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Objective@#To evaluate the efficacy of Chuanxiong-Chatiao powder and Cangerzi powder combined with routine treatmentfor the patients with acute rhinosinusitis.@*Methods@#A total of 104 patients with acute rhinosinusitis were enrolled and divided into the treatment group (52 patients) and the control group (52 patients) by random number table method. Patients in the control group were treated with routine treatment of western medicine, while those in the treatment group with Chuanxiong-Chatiao powder and Cangerzi powder plus routine treatment of western medicine. All the treatments lasted 30 days, with follow-up of 6 months. The total symptom scores (TSS), nasal obstruction, nasal discharge, dizziness, and nasal secretion improvement time, and the clinical curative effect of the two groups were observed and recorded.@*Results@#The total effective rate in the treatment group was significantly higher than that in the control group [86.5% (45/52) vs. 69.2% (36/52); χ2=4.522, P=0.034]. After treatment, the TSS of the treatment group were significantly lower than the control group (3.9 ± 0.5 vs. 5.9 ± 0.6; t=18.466, P<0.01). The nasal obstruction, nasal discharge, dizziness, and nasal secretion improvement time in the treatment group was superior to those in the control group (t were 5.367, 8.034, -7.525 ,-6.757, P<0.01). In the follow-up of 6 months, the recurrence rate in the treatment group was significantly higher than that in the control group [33.3% (9/27) vs. 11.4% (4/35); χ2=4.413, P=0.036].@*Conclusions@#Chuanxiong-Chatiao powder and Cangerzi powder combined with routine treatment can improve the clinical symptoms in patients western medicine with acute rhinosinusitis.