Twenty cases undergoing appendectomy with acupuncture anesthesia,com-pared to random sample of twenty cases with local infiltration were observed. The results were no significant differences between the group of theacupuncture anesthesia with main points Zhusanli and side points Hegu and thegroup of the local anesthesia with 0.5% novacaine infiltrated in the effects ofanalgesia. The successful rate of the antsthesia respectively was 90% and80%. However, in respects of the early gas passed, the reducing administrationof the analgetics and the rate of the wound infetion, the group of the acupun-cture anesthesia was statistically signifcant better than the controls, especiallyin septic appendicitis complicated with general septic periltonitis and septicshock, acupuncture made the blood pressure restore, the heart rate stabilize,