Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products: Potential Approaches for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Shuo Yuan; You Li; Jiao Li; Jia-Chen Xue; Qi Wang; Xiao-Ting Hou; Huan Meng; Ji-Xing Nan; Qing-Gao Zhang

doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.892790

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products: Potential Approaches for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Front Pharmacol. 2022 Jul 7:13:892790. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.892790. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Shuo Yuan^{1

2}, You Li², Jiao Li^{2

3}, Jia-Chen Xue^{2

3}, Qi Wang², Xiao-Ting Hou², Huan Meng², Ji-Xing Nan¹, Qing-Gao Zhang^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Yanbian University, Yanji, China.
² Chronic Disease Research Center, Medical College, Dalian University, Dalian, China.
³ Department of Immunology and Pathogenic Biology, Yanbian University College of Basic Medicine, Yanji, China.

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a rare, recurrent, and intractable inflammation obstruction of the stomach tract, usually accompanied by inflammation of cell proliferation and inflammation of the colon and carries a particular cause of inflammation. The clinical use of drugs in western countries affects IBD treatment, but various adverse effects and high prices limit their application. For these reasons, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is more advantageous in treating IBD. This paper reviews the mechanism and research status of TCM and natural products in IBD treatment by analyzing the relevant literature to provide a scientific and theoretical basis for IBD treatment.

Keywords: gut microbes; immunity; inflammatory bowel disease; natural product; traditional Chinese medicine.

Publication types

Review