Only when the intestines are healthy can they stay healthy. With the arrival of the 18th World intestinal health day on May 29, the problem of constipation, which afflicts many people, has once again attracted everyone's attention: is there a way to revitalize the intestinal tract? A research paper entitled "effectiveness and safety of vibration capsule in the treatment of functional constipation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial" was published on May 25, local time in the electronic clinical medicine, a sub issue of the world-famous medical journal The Lancet. It is reported that from December 2018 to February 2020, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Beijing Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Shandong Qilu Hospital, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital and the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University of traditional Chinese medicine jointly carried out this clinical study. 106 subjects were randomly assigned to receive vibrating capsules or placebo for six weeks (two capsules per week) at a ratio of 1:1. The final statistics showed that the proportion of patients who had at least one increase in complete self defecation per week during the treatment period. The research results showed that 64% of the patients improved their constipation symptoms after using the vibration capsule, and increased their complete self defecation at least once a week, which was higher than the effective rate of 36% in the control group. Functional constipation is one of the most common constipation, and it is also a very difficult disease to cure. Repeated visits, unnecessary examinations and a long course of disease have brought great psychological pressure to patients and constituted a huge economic burden. Professor Liao Zhuan, a clinical research expert and gastroenterology department of Changhai Hospital, pointed out that vibrating capsules can promote self defecation, reduce the severity of constipation and improve their quality of life. Professor Li Jingnan from the Department of Gastroenterology of Peking Union Medical College Hospital said: "from the clinical results, the clinical effect of vibration capsule has indeed opened up a new field of constipation treatment." It is reported that the vibration capsule used in the study is the "digestive tract vibration capsule system" independently developed by Shanghai Anhan Medical Technology Co., Ltd. and passed the registration of innovative medical devices by the State Drug Administration at the end of February this year. "This is another milestone in the innovative R & D and clinical research of medical devices in China. It is expected that the gastrointestinal vibration capsule will bring good news to constipation patients with poor drug treatment effect." Professor Ling Hu enqiang, director of the Department of Gastroenterology of the PLA General Hospital, said. (news agency)