SST and ileus: A previous study also demonstrated that NJT not only significantly improves gastrointestinal motility, but also shows stronger effects than those of various prokinetic drugs, such as cisapride and metoclopramide, in a rat model of postoperative ileus [4], and NJT has been confirmed to increase the level of motilin, a powerful inducer of gastrointestinal motor activity, and somatostatin, which participates in the regulation of gut motility by exerting both inhibitory and stimulatory actions in human plasma.