Liquid medicine for external use is often applied to cotton, gauze and Haize Gauze (rayon fiber); however, drug adsorption to cellulose-systemized fibers leads to less efficiency in patient treatment.Thus, ζ-potential and drug adsorption on cotton, gauze and cellulose-systemized rayon fibers were studied.Cellulose-systemized fibers have a neg. ζ-potential, resulting in good adsorption of cation drugs by electrostatic interactions.Adding salt and lowering the pH causes a reduction in the neg. ζ-potential and decreases the adsorption of cation drugs.In conclusion, the measurement of ζ-potential will be effective for evaluating drug adsorption characteristics of cellulose-systemized fibers.