title: Discussion on certain issues of the diagnosis and treatment of functional constipation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China. shenhong999@163.com
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D002400:Cathartics / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000517:prevention & control; D003248:Constipation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003672:Defecation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019413:Qi; D016709:Yin-Yang
chemical_list: D002400:Cathartics; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal