Wrist-ankle acupuncture used for analgesia has obtained the good curative effect. The clinical research of the wrist-ankle acupuncture in postoperative analgesia in recent years was summarized from the aspects of mechanism, postoperative analgesia and postoperative complications. Wrist-ankle acupuncture for postoperative analgesia postoperative can effectively reduce the adverse events, reducing the use of analgesic drugs, improve the analgesic effectiveness and patient satisfaction, but still needs regulatory and analgesic drugs in combination therapies synergies and other aspects further research and discussion.