Objective To find out the general information of Chinese medicine basic theory studies collected in Chinese Journal Full Text Database between 2006 and 2015 and to provide reference for discipline construction.Methods Bibliometric method was used. Chinese Journal Full Text Database was the literature retrieval source."R22（ ie. Chinese medicine basic theory） " was the Chinese library classification number. Related literature between 2006 and 2015 was calculated. Literature’ s time distribution

source journals

published agency

core author

cited times

fund paper and keywords were analyzed. Results Totally 14 013 study papers of Chinese medicine basic theory were included. The number of papers showed a trend of steady rise with publishing time. Papers from core periodical database accounted for 38. 4%. Papers sponsored by funds accounted for 18. 3%

including34. 7% projects supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China. There were 26 agencies that published more than 100 papers. There were 26 persons who had published 30 papers

with 66. 7% of their papers cited. Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Disease（ 伤寒论）

Yellow Emperor’ s Inner Canon（ 黄帝内经） and Chinese medicine constitution were the research hotspots. Conclusion In recent 10 years

the number of Chinese medicine basic theory study papers collected in Chinese Journal Full Text Database is increasing steadily. The papers published in core periodicals and those sponsored by funds accounted for a relatively high proportion. The research direction involved in the papers was relatively stable. High-level scientific research institutions and core author groups were basically formed.