Abstract: The aim of the present paperis to assess the efficacy of Golden Dendrobium tablets mainly refined from the stems of Dendrobium nobile Lindl.in resolving the symptoms of the patients with chronic pharyngitis and to investigate their safety for patients’health.Randomised controlled trial and self-contrast test were used.Altogether 40 patients with chronic pharyngitis in Xiyuan Hospital,aged 18—65,were randomly assigned to take Golden Dendrobi-umtablets for fifteen days.Before and after the experimental medicine-taking test,blood regulation,urine regulationand blood biochemical indexes,coupled with clinical symptoms and features of examinations on laryngopharynx were measured for a comparative analysis.It is obvious that Golden Dendrobium tablets can improve clinical symptoms and features of laryngopharynx in 31 subjects after 15-day medicine-taking experiment(at an efficacy rate of 77.5 %).Nodistinct changes were foundin blood regulation,urine regulation and blood biochemical indexes.All data before and after medicine-taking experiment were recorded for comparison on patients under self-contrast test.The dramatic clinical response suggests that Golden Dendrobium tablets be effective in the treatment of chronic pharyngitis and is free of adverse effect on patient’s health.