Objective： To observe the clinical effect of external application of Sanhuang ointment combined with oral administration of Danggui Huoxue liquid for gonarthromeningitis.M e th o d s：Divided 90 cases of patients with gonarthromeningitis into two groups randomly according to the inclusion criteria，45 cases in each group.The control group received routine treatment and physical therapy，while the combined group received oral administration of Danggui Huoxue liquid and external application of Sanhuang ointment based on the treatment of the control group.Respectively scored visual analogue scales(VAS)，symptoms and scale of signs before treatment and on the first，third，fifth day of treatment.Evaluated the curative effect on the fifth day of treatment.R e s u lts：Compared the VAS score and scale of clinical symptoms and signs between the two groups on the first，third，fifth day of treatment with those before treatment，differences were significant(P ＜ 0.05).On the third and fifth day of treatment，VAS score and scale of clinical symptoms and signs in the combined group were lower than those in the control group，differences being significant(P ＜ 0.05).After treatment，the total effective rate was 97.8%in the combined group and was 93.3%in the control group，differences being significant(P＜0.05).C o n c lu s io n：The therapy of external application of Sanhuang ointment combined with oral administration of Danggui Huoxue liquid has good curative effect in treating gonarthromeningitis.