Inflammatory bowel disease belongs to the category of "chronic dysentery"

"intestinal afflux"in traditional Chinese medicine（ TCM）. Its pathogenesis is complex

which is manifested as the mixture of deficiency and excess

the mixture of cold and heat

and attacking both qi and blood. This paper discussed the thinking of syndrome differentiation and treatment as well as treatment principles and methods of inflammatory bowel disease. The treatment should distinguish disease type

disease site and the disease characteristics. It is suggested that deficiency of spleen and kidney is the basis of this disease. Pathological products such as damp-heat

stasis

toxin

phlegm and turbidity detain the veins of intestinal injury

which cause recurrence of the disease

and difficult to recovery. Therapeutically

it is essential to strengthen spleen and kidney

clear away heat and resolve dampness

cool blood and resolve blood stasis

astringe ulcer and generate muscle. And the treatment should also pay attention to different stages

different levels and different parts. TCM and western medicine treatment is combined when necessary.