Abstract: Objective To observe effects of soaking therapy with traditional Chinese medicine on athlete's foot. Methods346 cases of the treatment group (175 cases of erosive type and 171 cases of bullous type) were treated with soaking therapy by traditional Chinese medicine and 335 cases of the control group (170 cases of erosive type and 165 cases of bullous type) were treated with 3% Clotrimazolum ointment. Effects of two groups were compared.Results Effect of the treatment group was obviously more superior to that of the control group (P<0.0001). ConclusionsIt shows easy and effective that patients with athlete's foot were treated by soaking therapy with traditional Chinese medicine.

Key words: traditional Chinese medicine, athlete's foot, soaking therapy