Type 2 diabetes mellitus（T2DM） is a common multiple endocrine and metabolic disease. As a method which is safe, convenient and adverse reaction free, acupuncture that has been applied to T2DM treatment for many years. The amount of relevant positive clinical reports is large. This research summarizes the clinical reports in 10 years, concludes the views of TCM on T2DM and refines the differentiation of symptoms for classification of T2DM. At the same time, the treatment of acupuncture and moxibustion based on disease or syndrome differentiation is also generalized in order to provide certain reference for T2DM researches.