摘要中药外敷、中药灌肠、针刺是现阶段中医外治法治疗肝硬化腹水的主要方法，在外敷、灌肠治疗方面报道专方专药的文献较多，配合口服中药、辨证外敷及穴位贴敷等内容较少。针刺疗法可减少药物使用，避免药物对肝脏的再次损伤。本文概括了现阶段中医外治研究的优劣，指出了中医外治法研究的方向。

abstractsThe external treatmen of traditional Chinese medicine, the enema and the acupuncture is the current methods of external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine treatment for cirrhosis ascites. In the field of external application and enema, most literature reported specific herbal formular for specific disease, while little literature reported combination of oral administration of herb and external application, or external application based on TCM pattern differentiation, or external application on the acupoints. Acupuncture can reduce drug use and avoid their damage on the liver. This paper summarized the current researches of Chinese medicine external treatment, and points out the direction of the research on the external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine.