The research literature about acupoint catgut-embedding therapy for epilepsy published in recent 10 years at home are collected,and analyzed and valuated from clinical reports,catgut-embedded acupoints,materials,methods and mechanisms.The results indicate that at present the study on acupoint catgut-embedding for epilepsy achieves satisfactory results,with slightly lagging behind the study on the relative theory of Chinese medicine,lacking standardization study.In future,the researches on acupoint catgut-embedding therapy for epilepsy should be strengthened as mining of the relative theory of Chinese medicine and combined with modern medicine researches and advanced techniques.
