Roles of Chinese Medicine and Gut Microbiota in Chronic Constipation

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Gut microbiota and Yin-Yang balance theory of CM. The balance concept of CM emphasizes that the balance is the key to maintaining a healthy state, including the balance between gut immunity and gut microbiota, the balance between immune response and immunosuppression, and the balance among bacteria. Once one of the above balances is broken, the disorder may appear.