Acupuncture can be used to treat gastrointestinal dysfunction with significant therapeutic effects, and good recovery can lead to healing. Gastrointestinal dysfunction, also known as functional gastrointestinal disease, is characterized by chronic and recurrent gastrointestinal syndromes. Acupuncture is used to treat the disease, usually by choosing acupuncture points such as Shui Shui, Guan Yuan, Qi Hai, Ashigaru, Yin Lingquan, Sanyinjiao, Spleen Yu, Stomach Yu and so on. Acupuncture can regulate the function of the gastrointestinal tract thereby reducing the symptoms caused, so systematic acupuncture treatment has a significant effect on gastrointestinal dysfunction and can even lead to recovery. Modern research shows that acupuncture can promote the recovery of gastrointestinal dysfunction through the regulation of autonomic function, relieve gastrointestinal spasm, and adjust the secretion of gastric acid and pepsin; acupuncture can also make the gastrointestinal mucous membrane cell’s anti-injury function enhanced, and promote the metabolic renewal of the gastrointestinal mucous membrane cell, so as to make the damage partially repaired. Acupuncture treatment of gastrointestinal dysfunction needs to be based on the patient’s specific degree of illness, comprehensive diagnosis and selection of the corresponding meridians and acupuncture points for acupuncture. Adherence to a systematic course of treatment can be significantly improved. Patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction who want to undergo acupuncture treatment are advised to go to a regular Chinese medicine hospital for professional treatment.