Functional Constipation
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Men or women aged 18-60 years; 2. According with Rome IV diagnostic criteria for functional constipation, with a history of constipation of at least half a year; 3. Severe constipation, complete spontaneous defecation <= 2 times a week, and has lasted for more than 3 months; 4. The patients had no special eating habits, anxiety, depression and other mental disorders; 5. At baseline, the patients had difficulty in defecation and dry stool (BSFS <= 3); Did not take any medicine for constipation, including intestinal microecology, probiotics, etc; 6. Did not receive acupuncture treatment for constipation in the past three months and lived in Chengdu or surrounding areas for a long time.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. History of abdominal or anorectal surgery; 2. Irritable bowel syndrome and organic or drug-induced constipation; Secondary to endocrine, metabolic or neurogenic constipation; 3. Patients with heart, liver, kidney damage or cognitive impairment, aphasia, or unable to cooperate with sample collection and treatment; 4. Pregnancy, lactation, postpartum and allergic constitution; 5. Coagulation dysfunction or anticoagulants such as farwarfarin and heparin have been used.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| weekly complete spontaneous bowel movements;gut microbiota;microRNA; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| weekly spontaneous bowel movements;Bristol Stool Form Scale;Difficulty in defecating;Patient Assessment Constipation Quality of Life;self-rating anxiety scale;self-rating depression scale; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLi Ying
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed