Abstract:Abstract Objective: To investigate the anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of Rhizoma arisaematis-Zingiber drug pair. Methods: The anti-inflammatory effect of different doses of Rhizoma arisaematis-Zingiber was observed by carrageenan-induced rat paws edema on SD rats and xylene-induced ear edema on ICR mice, while its analgesic activety was evaluated by acetic a cid-induced writhing test on ICR mice and hot-plate test. Results: In the anti-inflammatory test, the high-dose group of Rhizoma arisaematis-Zingiber could significantly inhibit the edema on rats’ paws caused by carrageenan in the first 2 hours (P<0.01), while the effect of medium and low dose groups was not significant. In the experiment of xylene-induced ear edema on ICR mice, the high-dose group of Rhizoma arisaematis-Zingiber could significantly inhibit the ear edema of mice (P<0.01), while the medium and low dose groups could also effectively inhibit the thickness of ear edema of mice (P<0.05). In the writhing test, the high-dose group of Rhizoma arisaematis-Zingiber could significantly reduce the writhing times induced by intraperitoneal injection of acetic acid in mice (P < 0.01), and the medium and low-dose groups could also play a good effect (P < 0.05), while in the hot-plate test, Rhizoma arisaematis-Zingiber had only a slight effect on the pain threshold of hot-plate in mice, which was not statistically significant. Conclusion: Rhizoma arisaematis-Zingiber drug pair has a good anti-inflammatory effect, while its peripheral analgesic effect is strong but central analgesic effect is not obvious, and there is a certain dose-response relationship.