Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Ages are range from 18 to 65 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 structural disease on the intestines; 2. Constipation-dominated IBS or A-IBS patients; 3. Patients who take cisapride, and other medicinal herbs which may affect the effects; 4. Patients companied 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 younger than 18 years old and older than 65 years old, or in a pregnancy or lactation; 6. Patients with serious mental disorder such as Dementia praecox and epileptic.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging;clinical syndrome;Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Blood Flow of Microcirculation in Acpoints;Temperature of the Acupoint;Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS); | — |
Countries
China