Editorial Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Functional Gastrointestinal Diseases

License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Functional gastrointestinal diseases (FGID) are common in the world and account for more than 40 % of clinical visits to gastroenterology clinics. Common FGID include gas-troesophageal reflux disease (GERD), functional dyspha-gia, functional dyspepsia, gastroparesis, irritable bowel syn-drome (IBS), functional constipation, diarrhea, and fecal incontinence. While pathogeneses of FGID are not com-pletely understood, major pathophysiological factors include impaired gastrointestinal motility, visceral hypersensitivity, and psychological issues as well as disruption of the gut microbiota [1]. Gastrointestinal dysmotility is most common in FGID. For example, impaired lower esophageal sphincter functionmay lead to dysphagia in case of impaired relaxatio