As a kind of surgical sore and ulcerative disease,dorsal furuncle involves many clinical diseases and its range is very wide.However,there has never been a unified definition.This paper systematically sorted out the historical origins and pathogenesis of dorsal furuncle,focused on generalizing and summarizing the syndrome differentiation methods and treatment status of dorsal furuncle,and provided new ideas and methods for the syndrome differentiation and treatment of dorsal furuncle in modern clinical practice.