Objective To analyze the current circumstances and law of diagnostic criteria of damp heat in the spleen and the stomach syndrome including diagnostic mode

content and judgment form in the modern literature.Methods China National Knowledge Infrastructure（ CNKI）

Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform

and VIP information（ VIP） database were systematically retrieved to find all relevant clinical research literature collected in since the database was established to May 2014. Information including diagnostic criteria

published year of literatures

diagnostic content and judgment form of damp heat in the spleen and the stomach syndrome was extracted to form work table

and reference frequency of literature on damp heat in the spleen and the stomach syndrome and occurrence frequency of name of disease

as well as primary and secondary symptom were analyzed. Results A total of 134 papers with 20 standards were selected and the used frequency of the standards was 166 times. The top five frequent used reference of diagnostic criteria were "the Chinese Medicine Clinical Research of New Medicine Guiding Principles"

"Drafted Protocol of Diagnosis and Treatment of Combining Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of Chronic Gastritis"

standard by Fujian Research Society of TCM Theory of Spleen and Stomach

standard by Institute of Spleen and Stomach of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine

and "Criterion of Diagnosis

Syndrome Differentiation and Therapeutic Effect on Chronic Gastritis for Integrative Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine（ trial project） "respectively. Diagnosis of "disease "in damp heat in the spleen and the stomach syndrome was mostly gastritis in the digestive system of western medicine. The most frequent occurrence of primary symptom of damp heat in the spleen and the stomach syndrome was burning heat sensation

pain or full and stuffy of stomach and abdomen and red tongue with yellow or thick greasing coating. And secondary symptom occurred repeatedly were dry and bitter mouth

bad breath

sticky mouth

thirst（ but not want to drink or drink less）

choking sensation in chest

poor appetite

somatic heaviness and sleepy

nausea and vomit

defecate difficultly and / or sticky or loose stool

scanty dark urine

slippery and rapid pulse or soft（ slow

rapid） pulse. The judgment form of damp heat in the spleen and the stomach syndrome was mostly "primary symptom plus secondary symptom". Conclusion "Disease combined with symptom"is mostly used diagnosis mode in diagnostic criteria of damp heat in the spleen and the stomach syndrome.The main symptoms

secondary symptoms and diagnosis judgment form were various in diagnostic standard of damp heat in the spleen and the stomach syndrome in the different diseases.