By a statistical analysis and summary of the literature on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) nursing technology published in the core nursing periodical, research the currect status of TCM nursing technology.

Retrieved CNKI database (CNKI) and Wanfang medical journal database,according to Chinese Journal Citation Report (2017 edition) of China Institute of science and Technology Information Research, Choose 10 core nursing periodicals and retrieve the experimental articles related to TCM nursing technology from January 1,2013 to January 1, 2019.this paper analyze time, resources, authors, fund-sponsored researches, statistical methods by bibliometrics analysis.

A total of 624 papers were included,of which 132 were in 2013 and 124 in 2014, 103 in 2015, accounting for 57.5%. "Nursing Research" contains 227 articles, 100 "Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing, 98 "Journal of Nursing", accounting for 68.1%. The literature has been published in 28 provinces and cities, 117 in Jiangsu Province, 100 in Guangdong Province, and 89 in Shanghai, accounting for 62.6%. The source of funds for fund papers is mainly provinces and cities, accounting for 38.4%. Involving 22 TCM nursing technology operations, 762 applications, 174 acupoint massage, 113 auricular point application, 109 acupoint points, and 106 moxibustion methods, accounting for 66.3%. There are more than 120 types of diseases involved, mainly cancer, stroke, hypertension, and diabetes. There are more than 180 kinds of symptoms, mainly about pain, constipation, quality of life and so on.

TCM nursing research has made great progress, TCM nursing technology is currently widely used in clinical practice. Scientific research has also confirmed its effectiveness, but it lacks high-quality core papers. At the same time, due to the diversity of research content, there is a lack of evidence-based nursing research literature.

Traditional Chinese Medicime nursing technology; Bibliometrics analysis; The Source of Scientific Papers Statistical Jurnal in China