The concept of enhanced recovery after surgery(ERAS) is based on evidence-based medicine. By optimizing the treatment measures

the stress response of the body is reduced to meet the body's metabolic changes during the perioperative period

so as to achieve the purpose of accelerating recovery. In the perioperative period

acupuncture can relieve patients' preoperative anxiety

shorten fasting time

reduce the amount of anesthetics

protect organ function

reduce postoperative pain

reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting

and speed up postoperative recovery. The addition of acupuncture intervention in ERAS would provide new methods and new ideas for the construction of ERAS. But at present

the application of acupuncture in ERAS has problems such as lacking of overall consideration and insufficient standardization

etc.