Objective To analyze the characteristics of TCM treatment for the hospitalized AIDS patients based on four-year medical records.Methods The records of hospitalized AIDS patients from year 2004 to 2008 were collected with the messages including demography

diagnosis

and treatment extracted to establish a basic information table

and the result was processed with SPSS 13.0 software for statistical analysis.Results Of the 708 patients included

respiratory system disease was 39.9%

digestive system disease occupied 33.0%

and neural system disease took 7.1% of the main opportunistic infections;in the TCM syndrome differentiation

deficiency syndrome was 50%

excess syndrome occupied 28.3%

and complicated syndrome with both deficiency and excess took 21.7%.The frequently used herbal formulas were Shenling Baizhu San（Powder of Ginseng

Poria and White Atractylodes Rhizome）

Sishen Wan（Pill of Four Miraculous Herbs）

and Shengmai San（Pulse-activating Powder）

etc.The frequently prescribed herbs were Gancao（甘草Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae）

Renshen（人参Radix Ginseng）

and Fuling（茯苓Poria）

etc.All patients were treated with combination of TCM and western medicine and the improvement rate was 50.8%.Conclusion The opportunistic infections of these patients are of various types.They are mainly in deficiency syndromes in TCM.The therapeutic effect of combination of TCM and western medicine for AIDS needs to be improved.