• Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.327-336
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• 1996

IBS(Irritable bowel syndrome) means disorder of intestinal motility. To increase the cure rate of IBS, we have observed and analysed 26 persons who have administered Ansinbobitang(安神補脾湯), Ansinbobitang(安神補脾湯) consists of herb medicines which have tranquilizational(安神), reinforcing the spleen(補脾), and tonifying the kidney's Yang(補腎陽) effects. From this study we obtained as follows. 1. 16 cases of IBS patients were male and 10 cases were female. Male of female ratio was 1 : 1.6, and the peak age in incidence of IBS was in End and 3rd decade. 2. Duration of IBS attack, the most frequence is $0{\sim}1$ year and $3{\sim}5$ years. 3. Seasonal distribution of IBS attack reveals the peak occurrence in autumn. 4. Duration of treatments, the most frequence is $2{\sim}3$ weeks. 5. Ansinbobitang(安神補脾湯) shows 88.5% of effective rate.