Professor Jiang Shumin Experience Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Iriitable bowel syndrome(IBS) is a common gastrointestinal function disorderdisease. Although there is no certain disease that is totally corresponding toIBS in traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)，but its symptoms are similar with somediseases recorded by doctors in ancient times such as “xiexie”，“bianmi”，“futong”，“changyu” etc.TCM believes that deficiency of spleen is itsroot， also related to stagnation of liver qi and deficiency of kidney yang,andendogenetic wet followed them.The deficiency Qi cannot keep the body away fromrisk factors and intestinal dry with blood stasis is its changing progress.Pathogenesis based on root deficiency,and charecteristiced by cold-heat mixedup,and easy recrudesce.The treatment of IBS usually accord to syndromedifferention,also use Acuouncture Moxibustion and Massage,enema treatments etcin TCM. Professor Jiang has treated IBS in TCM nearly30years,and learned manyexperiences. He believes that the occurrence and development of IBS is in closecontacted with viscera,include emotional factors and diet factors,liverstagnation and spleen deficiency and wet sheng is the main pathogenesis of IBS.Hethought that making stomach Qi,soothing the liver-Qi,dispelling dampness isthe focus method of IBS treatment,supplemented by warm Yang and invigoratingthe kidney,promoting qi and activating blood,moistening intestines and runningbowel movement,with emotional therapy,diet therapy etc, achieved a significanteffect.