To observe and analyze clinical efficacy of rheumatic pain powder on patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.Methods:ninty six cases of clinically diagnosed patients with rheumatoid arthritis were divided into control and treatment groups，48 cases in each group.The control group was treated with western medicine; on the basis of the control group,the treatment group was given rheumatic pain powder.Results:The improvement of symptoms in the treatment group was more significant than in the control group; the recurrence rate after treatment of the treatment group was lower than that of the control group; hospital stay of the treatment group was significantly shorter than the control group; the number of complications of the treatment group during the treatment was significantly less than the control group.Conclusion:The rheumatic pain powder has very obvious clinical effect on patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.