Comparison of acupuncture, moxibustion, and pharmacotherapy in improving diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome
These results demonstrated that acupuncture and moxibustion achieved superior therapeutic effects through distinct remodeling of microbial networks and host-microbe associations, providing mechanistic insight into microbiota-mediated IBS-D treatment.
Authors
- Shuangshuang Wang
- Chang She (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1636-1885)
- Yaping Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6219-4160)
- Rong Wen
- Dan Liu
- Peng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8403-8289)
- Bo Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1922-4423)
- Dan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1420-3672)
- Yao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2336-3432)
- Bi-Yu Lai
Institutions
- Hunan Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- The Eighth Hospital of Xi'an (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1638930
- Primary Topic
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province