Abstract:Objective To explore the clinical effect of tongqi powder combined with amoxicillin potassium clavulanate on acute suppurative otitis media. Methods Eighty-four patients with APOM admitted to our hospital from June 2016 to June 2018 were selected and divided into observation group and control group by random number table method, with 42 cases in each group. The control group was given oral amoxicillin potassium clavulanatetablets, and the observation group was given oral tongqi powder combined with amoxicillin clavicylate potassium tablets. The clinical efficacy, hearing threshold, pathogen clearance, immune function and inflammatory factors of the two groups were compared. Results After treatment, the total clinical effective rate of observation group was 97.6%, which was higher than that of control group (85.7%), and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05); the hearing threshold and pathogenic bacteria in both groups were significantly reduced, and observation group was lower than control group (P < 0.05); the percentages of CD4+, CD8+ and CD4+ /CD8+ in the two groups all decreased compared with the previous group, but observation group was lower than control group (P < 0.05); the levels of IL2, IL4 and IL6 in peripheral blood serum of the two groups all decreased compared with the previous group, but there were significant differences between two groups (P < 0.05). Conclusions Tongqi powder combined with amoxicillin potassium clavulanate in the treatment of acute purulent otitis media can not only eliminate pathogenic bacteria, improve hearing and thereby improve clinical efficacy, but also improve the immune function of patients and reduce the middle ear inflammatory response.