Objective:To observe the effect of enhanced recovery after surgery combined with rehabilitation of Chinese medicine on the recovery and quality of life of patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy(LC).Methods:A total of 160 cases of LC patients were randomly divided into four groups,40 cases in each group.The control group 1 was given routine nursing; the control group 2 was given enhanced recovery after surgery(ERAS); the control group 3 was given routine nursing and rehabilitation nursing of Chinese medicine;the observation group was given ERAS and rehabilitation nursing of Chinese medicine.The time of the first out-of-bed activity,the time of starting to eat,the time of the first anal exhaust,the days of hospitalization,the scores of General Comfort Questionnaire(GCQ)and Visual Analogue Scale(VAS)on the first and third day after surgery,and the changes of C-reactive protein(CRP)before and after treatment in the two groups were observed and compared.Results:After treatment,the time of the first out-of-bed activity,the time of starting to eat and the time of the first anal exhaust in the observation group were earlier than those in the other three groups,and the days of hospitalization were less than those in the other three groups,differences being significant(P<0.05).On the first and third day after surgery,the scores of GCQ and VAS in each group were significantly improved when compared with those before surgery(P < 0.05);and the improvement of the above two scores in the observation group was more significant than that in the other three groups(P<0.05)(Table 3).On the first day after surgery,the level of CRP in each group was significantly increased when compared with that before surgery(P< 0.05),but the level in the observation group was lower than those in the other three groups(P < 0.05);on the third day after surgery,the level of CRP in each group was significantly decreased when compared with that on the first day after surgery(P < 0.05),and the level in the observation group was significantly lower than those in the other three groups(P<0.05).Conclusion:The intervention of ERAS combined with Chinese medicine nursing can effectively shorten the time of gastrointestinal recovery and improve the level of CRP after surgery and quality of life,whose curative effect is superior to that of simple routine nursing,ERAS or routine nursing combined with Chinese medicine nursing.