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Objective To investigate the effect of rice water on prevention of diarrhea in patients with traumatic head injury undergoing enternal nutrition. Methods 110 patients with traumatic head injury in neurosurgery department were selected and randomly divided into the observation group and the control group.The observation group was fed with rice water in the early two days of entemal nutrition and then begun with nutrient solution on the third day, as to the control group,patients were fed with nutrient solution at the beginning of enternal nutrition. Incidence of diarrhea in these two groups were viewed and underwent χ2 test. Results The number of samples with diarrhea in the observation group(3 cases) was significantly less than that of the control group (12 cases). Conclusions Feeding with rice water can clean the intestine, regulate the function of gastrointestinal tract and reduce the incidence of diarrhea obviously in patients with traumatic head injury during the early period of enternal nutrition.