Objective:To evaluate quality of clinical trials about acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of hyperthyrodism in China. Methods:Literature of clinical trials of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of hyperthyroidism were attained by computer and manual retrieval

and randomization

control

selection of study objects

comparability between groups

amount of samples

description and control of source of samples

criteria for diagnosis

application of blind method

criteria for assessment of therapeutic effects

statistical method

adverse effects

follow-up

and others in the literature were analyzed and evaluated by the randomized controlled test criteria and the clinical assessing method in Cochrane handbook of international Cochrane cooperation net.Results:In 63 papers

clinical randomized controlled tests of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of hyperthyroidism only accounted for 22.2%

but with increasing tend year by year in recent years.Conclusion:Though acupuncture and moxibustion have been widely applied in prevention and treatment of hyperthyroidism

it could not provide evidences of higher reliability for clinical treatment due to less clinical randomized controlled tests and lower quality

which severely hinder testing and verifying of clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture and moxibustion.It is proposed that multiple central and randomized controlled test should be made

so as to search for feasible acupuncture and moxibustion methods with definite therapeutic effect for hyperthyroidism

and provide basis for further systematical evaluation of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of hyperthyroidism.