Objective：To observe the clinical effect of yang-palm patting method for shoulder periarthritis of q i-stagnation and blood-stasis type.Methods：Divided 120 cases of patients with shoulder periarthritis into the treatment group being 60 cases and the the control group being 60 cases randomly.The treatment group was given the yang-palm patting method for treatment，while the control group was given routine acupuncture.Compared the clinical effects in the two groups after treatment.Results：The total effective rate was 96.6%in the treatment group and 80.0%in the control group，difference being significant(P＜0.05).Conclusion：The application of yang-palm patting method has better clinical effects in treating shoulder periarthritis of qi-stagnation and blood-stasis type than the routine acupuncture treatment.It is worthy of clinical promotion and application.