Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Group A:once every two days, 10 min, 1 course
Group B:once every two days, 20min, 2 courses
Group C:once every two days, 30min, 3 courses
Group D:once a day, 10 min, 3 courses
Group E:once a day, 20 min, 1 course
Group F:once a day, 30 min, 2 courses
Group G:twice a day, 10 min, 2 courses
Group H:twice a day, 20 min, 3 courses
Group I:twice a day, 30 min, 1 course
Sponsors
Shanghai Research Inistitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Shanghai University of TCM
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
30 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Ages are range from 30 to 50 years old with no limitation of sex; 2. Meeting the Rome III diagnostic criteria; 3. Willing to participate in the study and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with organic disease on the intestines; 2. Patients with Constipation-dominated IBS or A-IBS; 3. Patients who take cisapride, or other medicinal herbs which may affect the effects; 4. Patients accompanied with some primary disease such as cerebral vessels diseases, liver or kidney disease and disorders of hematopoietic system etc which seriously affected life; 5. Patients in a pregnancy or lactation; 6. Patients with serious mental disorder such as Dementia praecox and epileptic.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| clinical syndrome;Irritable bowel syndrome quality of life (IBS-QOL); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS);The Symptom Check List 90 (SCL-90);Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactHuangan Wu
Outcome results
None listed