Adding Chinese herbal medicine to probiotics for irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Objective: This study assessed whether Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) combined with probiotics/synbiotics for irritable bowel syndrome - diarrhea (IBS-D) was more effective and safer than probiotics/synbiotics alone. Methods: Ten databases were searched for randomized control trials (RCTs) of IBS-D a...

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Main Authors: Fanlong Bu, Weiguang Wang, Ruilin Chen, Ziyi Lin, Mei Han, Nicola Robinson, Xuehan Liu, Chunli Lu, Jianping Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095754820300041