Objective To observe and analyze the effect of auricular plaster therapy on the sleep of patients under post-stroke insomnia.Method To divide 64patients under post-stroke insomnia into test group and comparison group each with 32patients.To treat the patients of test group with oral Estazolam

while apply auricular plaster therapy to the patients of test group.Scoring and comparison of therapeutic effects are conducted to the two groups before and after the treatment with adoptions of PSQI and SS-QOL.Results While little difference between the two groups was recorded before their respective treatment

after the treatments

the test group had a lower score than the comparison group with PSQI but scored higher than the latter with SS-QOL（P<0.05）.Furthermore

the overall ratio of validity of the test group was 90.6%

and that of the comparison group was 81.2%.The difference of comparison between the two groups was statistically significant（χ2=4.153

P<0.05）.Conclusion The auricular plaster therapy is effectual for treating post-stroke insomnia and can improve the life quality of the patients.