Objective：To observe the clinical effect of Banxia Xiexin tang combined with routine western medicine for chronic gastric ulcer.Methods：Selected 80 cases of patients with chronic gastric ulcer，and divided them into the control group and the study group randomly according to random number table，40 cases in each group.The control group was given routine western medicine for treatment，while the study group was additionally given Banxia Xiexin tang.Observed the improvement of symptoms and signs and compared the recurrence rate in two groups.Results：After treatment，the scores of epigastric pain，abdominal distention，bitter taste in the mouth and acid regurgitation，cold limbs，gastric upset and frequent dry stool or loose stool in the two groups were all decreased when compared with those before treatment(P＜0.05).The Chinese medicine syndrome scores in the study group were all lower than those in the control group(P＜0.05).The total effective rate was 9 5.0 0% in the study group and was 72.50% in the control group，difference being significant(P＜0.05).After 6 months of follow-up，the recurrence rate was 2.63%in the study group and was 24.14%in the control group，difference being significant(P＜0.05).Conclusion：The therapy of Banxia Xiexin tang combined with routine western medicine for chronic gastric ulcer can effectively relieve the clinical symptoms of patients and reduce the recurrence.