Epilepsy is a recurrent chronic brain disease with a variety of different pathological mechanisms and clinical manifestations. Epilepsy is one of the most common brain diseases which has the characteristics of repeatability, complexity, suddenness and long course. The incidence rate of epilepsy is relatively high in infant stage and elderly stage. The traditional Chinese medicine characteristic therapy has significant advantages in the treatment of epilepsy by adjusting the function of viscera and the operation of qi and blood in meridians, based on the holistic concept, the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment, the theory of viscera and the theory of meridians. This article summarizes and analyzes the research progress of traditional Chinese medicine characteristic therapies for epilepsy, such as acupuncture, bloodletting, massage, auricular point pressing, and acupoint catgut embedding. We show the effect of traditional Chinese medicine characteristic therapy on patients.We aim to provide patients with better treatment and rehabilitation protection.