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# Traditional Chinese medicine helps IBS-D
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/traditional_chinese_medicine_helps_ibs-d_0821140935/
- Published: 2014-08-21T10:34:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:22:35.000Z
- Description: A four-week randomized trial found the Chinese herbal formula Yigan Fupi Decoction outperformed pinaverium bromide on bowel symptom severity, defecation state and quality-of-life scores in patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Herbs, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

A traditional Chinese medicine called Yigan Fupi Decoction (YFD) is more effective than Pinaverium Bromide Tablet (PBT) in treating diarrhea in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D), according to a new four-week trial. 

Compared to PBT, a drug for functional gastrointestinal disorders, YFD was found superior in the total IBS bowel symptom severity scale, IBS defecation state questionnaire, and IBS quality of life questionnaire. (David Liu, PHD)

Chen MX, Chen JX, Xia L, Fu R, Lu Z, \[Treating irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea patients by yigan fupi decoction: a randomized controlled trial\]. Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, 2014, 34(6):656-660