| Primary osteoporosis is a kind of common chronic disease. The disease often happens quietly. Most patients can find it only after fracture. With the development of traditional Chinese medicine in recent decades, the clinical research on the prevention and treatment of primary osteoporosis is becoming more and more abundant, which provides strong evidence for the curative effect of traditional Chinese medicine on osteoporosis. Both internal and external treatment have achieved remarkable curative effect. External treatment of traditional Chinese medicine [1] has the characteristics of quick effect, small side effects and so on. It has a long history and is easy to use. This paper discusses that acupoint application is a type of external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. With the development of acupoint application, there are various preparations in clinic, such as transdermal absorption patch, transdermal controlled-release preparation, etc, with higher absorption rate of effective ingredients, it has better curative effect and is widely used in medical diseases such as asthma, constipation and insomnia. It also has better curative effect in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, but it has not been paid more attention in clinical practice. There are relatively few clinical research reports. This paper refers to the literature in the past five years Based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the mechanism, acupoint selection and clinical application of Acupoint Application in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis are summarized. The purpose of this study is to provide scholars with the latest research status of acupoint application prevention and treatment methods, improve the understanding of acupoint application method, and make it better used in clinical practice. |