Are there studies to support the treatment of IBS with meditation?
There are no current studies that I know of that have shown the benefit of meditation with IBS, but there are ongoing studies with mindfulness meditation, so it’s a particular type of meditation to be used in IBS and they’ve shown it’s benefited in other conditions such as cancer. So the patient really focuses on the here and now and not focusing on future consequences of having an exacerbation of the IBS symptoms, and I think that it could probably be very useful.
