Ghrelin and motilin (MTL) are mainly secreted by digestive tract,and they both can promote gastrointestinal motility. Disorder of gastrointestinal motility (DGIM)is a gastrointestinal motility or sensory disease mainly caused by neuroregulatory disorder,its main symptoms are nausea,vomiting,abdominal pain and abdominal distension. More and more studies have indicated that ghrelin,MTL and their receptor agonists are closely related to DGIM. This article reviewed the advances in studies on relationship between ghrelin/ GHS-R agonist,MTL/ MTL-R agonist and DGIM.