Chinese herbal medicine versus antispasmodics in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: A network meta-analysis.

Min ChenDi QinShi-Le HuangTai-Chun TangHui Zheng

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2021)

CHM and antispasmodics were efficacious for improvement of global IBS symptoms and abdominal pain. The adverse events of CHM were higher than antispasmodics; however, the heterogeneity of CHM formulas and the very low quality of the evidence warrants further investigation.

Keyphrases

irritable bowel syndrome
abdominal pain
single cell
quality improvement
sleep quality
combination therapy
smoking cessation