Objective To study the effects of cold stimulation on the swallowing obstacle among elder patients. Methods Divided 55 elder patients with swallowing obstacle into the A (31 cases) and B (24 cases) group. The traditional nursing cares were used in the B group, while the cold stimulation was used in the A group additionally. Results The effective radio in the A and B group was 83.87% and 58.33% respectively, there was significant difference between them,P