What are the traditional Chinese medicine treatments for irritable bowel syndrome

If you suffer from some diseases, it would be more suitable and healthy to take Chinese medicine to regulate your body, which can reduce side effects. Patients with irritable bowel syndrome can also be treated with Chinese medicine. For example, Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, and Tangerine peel are all Chinese medicines for treatment.

1. Liver depression and spleen deficiency type: Symptoms include mild depression, abdominal pain and diarrhea, intestinal rumbling, pain relieved after diarrhea, chest tightness and abdominal distension, irritability, belching and poor appetite, pale red tongue, thin white greasy tongue coating, and thin and stringy pulse. The treatment is suitable for soothing the liver, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. The prescription is a combination of Tongxie Yaofang and Sijunzi Decoction with modifications, and the medicinal ingredients include fried white peony root, Codonopsis pilosula, fried Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, roasted licorice, tangerine peel, fried Saposhnikovia divaricata, Bupleurum chinense, Cyperus rotundus, etc.

2. Mixed cold and heat type: Symptoms include abdominal pain, intestinal rumbling, diarrhea, uncomfortable bowel movements, or alternating diarrhea and constipation, irritability and poor appetite, preference for warmth in the abdomen, pale red tongue, yellow or greasy white tongue coating, and a wiry pulse. The treatment should balance cold and heat, eliminate dampness and stop diarrhea. The prescription is Wumei Pill with modifications, and the medicinal ingredients include black plum, asarum, roasted aconite, dried ginger, cinnamon twig, Codonopsis pilosula, Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron chinense, Angelica sinensis, Sichuan pepper, etc.

3. Weak spleen and stomach type: Symptoms include loose stools, indigestion, dull pain in the abdomen, intestinal rumbling and diarrhea, poor appetite and abdominal distension, sallow complexion, fatigue, pale tongue with white coating, and weak pulse. The treatment is to strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, drain dampness and stop diarrhea. The prescription uses modified Shenling Baizhu San, and the medicinal ingredients include Codonopsis pilosula, fried Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, roasted licorice, yam, lotus seeds, Coix seed, Amomum villosum, jujube, fried lentils, etc.

4. Spleen and kidney yang deficiency type: symptoms include long-term diarrhea, dull abdominal pain, intestinal rumbling and abdominal distension, loose stools, cold body and limbs, fatigue, poor appetite, soreness of waist and knees, pale tongue, white tongue coating, and weak pulse. The treatment should be to warm the spleen and kidneys, strengthen the intestines and stop diarrhea. The prescription uses self-made Healing Intestine Decoction, which includes stir-fried pomegranate peel, psoralea corylifolia, nutmeg, schisandra chinensis, stewed kelp seeds, roasted rice husks, evodia rutaecarpa, jujube, aconite, dried ginger, poria, coix seed, red ochre, yuyuliang, eucommia bark, and cynomorium songaricum.

5. Yin deficiency and dry intestine type: Symptoms include bowel movements once every few days, hard lumps that are difficult to pass, a cord-like mass with obvious tenderness can be felt in the left lower abdomen, accompanied by fever in the five parts of the body, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, restlessness and insomnia, a red tongue with little coating, and a thin and rapid pulse. The treatment is to increase water flow, moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements. The prescription uses Zengye Decoction combined with Wuren Pills with modifications, and the medicinal ingredients used are Yuanshen, Shengdihuang, Ophiopogon japonicus, peach kernel, apricot kernel, cypress kernel, pine kernel, hemp seed, Prunus mume seed, Pueraria lobata, and areca catechu.