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Crohn’s disease – Recent Advances [Working Title], 2021

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.95496

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Crohn’s Disease Treated by Chinese Medicine

Book chapter published in 2021 by Xiaomei Wang, Luyi Wu, Siyi Lv, Mei Li, Huangan Wu
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Abstract

Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease with variable clinical symptoms, it can affect the whole gastrointestinal tract from the oral cavity to the anus and lead to lower quality of life and greater social and economicloss. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a long history and is unique characteristic by the theory of overall concept and treatment based on syndrome differentiation, it should be an important part of world medicine. This chapter introduces the research advance of Crohn’s disease in TCM, including its name, location, etiology and pathogenesis, syndrome differentiation, therapeutic criteria, treatment methods and other contents. The mechanism of TCM treatment of Crohn’s disease remains to be further studied.