OBJECTIVE: Insomnia is the most common diseases. Long-term insomnia can seriously affect normal life , even lead to a serious accident. Ba Duan Jin is a traditional Chinese exercise,which can regulate meridians qi -blood-body fluid,and improve the quality of sleep. This article comprehensively evaluates the effect of Ba Duan Jin on insomnia by meta-analysis. METHODS: Searching Wanfang platform, VIP consulting platform , CNKI, Pubmed and Springer on Ba Duanjin in the treatment of insomnia Randomized controlled trial (RCT) . Meta-analysis was performed using revman5.3 software. The main indicators were the number of recovered patients ,effective patients and invalid patients, the Pittsburgh sleep quality score (PSQI). RESULTS: A total of 98 articles were retrieved by searching in computer . Excluding the literature which is repeated or with incomplete date , the final including was 9 RCT.A total of 789 patients were included in the analysis. Meta-analysis showed that the number of patients with recovery was higher in the experimental group than in the control group. [OR=3.14, 95% CI (2.18, 4.52), p<0.00001], and the number of invalid patients was lower. [OR=0.19 , 95% CI (0, 12, 0.31), p < 0.00001], the difference was statistically significant. There was no statistical difference between the effective groups. PSQI were not statistically different due to excessive heterogeneity. CONCLUSION: This meta-analysis showed that in the treatment of insomnia, the clinical efficacy of the group with Ba Duan Jin intervented was better than the group with the conventional drug, and the difference was statistically significant.