Table 1: Publications in which the diagnostic criteria for identification of patients with IBS were stated.
| Procedure | Criteria | China | Korea | North America | Europe | Middle East |
| Acupuncture | ||||||
| [11] | Rome | 1 | ||||
| [12] | Rome 1 | 1 | ||||
| [13] | Rome 1 | 1 | ||||
| [14,15] | Rome 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| [16-19] | Rome 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| [20,21] | Clinical | 2 | ||||
| Moxibustion | ||||||
| [22] | Rome 3 | 1 | ||||
| Acupuncture/Moxibustion | ||||||
| [23-25] | Rome 3 | 3 |