Aloe Vera and Reduced Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms

• Western herbal medicines in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2019-11-03
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Complementary therapies in medicine 48
  • • Jason A Hawrelak
    • Hans Wohlmuth
    • Martina Pattinson
    • Stephen P Myers
    • Joshua Z Goldenberg
    • Joanna Harnett
    • Kieran Cooley
    • Claudine Van De Venter
    • Rebecca Reid
    • Dawn L Whitten

  • PubMed: 31987249
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2019.102233

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptoms

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Aloe vera and asafoetida also demonstrated efficacy in reducing global IBS symptoms in meta-analyses.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes