Objective To analyze and summarize the characteristics and rules of acupoint selection in the clinical literature of simple obesity treated with acupoint catgut embedding. Methods We searched the clinical literature of simple obesity treated with acupoint catgut embedding was published in Chinese and English databases in the past 10 years by electronic retrieval system， and analyzed its common acupoints， meridians， distributions， specific points and the rules of acupoints selection. Results According to the inclusion criteria， 43 articles were included， involving 46 main points with a total frequency of 333；Acupoint catgut-embedding is used to treat the disease. ① The common acupoints are ST 25（13.2%）， RN 12（10.8%）， ST 40（6.9%）， ST 36（6%）， RN 4（6%）. ②Commonly used meridians involved the stomach meridian of foot-yangming（37.8%）， conception vessel（26.7%）， spleen meridian of foot-taiyin（11.7%）. ③The common acupoints were mostly distributed in the lower abdomen（36.2%）， lower limbs（24.9%） and upper abdomen（22.5%）. ④The specific acupoints of front-mu points（26.7%）， eight meeting points（23.9%）， five-shu points（12.8%） are the high frequency used. ⑤ The prescription is consisted of 8-10（32.6%） acupoints. Conclusion The acupoints of Tianshu（ST25）， Zhongwan（RN12）， Zusanli（ST36）， Fenglong（ST40）， Guanyuan（RN4） are the high commonly used in the clinic；With the theories of meridian and zang-fu as syndrome differentiation points；Adopted the adjacent（disease） combined with distant（pathogenesis） on acupoint selection.