Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Diarrhea-clinical Tcm Type

Objective To investigate the clinical symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) diarrhea and analyze its effect factors in Chengdu and its nearby regions, knew the appearance rate of the symptoms and Zheng patterns of TCM and the influence of relevance factors, and researched the pathogenesis and therapy of TCM.Methods Using a questionnaire on the patients who suffered IBS diarrhea in Chengdu and its nearby region, including sex, age, occupation, educational degree, bowel infection history, female menstruation history, spirit factors , life stress and body symptoms, analyzed the datum investigated by statistics. According to the consentaneous diagnostic criteria, divided the disease into Zheng patterns of TCM。 Results 1) Female was predominated in IBS, compared with male. With the increase of age , the prevalence rate of IBS did not rise. The higher educational degree community had a higher morbidity of IBS than the community of the lower educational degree. Abdominal pain and discomfort are the symptoms, which more happened. Male and female did not show the distinction on the common symptoms. But female with IBS seemed to have a higher tendency of abnormal personalities than male, especially in life stress and depression. Bowel infection history, exposure to coldness, ingestion of cold food and raw materials or spicy...