Objective:To compare clinical therapeutic effects of simple TCM and simple western medicines on ulcerative colitis.Methods:Randomized effect model of Meta-analysis was used for quantitatively combined analysis on research literature about simple TCM treatment of ulcerative colitis with controlled study of simple western medicine from 2000

2

004 in China.Results:Of 744 cases in the simple TCM treatment group

698 cases were clinically effective

and among 493 cases in the western medicine control group

335 cases were clinically effective.The stable rate total OR（odds ratio）=6.60

95%CI was（4.60

9.47） in the simple TCM treatment group

with significant difference between the two groups （P

<

0.05）.Sensitive analysis on randomized effect model and fixed effect model did not find difference between them.Conclusion:Present data support that clinical therapeutic effect of simple TCM treatment program on ulcerative colitis is supperior to that of simple western medicine treatment program.