Objective To study the therapeutic effect and safety of acupuncture a long with the deep respiration on patient of acute traumat ic laryngitis. Methods Totally 240 cases with wind heat syndrome were divided into a treatment group （treated by puncturing acupoint Ka iyin 1 as the main point in combination with deep respiration of the patient） and a control group （treated by gentamy cin sulfate and dexamethasone spray-inhalation）. After the treatment for 5 days

both groups were observed on the changes of the symptom scores for congest i on and swelling of vocal cords

sore throat

and hoarseness for evaluating the t herapeutic effect and safety. Results On the 3rd day of treatment

the cured and markedly effective rate of the treatment group was sig nificantly higher than that of the control group （P<0.05）

while on the 6th day of treat ment

the cured and markedly effective rate of the treatment group was similar w ith that of the control group （P>0.05）. There was no untowards finding in l aboratory test. Conclusion Puncturing acupoint Kaiyin 1 as the main point in combination with deep respiration of the patient is a effe ctive and safe treatment for acute traumatic laryngitis.