Acupuncture for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome:A randomized control study

作     者：Jiang-hong SHEN Yong-ming YE Ke-xin ZHU Shan-shan LI 申江红;叶永铭;朱可欣;李珊珊

作者机构：Acupuncture Department of Guang’anmen HospitalChina Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesBeijing 100029China 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Acupuncture-Moxibustion》 (世界针灸杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第32卷第2期

页      面：123-130页

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学科分类：1005[医学-中医学] 100512[医学-针灸推拿学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by Evaluation of the clinical effect of acupuncture on diarrhea-type irritable bowel syndrome:2017S382 

主　　题：Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome Acupuncture Sham-acupuncture Effectiveness IBS-SSS Bristol stool form scale 

摘      要：Objective:To verify the effectiveness of acupuncture for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome(IBS-D).Methods:Sixty-five patients with IBS-D were randomized into an acupuncture group(33 cases)and a sham-acupuncture group(32 cases).In the acupuncture group,Tiānshū(天枢ST25),Zhōngwǎn(中脘CV12),Zúsānlǐ(足三里ST36),Shàngjùxū(上巨虚ST37),Gōngsūn(公孙SP4),Fēnglóng(丰隆ST40),Zhāngmén(章门LR13)and Yīnlíngquán(阴陵泉SP9)were selected and stimulated with routine acupuncture technique,once every two days,3 times weekly,for 8 weeks consecutively,24 times in *** the shamacupuncture group,the sham-acupoints were selected,0.5 cun or 1 cun superior,inferior,lateral or medial to the corresponding points *** blunt-tip needles were used to stimulate only the skin surface of each *** treatment frequency and courses were the same as the acupuncture *** treatment,in 4 weeks of treatment,after treatment and in follow-up,the changes in the score of IBS symptom severity scale(IBS-SSS),Bristol stool form scale and defecation satisfaction were observed in the patients of two *** treatment,the effectiveness was assessed in the two ***:In 4 weeks of treatment,after treatment and in follow-up,IBS-SSS score,Bristol stool form scale and defecation satisfaction were all lower than those before treatment in either group(all P0.01).Bristol stool form scale in the acupuncture group was lower than that in the sham-acupuncture group in4 weeks of treatment,after treatment and in follow-up,while,IBS-SSS score and defecation satisfaction were lower than the sham-acupuncture group in follow-up(all P0.05).Conclusion:Acupuncture can effectively relieve diarrhea and improves defecation satisfaction in the patients with IBS-D.