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Acupuncture for Digestive Disorders
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
One 2017 studyTrusted Source compared acupuncture with traditional Western medicines for treating diarrhea associated with IBS. The study divided 61 IBS patients into two groups. One group received abdominal acupuncture, and the other group received pinaverium bromide tablets.
The results showed that acupuncture was a more effective treatment than Western medication. It stated that acupuncture effectively relieved abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, poor stool output, and stool abnormalities.
Another 2020 study compared acupuncture with traditional medication: polyethylene glycol 4000, or pinaverium bromide. The study found that acupuncture was a more effective treatment for the symptoms of IBS than this medicine.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Acupuncture is a system of medicine, which describes in detail the functioning of the body and how it produces energy. With this understanding, treatments are focused, primarily on addressing the root cause rather than on just the symptoms. Many clinical trials researching the effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of digestive disorders have presented data which indicates that it can have positive results on conditions such as dryness of the mouth, functional disturbances like reflux, nausea and vomiting, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, inflammatory processes in the intestines, obesity, diabetes mellitus, gout and cholecystitis.