Aim:Effect of Naochuangning on memory and endothelin content in rats with open cerebral laceration was studied.Methods:The methods of opening skull and free falling body was used to cause open cerebral laceration in rats.The memory was determined in Y type water labyrinth,and the content of endothelin(ET) was detected by radioimmunoassay(RIA).Results:Naochuangning remarkably improve intelligence and decrease ET level in serum.Conclusion:The result indicated that Naochuangning had the therapeutic effect on open cerebral laceration in rats.