ZHANG  Yingjie  ，CHEN Chunyan  ，ZHANG Di  ，GE Linbao  ，XU Mingshu 

(上海市针灸经络研究所  上海市  200030；  2.上海市气功研究所  上海市  200030；  3.上海中医药大学  上海市  201203；  4.上海市针灸经络研究中心  上海市  200052）

Abstract：In  recent  years,  as  one  of  common  malignant  tumor  of  female,  Breast  cancer  is increasing at an annual rate of 3% in our country. Surgery has been plays an important role in the treatment of breast cancer, which could greatly improve the survival  rates and prolong the patients' life. However, the postoperative complications after breast cancer which bring heavy economic pressure and mental burden have a bad influence on the life of patients. What is more serious is that can affect the subsequent treatments and prognosis of patients. So it is important for us to research how to prevent and cure the postoperative complications after breast cancer. Moxibustion can promote the blood circulation and improve the blood coagulation function while inhibiting inflammation and relieving edema. Besides, moxibustion plays a role in enhancing gastric motility and protecting gastric mucosa. In addition, it also can enhance  the body's immune ability. It hasgood effect on treating, including breast cancer related lymphedema, postoperative nausea with vomiting, depression and anxiety and hydrops, etc. It is worth worthy to be popularized and applied because as a kind of safe and reliable clinical treatment moxibustion is more inexpensive and easily operation. The author had rearranged and summed up the literature which research therapies of postoperative complications after breast cancer. We want to help the researchers to study how to treat the postoperative complications after breast cancer by analyzing the deficiency of existing research.

Key  words:  Acupuncture  and  moxibustion,  breast cancer, moxibustion, complications, clinical research progres