As the incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease is increasing year by year，more and more attention has been paid to the treatment of this disease.However，there is no ideal modern medical therapy.Chinese medicine external therapies，with unique characteristics compared with oral administration，have demonstrated definite therapeutic effect on gastroesophageal reflux disease in clinical practice and thus have attracted increasing attention in recent years.This paper summarizes the application status and research progress of Chinese medicine external therapies including acupuncture，moxibustion，and massage in the clinical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease.