The basic research on acupuncture anesthesia is conducted mainly by modern scientific and tech-nological means,but it still needs to be based on enough ancient and modern literature to trace the origin and development of acupuncture anesthesia,clarify the study and clinical application of acupuncture anes-thesia,and summarize the theory and technical method of acupuncture anesthesia.There are plenty of ancient works on acupuncture anesthesia,but the collection and sorting are relatively inadequate;modern documents and reports can be found in large numbers,but without systematic summary.Future literature research on acupuncture anesthesia should include the following aspects:collection,sorting,and study of literature on acupuncture anesthesia,study of standards for digitalized literature on acupuncture anesthe-sia,comprehensive study of literature on acupuncture analgesia and acupuncture anesthesia,study of spe-cific points of acupuncture anesthesia for dominant diseases,and traditional Chinese medicine theoretical study of acupuncture anesthesia.