Objective:To observe the clinical effect of acupoint catgut-embedding therapy for children with constipation of spleen-qi deficiency type.Methods:Divided 69 cases of children with constipation of spleen-qi deficiency type into catgut-embedding group being 35 cases and western medicine group being 34 cases randomly.The catgut-embedding group receivedthe simple acupoint catgut-embedding therapy once every 20 days,and 2 times in total.The control group received oral lactulose oral solution for 40 days.After treatment,compared clinical effect of the two groups,and recorded both the firstdefecation time and the times of weekly defecation.Results:The total effective rate was 85.71% in the catgut-embedding group and 73.53%in the western medicine group,the difference was not statistically significant(P>0.05).After treatment,the first defecation time of the catgut-embedding group was shorter than that of the western medicine group,and the times of weekly defecation of the catgut-embedding group were more than those of the western medicine group,differences being significant(P< 0.05).Conclusion:Acupoint catgut-embedding therapy has a significant effect in treating children with constipation of spleen-qi deficiency type,and its clinical efficacy is superior to that of oral lactulose oral solution.