Abstract：Objective：To observe the clinical effect of point needle-embedding therapy combined with oral administration and external application of Chinese herbal medicine for knee synovitis of dampness-heat obstruction type. Methods：A total of 60 cases of patients with knee synovitis of dampness-heat obstruction type were divided into the treatment group and the control group according to the random number table method， 30 cases in each group. The control group was given oral administration of modified Sanmiao tang， and external application of Jinhuang plaster， and the treatment group was additionally given needle- embedding therapy based on the treatment of the control group. The improvement of symptoms， erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR) and joint effusion in the two groups were observed， and the clinical effect was compared between the two groups. Results： After treatment， there was no significant difference being found in the comparison of the score of joint swelling between the two groups，and the scores of other symptoms in the treatment group were lower than those in the control group(P＜0.05，P＜0.01). After treatment，the levels of ESR in the two groups were decreased when compared with those before treatment(P＜0.01)，and the level in the treatment group was lower than that in the control group(P＜0.01). After treatment，the scores of joint effusion in the two groups were decreased when compared with those before treatment(P＜0.01)，and the level in the treatment group was lower than that in the control group(P＜0.01). The total effective rate was 90.0% in the treatment group，and 73.3% in the control group，the difference being significant (P＜0.05). Conclusion：In the treatment for patients with knee synovitis of dampness-heat obstruction type，point needleembedding therapy combined with oral administration and external application of Chinese herbal medicine can effectively relieve their clinical symptoms，decrease the level of ESR，and improve the clinical effect.