title: [Comparative study on irritable bowel syndrome treated with acupuncture and western medicine].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the differences in the therapeutic effect on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) between acupuncture at Tianshu (ST 25) and Dachangshu (BL 25) and western medication with Trimebutine Maleate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty cases were divided randomly into an acupuncture group and a western medication group, 20 cases in each one. In acupuncture group, acupuncture was applied to Tianshu (ST 25) and Dachangshu (BL 25). Ziwu Daojiu needling technique was adopted, once daily. In western medication group, Trimebutine Maleate capsule was administered, 2 capsules in each time, 3 times per day. The assessment on the therapeutic effect was performed in 4 weeks of treatment in two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As compared with those before treatment, the time of abdominal pain, the frequency of abdominal pain, the morbidity of abnormal stool appearance, the morbidity of defecation abnormality, the morbidity of mucus stool and the score of bloating or abdominal pain on bowel movement were all reduced after treatment in two groups (all P < 0.01). The results in acupuncture group were much more significant than those in western medication group (the total score: 16.70 +/- 2.40 vs 15.70 +/- 3.01, P < 0.01). The total effective rate in acupuncture group was 95.0% (19/20), which was superior to that of 70.0% (14/20) in western medication group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture at Tianshu (ST 25) and Dachangshu (BL 25) may remarkably relieve the clinical symptoms of IBS and its efficacy is superior to that of oral medication with Trimebutine Maleate.
authors.affiliation: shizhimin_0613@163.com
authors.forename: Zhi-Min
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Ye-Shan
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Qing-Xian
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Miao-Na
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Lei
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014287:Trimebutine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014287:Trimebutine