Acupuncture anesthesia as a new type of anesthesia has been used in clinical practice since the 1950s.The articles about acupuncture anesthesia published in Chinese in the last decade were retrieved，and the clinical application and acupoint compatibility of acupuncture anesthesia were reviewed.The clinical application of acupuncture anesthesia can reduce the use of anesthetics，surgical pain，and postoperative adverse reactions，protect organ functions，and adjust perioperative immune function.The common acupoints for acupuncture anesthesia were summarized，and the selection of acupoints at different surgical sites was analyzed.In view of the current limitations of acupuncture anesthesia，this paper put forward four suggestions for the future research on acupuncture anesthesia.