失眠指入睡困难或维持睡眠障碍，是以经常不能获得正常睡眠为特征的一种临床常见病，严重影响人们的生活质量和工作效率。随着生活节奏的加快、竞争的日益剧烈，本病发病率呈上升趋势。西药治疗失眠近期疗效较好，但此类药物均存在不同程度的不良反应和依赖性，不宜长期服用。针灸疗法为祖国医学瑰宝，具有安全、有效、绿色、经济和可长期应用等优势。综合近年来针灸疗法的临床运用，发现包括头针、体针、电针、腹针、针灸及药物结合等多种疗法均有良好的疗效，并指出针灸治疗的一些问题和今后的研究方向。

Insomnia refers to the disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep, which is a common clinical disease characterized by frequent failure to get normal sleep, andseriously affects people′s quality of life and work efficiency.With the accelerated pace of life and increasingly fierce competition, the incidence of this disease is on the rise.Western drugs have good short-term efficacy in the treatment of insomnia, but these drugs all have different degrees of adverse effects and dependence, so they should not be taken for a long time.Acupuncture and moxibustion therapy is the national medical treasure, which has the advantages of safety, efficiency, green, economy and long-term application.Combined with the clinical application of acupuncture in the treatment of insomnia in recent years, it is found that various acupuncture treatments including head acupuncture, body acupuncture, electroacupuncture, abdominal acupuncture, and the combination of acupuncture and drug are effective intreating the disease. The paper also points out some problems in the research methods of acupuncture treatment and the research directions in the future.