Abstract: ObjectiveTo observe the clinical effect of oral drugs associated with acupuncture on peripheral nervous lesions of diabetes mellitus.Methods60 diabetes mellitus patients with peripheral nervous lesions were randomly divided into the treatment group and control group with 30 cases in each group. Patients of the treatment group were treated with oral drugs and acupuncture, but cases of control group were only taking oral drugs.ResultsThe effective rate of the treatment group was 86.67% higher than that of the control group (43.33%)(P<0.01).ConclusionDrugs associated with acupuncture has a good effect on peripheral nervous lesions of diabetes mellitus.

Key words: nervous lesions of diabetes mellitus, acupuncture, treatment