Objective,2,To observe the clinical effect of Jinhuang Powder in the treatment of acute stage of erysipelas in the lower extremities.,Methods,2,One hundred acute erysipelas patients were randomly divided into internal and external treatment group with traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine treatment group. The course of treatment in both groups was 14 days. The clinical effect and the improvement of local symptoms were observed.,Results,2,The total effective rates of the treatment group and the control group were 91.67% and 69.38% respectively. The difference of the above two groups was statistically significant (,P,<,0.05). After treatment, there was a significant difference in the total score of local symptoms between the treatment group and the control group (,P,<,0.05).,Conclusion,2,Hoop therapy combined with Puding mixture is effective in the treatment of acute erysipelas in lower extremities.