Objective:To compare the characteristics of pruritus after epidural and subarchoid morphine for postoperative analgesia. Method: One hundred and twenty patients after hysterectomy were randomly allocated to receiving subarchoid morphine 0.5mg(group Ⅰ,n=60)or epidural morphine 2 mg(group Ⅱ,n=60),respectively. The pruritus incidence, pruritus scale, time and site of occurrence were observed in both groups. Result: In group Ⅰ, the pruritus incidence of 87%,27% of pruritus scale being more than 2 and total pruritus scale being 8 (0-18) were significantly higher than those[31%, 12% and 6(0-14)] in group Ⅱ (P