common disorders seen in primary care and gastroenterology specialty practice. Conventional medicine approaches consist of combinations of diet advise, psychological, and drug therapies. Current conventional medicine guidelines make a...
For over 4000 years, the system of classical traditional Chinese medicine described fundamental connections of the bowel and the “lung.’ This linkage guided acupuncture and Chinese medicine practitioners ever since. Hippocrates is said to...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is identified clinically as a “syndrome” and as such it is defined by a collection of symptoms rather than a definite patho-anatomical disease entity with pathological markers. Various clinical (and...
Some evidence is emerging on the benefits of a few complementary approaches to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). This is a chronic condition of the large intestine that can cause abdominal pain, cramping, constipation, and...