To explore the clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture combined with functional exercise for the treatment of scapulohumeral periarthritis. Methods： Sixty patients with scapulohumeral periarthritis who were admitted and treated in our hospital were randomly divided into control group (n=30) and treatment group(n=30). Patients in the control group received shoulder joint functional exercise (climbing a wall, stretching upper limbs at the back of body, resting head on both of hands), once a day, 5 times for a period of treatment. Patients had 2 days off after every course of treatment, and totally had 3 courses of treatment. Patients in the treatment group received acupuncture treatment except from what patients had in control group, once per day, 30 min per time, 5 times for a course of treatment. Patients had 2 days off after a course of treatment, and totally had 3 courses of treatment. Visual analogue score (VAS), hemorheology, the clinical total effective rate of the two groups after treatment were compared. Results： After treatment, VAS scores and clinical symptoms improvement rates of the two groups were statistically different (P<0.05), the treatment group was better than control group; blood flow velocity (Vs), mean blood flow velocity (Vd), end-diastolic velocity (Vm) of both groups after treatment were higher than those before the treatment (P<0.05), and the ascending range of treatment group was more significant than that of the control group(P<0.05). Conclusion： Acupuncture combined with functional exercise could relieve symptoms of patients with scapulohumeral periarthritis effectively and extend the training thoughts for similar clinical treatment.