Objective To analyze the main academic teams for cervical spondylopathy treatment with Chinese medicine and their diagnosis and treatment idea. Methods China Academic Journals Full-text Database were searched to find documents on treating cervical spondylopathy with Chinese medicine published from February 2005 to February 2015. Relevant records were exported and information on authors was extracted. The core authors were identified based on Price Law and comprehensive index. Relation diagram of core authors was drawn using social network analysis method. The related subject headings were analyzed with bibliometrics method. The research focus in the treatment of cervical spondylopathy with Chinese medicine and main academic ideas of each team were summed up.Results Totally 4528 documents were collecte

from which 84 candidates of core authors and then 48 core authors were obtained. The academic ideas from 9 main academic teams were summed up which mainly focused on three aspects

including adopting massage for treatment

adopting comprehensive therapy for treatment such as massage and herbs

and acupuncture-based treatment. The current research by those academic teams mainly focuse on nerve root type and vertebral artery type of cervical spondylopathy. Treatment methods were mainly based on massage and acupuncture. Comprehensive treatment methods were also used. Conclusion Research in treatment of cervical spondylopathy with Chinese medicine has been mature

with a gradually stable tendency. As an effective method

Chinese medicine treatment gets wide attention

which is worth to be further popularized.