Diarrhoeal irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional disease. Due to the complexity and diversity of its course, recurrent attacks and no specificity, simple western medicine treatment is mainly to alleviate symptoms, which seriously affects the quality of life and work of patients.This study, combined with relevant research in recent years, reviewed the etiology and pathogenesis of diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome, Chinese medicine treatment, Chinese medicine treatment, integrated traditional and western medicine treatment and other aspects, looking for a treatment plan for diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome, hoping to provide ideas and reference for subsequent clinical diagnosis and treatment.

Yue Wang, Yongpan Xu, Yu Jia, Yanzhao Zhang. Discussion on the Treatment of Diarrhea Type Irritable Bowel Syndrome from the Basic Pathogenesis. International Journal of Frontiers in Medicine (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 8: 93-99. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFM.2023.050813.

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