Objective To discuss Chinese medical syndrome characteristics of gastric cancer and related medication rule.Methods The authors searched articles from Apr.1987 to Mar.2016 about Chinese medicine treating gastric cancer in CNKI and built a related database of syndromes

formulas and herbs.Then the Chinese medical syndromes and medication relatated with gastric cancer were analyzed.ResultsIn total 103 articles were included

and there were 26 syndromes

189 formulas and 221 herbs involved.The Chinese medical syndromes of gastric cancer mainly included internal obstruction of stasis and toxin

spleen and stomach Qi deficiency

spleen and stomach deficiency-cold

Qi and blood deficiency

liver-stomach disharmony

phlegm-damp stagnation

and stomach heat damaging Yin.The formulas mainly used were Erchen Tang（二陈汤）

Shixiao San（失笑散）

Chaihu Shugan San（柴胡疏肝散）

Shiquan Dabu Tang（十全大补汤）

Sijunzi Tang（四君子汤）

Haizao Yuhu Tang（海藻玉壶汤）and Lizhong Tang（理中汤）.The herbs could be divided into 18 types

of which the deficiency-nourishing drugs were most popular

followed by heat-clearing drugs

blood-activating and stasis-eliminating drugs and Qi-regulating drugs.The herbs most commonly used were Baizhu[Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz.白术]

Fuling[Poria cocos（Schw.）Wolf茯苓]

Dangshen[Codonopsis pilosula（Franch.）Nannf.党参]

Chenpi[Citrus reticulate Blanco陈皮]and Gancao[Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.甘草].Conclusion Nourishing deficiency and reinforcing healthy Qi is the foundation of Chinese medicine in treating gastric cancer.According to syndrome differentiation

different methods

such as clearing heat and resolving toxins

invigorating blood and expelling stasis as well as soothing the liver and regulating Qi

could be used.