Abstract: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is one of the three main complications of diabetes. Its morbidity is up to 90%. Recent years, using Chinese medicine treating this disease is very popular in China, especially using activating blood to resolve stagnation to solve this problem. The author reviewed the progress of studies on treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy by activating blood to resolve stagnation, and put forward the future research direction.

Key words: diabetic peripheral neuropathy, Chinese medicine, activating blood to resolve stagnation, review