失眠又称睡眠障碍，是内科常见病之一。围绝经期失眠是妇女生理转折期的常见病，严重影响围绝经期妇女的工作及日常生活。中医外治法是通过外在方法（如：针刺、灸法、按摩、药浴、情志疏导等）作用于人体，通过穴位、皮肤毛孔及精神意识对人体产生一种治疗信息，进而刺激调节人体机能达到治疗目的。归纳整理近年国内发表的有关中医外治法治疗围绝经期失眠的临床研究文献，探讨中医外治法治疗围绝经期失眠的临床疗效与不足。

Insomnia is also called a sleep disorder，which is one of the common internal medicine diseases.Perimenopausal insomnia is a common disease in women's physiological transition，which seriously affects work and daily life of women.External therapy of traditional Chinese medicine（TCM）is to stimulate the adjustment function of the human body to achieve the purpose of treatment and produce a treatment information through external means（such as acupuncture，moxibustion，massage，bath，emotional，etc.）in the human body，by points，the pores of the skin and spiritual awareness of human.This article summarized the research literature in recent years，explored clinical curative effect and shortcomings of external treatment of TCM for perimenopausal insomnia.This article will further improve the external treatment of TCM and provide reliable theoretical basis for clinical applycation.