Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Intestinal Mucosal Immunity in Chronic Intest

Mechanism of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Intestinal Mucosal Immunity in Chronic Intestinal

Diseases

Lin Lv;Xiao-Lan Yin;Xu-Dong Tang;Feng-Yun Wang;Xiang-Xue Ma;Ting Chen;Hai-Jie Ji;Zheng-Yi Chen;Ya-Xin Tian;Li-Qun Bian;Bei-Hua Zhang

【期刊名称】《世界中医药杂志（英文版）》 【年(卷),期】2017(003)002

【摘要】Although irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are clinically common diseases with unclear pathogenesis, both of them are related to the immune system. With progress in studies on their pathogenesis, the two diseases are currently believed to be associated with the presence of intestinal inflammation and intestinal mucosal immune disorder. In recent years, a new approach for the prevention and treatment of chronic intestinal disease is to protect the complete structure and normal immunity of the intestinal mucosal barrier during the treat-ment of intestinal diseases. However, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) may have more advantages in regulating the imbalance of the intestinal immune microenvironment, as various single herbs and compounds of TCM have been investigated from the perspective of immune regulation.The use of TCM is prevalent in China. 吀e effectiveness of these therapies appears to be supported by preliminary evidence and clinical