To discuss the research status and development trend of this field，centering on visualized analysis of the literature on “Chinese medicine for the prevention and treatment of gout”.Methods:Self-built database of Chinese Knowledge Network，Wanfang，and Weipu database were respectively searched from the establishment of the database to August 2020.Citespace software was used to analyze the publication year，journals，authors，institutions，and keywords.Results:A total of 12 324 papers were included.The analysis of published papers number showed that the amount of publications continued to rise.Then the research trend was discussed.The author analysis showed that ZHANG Bing's team from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and ZHANG Jianyong's team from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine were the core study teams in the field of TCM prevention and treatment of gout disease.Keyword analysis showed that，the research field focused on the pathogenesis of gout disease，clinical diagnosis and analysis of gout disease，TCM prevention and treatment of the gout disease and the complicating diseases of gout disease，the prevention and treatment of gout disease with a combination of Chinese and Western medicine.Conclusion:Research on the prevention and treatment of gout disease with TCM is still focus on the acute inflammation stage or the high blood uric acid stage，but there is insufficient research on the urate deposition stage.There is a lack of overall advantages of TCM treatment.