Objective:To explore the effects of Shenfu injection pretreatment on intestinal epithelium of endotoxemia rats. Methods:Forty-eight adult male rats were randomly divided into endotoxemia model group(group M,n=24) and Shenfu injection pretreatment group(group S,n=24). Rats in group M and group S were further divided into 2 h,6 h,12 h subgroups and each subgroup had eight rats. A single caudal venous injection of lipopolysaccharide(10 mg/kg) was used to induce endotoxemia model. Thirty minutes before endotoxemia model was induced,rats in group M and group S respectively intraperitoneally received saline(5 ml/kg) and Shenfu in-jection(5 ml/kg) and samples were respectively obtained at each time point. Another eight rats did not do any treatment were taken as control group(group C,n=8) and samples was collected directly. Blood was collected through abdominal aorta to measure intestinal fatty acid binding protein(i-FABP) and diamine oxidase(DAO) in serum by ELISA. Distal ileum was collected;levels of tumor necro-sis factor-α(TNF-?琢) and interleukin-6(IL-6) in intestinal mucosa were detected by ELISA;morphological changes were observed by HE for staining and pathological scores were evaluated according to Chiu’s score. Results:I-FABP and DAO levels in blood plas-ma,TNF-?琢 and IL-6 levels in intestinal mucosa and Chiu’s scores in group M were all significantly increased at each time point compared with those in group C(P<0.05). At 2 h after endotoxemia model establishment,i-FABP,DAO,TNF-?琢 and IL-6 levels as well as Chiu’s scores in group S were lower than those in group M(P<0.05),meanwhile,TNF-?琢 and IL-6 levels in group S were low-er than those in group M(P<0.05). Conclusions:Shenfu injection pretreatment on endotoxemia rats could attenuate inflammatory re-sponse,decrease serum i-FABP and DAO levels,lower pathological scores and alleviate the injury of intestinal epithelium at early stage.