Figure 1.

Evaluation of the efficacy of TCM treatments on IBS-D. (a) Time axis of different experiments on rats. (b) Changes of body weight at the beginning of modeling in different groups of rats. (c) Index of the weight growth (the ratio of body weight at the end of treatment to that before treatment) in rats. (d) Fecal water content in rats from each group after treatment (Fecal weight before drying − fecal weight after drying)/weight before drying. n = 10/group. Error bars represent SD. Statistical differences between every two groups were estimated by an unpaired t test, ^∗P < 0.05, ^∗∗P < 0.01, ^∗∗∗P < 0.001, ^∗∗∗∗P < 0.0001.