Ankylosing spondylitis(AS) is a common chronic progressive inflammatory disease with the features of sacroiliitis and enthesitis. This article is to analyze papers related to AS published in the past ten years and clarifies the TCM clinical research direction for the treatment of AS. The study shows that TCM have multiple methods in treating the disease and decoction of medicinal ingredients, acupuncture and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine combined with western medicine all give approving efficacy.