Objective To observe the clinical effect of treating infantile diarrhea with balance acupuncture in combination with western therapies.Method To select 96 patients of infantile diarrhea and divide them into the comparison group and the observation group at random each having 48 patients.The former adopted conventional western therapies while the latter adopted the balance acupuncture treatment in combination with conventional western therapies

and compared the clinical effects of the two groups.Results The comparison group yielded an overall effective rate of 85.41%

while that of the observation group was 95.83%.The comparative differences of the two were statistically significant（P<0.05）.Conclusion Treating infantile diarrhea with balance acupuncture in combination with western therapies shortens the course of treatment markedly

lessens symptoms

and improves the effective rate of treatment.