Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Are you asking from a western or a Chinese Medicine perspective? From a TCM perspective there are multiple potential underlying causes - most would involve the liver and/or spleen systems. In “syndromes” particularly is where proper Chinese Medicine diagnostic skills are crucial. Using all of the proper tools to arrive at that particular individuals underlying diagnosis is the only way to get good consistent results with IBS. In other words, the underlying cause, is the set of conditions unique to that individual.