Senile dementia is a chronic retrograde encephalopathy seriously jeopardizing the health of elderly people. It is clinically manifested by progressive remote and recent dysmnesia, declined ability in analysis and judgment, emotional changes,abnormal behaviors, and even disturbances of consciousness.In recent years, acupuncture has been used to treat dementia with satisfactory therapeutic effects.The following is a survey for the progress in research on acupuncture treatment of senile dementia in the past 10 years.