In recent years, our department has adopted a catgut point-embedding therapy in the treatment of 76 cases of chronic ulcerative colitis, with quite good therapeutic effects. The following is a report of it.rnrnClinical DatarnOf 76 cases we treated, 32 were male, and 44 female, with the ages ranging from 23 to 65 years and the duration of illness from 6 months to 20 years.rnAll the cases complained of chronic diarrhea, most of them had mucous and blood stool, and some had tenesmus. Sigmoscopic findings showed that all the cases had varying degrees of colic mucosal congestion and edema, fragile mucosa easy to bleed upon touching, or rough mucosa with multiple ulcers varying in size, shape, and depth.