Objective To analyze the application status of TCM Constitution Questionnaire （TCM-CQ）.Methods The articles on TCM-CQ from January 2006 to December 2012 were included and analyzed with method of bibliometrics.The number of articles published annually

regions and institutions

core author and core journal distribution and range of application was analyzed.Results Totally 577 articles were included.There were 309 journal articles

48 conference papers

219 dissertations and 1 newspaper literature.The first authors of 357 journal articles and conference papers were distributed in 28 provinces and municipalities and 155 institutions.There were 80 （23.32%） articles published annually in Guangdong Province and ranked first in the 28 regions.There were 36 （10.50%） articles published annually by Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and ranked first in the 155 institutions.Three hundred and fifty seven journal articles and conference papers were completed by 1 075 authors.Each article was completed by 3.01 co-authors.There were 818 authors who published 1 article and 23 authors who published five articles and above annually.There were 14 journals that published 101 articles （32.69%） involving TCM-CQ in TCM constitution research.The applications of 577 articles were constitution classification （433 articles）

constitution-disease correlation （401 articles） and TCM constitution theory （184 articles）.Conclusion The application of TCM-CQ is growing rapidly with a central tendency.The research on its application should be further.