Abstract: AIM: To investigate the effect of compound salvia miltiorrhiza pills on nailfold microcirculation of the elderly patients with diabetes mellitus.METHODS: The 38 patients were given, based on the regular treatment of decreasing blood sugar, the compoud salvia miltiorrhiza pills (10 pills, po, tid) for 3 mon.The alteration of nailfold microcirculation were observed before and after the treatment.RESULTS: All kind of parameters and comprehensive integral values of their nailfoldmicrocirculation were improved after the regular treatmeat combined with the compound salvia miltiorrhiza.CONCLUSION: The compound salvia miltiorrhiza pills can improve the nailfold microcirculation of the elderly patients with diabetes mellitus.

Key words: compound salvia miltiorrhiza pills, diabetes mellitus, microcirculation.