Herbal medicines may help relieve IBS symptoms

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Hi all,

 

Taken from: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/uknews/news20060131.shtml#5

 

The Daily Express is the only newspaper to report the news that herbal

medicines may help to alleviate the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.

The Cochrane Collaboration has reported the findings of a review of 75

trials into the effectiveness of traditional herbal medicines, saying that

'there is evidence that some of the medicines did improve the symptoms of

IBS', but Professor Jianping Liu, who led the review, warned: 'many of the

trials were small so it is premature to recommend herbal medicines for

routine use in IBS', and that 'larger, high quality trials are needed to

confirm the suggestion'.

 

Has anyone got access to the full article version?

 

Warm regards,

 

Attilio D'Alberto

Doctor of (Beijing, China)

B.Sc. (Hons) T.C.M. M.A.T.C.M.

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