Abstract: Rheumatism is a kind of joint, endocrine glands, blood vessels, skin and multiple system damage and accompanied by immune dysfunction disease general term, its clinical manifestations are complex, with pain, swelling, numbness, joint flexion and extension is more common, belongs to the category of Bi syndrome of traditional Chinese medicine. At present, Western medicine treatment of this disease mainly pain relief, has not been able to cure, and the toxic and side effects are large, and Chinese medicine can play the unique advantages of specimen treatment, clinical effect is remarkable. In this paper, through searching the literature at home and abroad in recent years, the rheumatism was summarized from the aspects of syndrome differentiation and traditional Chinese medicine nursing methods, in order to provide some theoretical guidance for the treatment of the disease by traditional Chinese medicine.

Key words: rheumatism, TCM, syndrome differentiation, nursing method