Observation of the preventive and curative effects of Herba Artemisiae Scopariae [symbol: see text], Fructus Gardeniae [symbol: see text], Radix Scutellariae [symbol: see text] and Radix et Rhizoma Rhei Preparata [symbol: see text] in 30 cases of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia showed that both the peak value of serum total bilirubin and the incidence of hyperbilirubinemia were obviously lower than that in the control group.