Shoulder periarthritis is one commonly seen disease in clinical practice.Finger-pushing manipulation follows the principle that “locating existing acupoints， manipulating painlessly” to makes patients feel easier during the treatment process.This trial is to observe the clinical efficacy of finger-pushing manipulation to treat patients with should periarthtitis in acute phase compared with hot compress of traditional herbal medicine plus irradiation of infrared rays.Methods：Seventy patients with acute shoulder periarthritis were randomly divided into finger-pushing group and hot compress group.Conditions of patients were evaluated by visual analogy score (VAS) scale and HSS shoulder scale both before and after the treatment， and the efficacy results of the two groups were compared.Results：Each group had a significant efficacy respectively， while the finger-pushing group received an even better result in pain reducing and clinical symptoms relieving than the hot compress group.Conclusion：The intervention in early stage of shoulder periarthritis is effective.Finger-pushing manipulation has a remarkable clinical efficacy in treating acute phase of shoulder periarthritis and causes less painfulness.