随着人们生活水平的提高及饮食结构的改变， 痛风性关节炎严重困扰着人们的工作和生活。 西医对本病的治疗疗效尚可， 但不良反应大， 针灸治疗本病有其独特优势。 检索从2005 年至2014 年关于针灸治疗痛风性关节炎的文献， 并进行归纳总结。 大量临床及实验研究肯定了针灸、 针灸结合药物、 火针疗法、 放血疗法、 电针疗法等其他疗法对痛风性关节炎的临床疗效。 针灸治疗痛风性关节炎， 临床疗效较好， 患者痛苦小， 不良反应少。 目前针灸治疗已经逐渐成为治疗痛风性关节炎的重要手段之一， 且疗效显著， 值得应用及推广。

Gouty arthritis has seriously affected people's work and life， along with the improvement of people's living standard and changing of diet structure. Western medicine has a good therapeutic effect on this disease， but there are some side effects. The acupuncture treatment for this disease has its unique advantages，and it plays an important role in the treatment of gouty arthritis. The author retrieved and summarized papers of acupuncture treatment of these kinds of diseases since 2005.This study shows that acupuncture treatment and acupuncture combined with medicine， fire needling therapy， bloodletting， electric acupuncture therapy and combined with other therapies are used for treatment of gouty arthritis. Acupuncture treatment for gouty arthritis shows a better clinical efficacy，less pain in patients and fewer adverse reactions. Acupuncture has gradually become an important role for the treatment of gouty arthritis， and the curative effect is remarkable and is worthy of clinical popularization and application.