Common Mechanism of Pathogenesis in Gastrointestinal Diseases Implied by Consistent Efficacy of Single Chinese Medicine Formula

Ling W, Li Y, Jiang W, Sui Y, Zhao HL · Medicine · 2015 July

Objective

Hereby, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the clinical efficacy of Si-Ni-San (SNS) on common digestive disorders, and to use TCM as a tool to validate the hypothesis that all common GI problems have shared mechanisms of pathogenesis.

Conclusions

In this study, we have used synthesized clinical data of the single TCM formula as a tool indirectly to validate the common mechanisms of pathogenesis of GI disorders. The findings are positive for common GI disorders implicated by similar pathogenesis.

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