Objective To observe the curative effect of combination of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine in treating infantile diarrhea.Method 240cases of infants with diarrhea were chosen and randomly divided into experimental group and control group with 120cases in each group.Infants in the control group were treated with western medicine while those in the experimental group received therapy of combination of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine

and curative effects between the two groups were compared.Results Total effective rate of the experimental group was 95.0% while that of the control group was85.8%

and the differences were statistically significant（p<0.05）.Conclusion Effect of combination of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine in treating infantile diarrhea is better than that of pure western medicine

so the combination therapy is worth promoting in clinic.