周围性面瘫是一种常见病，多发病，现代医学对该病的治疗多采用改善局部血液循环，消除面神经的炎症和水肿等方法，但效果不理想。祖国医学认为，面瘫大部分是由于正气亏虚、外感风寒、正不抗邪而发，采用疏通经络、祛风散寒方法治疗。针灸在治疗该病中具有独特优势。就近几年针灸治疗面瘫的方法做文献综述，从单纯针刺治疗、针刺配合其他疗法以及其他中医疗法等方面总结，将针刺配合其他疗法分为针刺配合电针、艾灸、放血拔罐、口服中药以及穴位注射等。这些方法可缩短患者治疗过程，减少后遗症，但需要辨证施治。同时对针灸治疗面瘫的研究提出思考。

Peripheral facial paralysis is a common disease and frequently-occurring disease.The commonly treatment for this disease in modern medicine is improving local circulation, eliminating inflammation and swelling of facial nerve. But the effect is not very ideal. In the view of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), facial paralysis is mostly due to the deficiency of healthy qi, exogenous cold, and which means that “healthy qi can’t be against pathogenic qi”. Therefore, the principle therapy is to dredge the meridian and expel wind and cold. Acupuncture and moxibustion have a unique advantage in the treatment of the disease. In the light of methods of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment for facial paralysis in recent years, the literature review and a summary from the simple acupuncture treatment, acupuncture combined with other treatments and other therapy of TCM were done in this study. Methods of acupuncture combined with other treatments are divided into five parts, such as acupuncture with electric acupuncture,moxibustion, bloodletting with cupping, Chinese herbs and acupuncture point injection. The methods of combined acupuncture therapy can short the treatment durision, reduce sequels in patients, but it needs doctors to make the treatment based on syndrome differentiation. At the same time consideration for the further study of acupuncture and moxibustion for facial paralysis are put forward.