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Just over half of the patients audited (53%) had 'normal' bowel function, 32% of patients had not had a normal bowel action in the previous three days, while 15% had experienced diarrhoea with or without aperients. Of the 209 patients who had not had a normal bowel action, 53% did not have a constipation management plan in place.

From a Western botanical traditional approach, combining these bitters with herbal cholagogues, carminatives, antispasmodics, antimicrobials, anti-inflammatories, astringents, nerviness, adaptogens, antidiarrheals, and aperients (mild laxatives) can possibly address the multiplicity of IBS symptoms more effectively.

From a Western botanical traditional approach, combining these bitters with herbal cholago-gues, carminatives, antispasmodics, anti-microbials, anti-inflammatories, astringents, nerviness, adaptogens, antidiarrheals and aperients (mild laxatives) can possibly address the multiplicity of IBS symptoms more effectively.

His bowels are managed with aperients, and include a regimen of 150 mL of pear juice daily, with additional pear juice of 150 and 100 mL on four and three days of the week.