Objective:To observe characteristics of TCM syndromes of sjoigren syndrome and to compare clinical therapeutic effects of the method of clearing away heat and activating blood circulation and the method of nourishing Yin and promoting the production of body fluid on sjogren syndrome.Methods:79 cases were divided into a group of clearing away heat and activating blood circulation （n=38）

a group of nourishing Yin and promoting the production of body fluid （n=22） and a western medicine group（n=19）.They were treated for 3 months.Their symptoms

signs and laboratory indexes before and after treatment were compared.Results:Out of the 79 cases

75 cases were yin-deficiency syndrome（94.9%）

55 cases blood stasis（69.6%）

41 cases toxic heat syndrome（51.8%）;The clinically total effective rate was 81.5%

68.1% and 78.9% in the group of clearing away heat and activating blood circulation

the group of nourishing Yin and promoting the production of body liquid

and the western medicine group respectively

with no significant difference among the 3 groups（P>0.05）.The cumulative scores for dry mouth and dry eyes significantly reduced in the group of clearing away heat and activating blood circulation

but dry mouth and dry eyes in the western medicine group did not significantly improve.Conclusion:Chinese drug and the western medicine have similar therapeutic effect

but Chinese drug for clearing away heat and activating blood circulation can significantly improve dry mouth and dry eyes.