Abstract:[Background] The continuous cropping obstacle has become a major factor limiting the yield and quality of Pinellia ternata. Rotation and intercropping can alleviate the continuous cropping obstacle. [Objective] To explore the P. ternata-Zingiber officinale intercropping pattern on continuous cropping obstacle and provide reference for eliminating the obstacle in the production of P. ternata. [Methods] The rhizosphere soil samples of P. ternata and Z. officinale in the intercropping pattern and those of the two crops in monoculture were collected. The crop yields, soil enzyme activities, soil microbial community characteristics, and their relationships under different planting patterns were explored. [Results] The land equivalent ratio (LER)>1 indicates that intercropping outperforms monoculture. In this study, the LER of intercropping was 1.85, indicating that intercropping had obvious advantages. The activities of catalase, urease, and sucrase in the soil of P. ternata in intercropping increased by 11.01%, 25.05% and 4.96%, respectively, compared with those in the soil planted with P. ternata alone and by 5.02%, 72.68% and 19.75%, respectively, compared with those in the soil planted with Z. officinale alone. Intercropping increased the microbial species, richness, and diversity in the rhizosphere soil of P. ternata. In terms of soil fungal phyla, intercropping decreased the relative abundance of Ascomycota and increased the relative abundance of Mortierellomycota compared with monoculture. In terms of soil bacterial phyla, intercropping increased the relative abundance of Actinomycetota, Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes, and decreased the relative abundance of Chloroflexota, Acidobacteriota and Gemmatimonadota, compared with monoculture. At the fungal genus level, intercropping reduced the relative abundance of Fusarium. At the bacterial genus level, intercropping increased the relative abundance of Arthrobacter, Sphingomonas and Bacillus. Spearman correlation analysis showed that the relative abundance of Mortierellomycota was positively correlated with the yield and soil sucrase activity, while the relative abundance of Ascomycota was negatively correlated with the yield. The relative abundance of Actinomycetota and Firmicutes was positively correlated with soil catalase and urease activities. The relative abundance of Chloroflexota, Acidobacteriota, Gemmatimonadota, Planctomycetota and Cyanobacteria was negatively correlated with soil urease and sucrase activities. [Conclusion] P. ternata-Z. officinale intercropping can change the soil bacterial community structure and improve soil enzyme activities and beneficial microorganism abundance, serving as an effective measure to alleviate the continuous cropping obstacle and increase the yield of P. ternata.