The invention provides a recipe for treating acute gastritis. The recipe comprises the following components by weight: 13g of poria cocos, 21g of rhizoma et radix notopterygii, 7g of shepherdspurse herb, 7g of radix ginseng, 7g of dried alum, 5g of donkey-hide gelatin, and 8g of rhizoma arisaematis. The recipe for treating the acute gastritis is suitable for a patient with acute gastritis caused by various conditions, and has the advantages that the special treatment effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, eliminating swelling and relieving pain, removing decay and generating muscle, as wellas restringing and stopping blood are realized; a good medicine is provided for treating the acute gastritis.