Ulcerative colitis(UC)is a chronic intestinal inflammatory disease with unknown etiology and easy recurrence.Its pathogenesis is still unclear and most people believe that it is the result of interaction of multiple factors.The incidence of UC is increasing year by year and the disease is prone to recurrence and difficult to cure,which is a common disease of the digestive system.Traditional Chinese medicine intervention mainly includes oral administration of traditional Chinese medicine,enema of traditional Chinese medicine,acupuncture and moxbustion,ear acupuncture,thread embedding,etc.This paper summarized the pathogenesis of UC and the progress of traditional Chinese medicine intervention from the aspects of intestinal microbiome imbal-ance,abnormal immune response,intestinal mucosal barrier dysfunction,infection,genetics,etc.It provided new ideas and meth-ods for the diagnosis,treatment and prevention of UC.
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