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. 2006 May;55(5):593-6.
doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.078089.

Complementary and alternative medicine for functional gastrointestinal disorders

K Tillisch  1
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Complementary and alternative medicine for functional gastrointestinal disorders

K Tillisch. Gut. 2006 May.

Abstract

Patients suffering from functional gastrointestinal disorders are likely to search elsewhere when conventional therapies fail them. Enthusiasm for complementary and alternative medicine use and research is clearly growing. Studies of acupuncture and herbal therapy for functional gastrointestinal disorders in the Western literature have often been limited by poor study design but these interventions may have promise and are discussed here.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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