To analyze the status, hotspot and trend of the research on “liver storing blood” theory, and to provide reference for future related research. Methods:Literature on “liver storing blood” theory are retrieved through CNKI database( from the foundation of People’s Republic of China), and relevant literature bibliographic information were copied in the form of Word. With Excel working table as a tool, the bibliography information are organized and standardized one by one, and the age distribution of literature, the source, the first authors and their institutions, fund, high frequency keywords are counted from the perspective of literature metrology to analyse and discuss hot spots and the research present situation of this field. At the same time, the high frequency keywords are taken as the research focus to provide reference for clinical medicine and scientific research workers. Results:1) Study on the theory of TCM liver storing blood is constantly developed; 2)”Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine” published most of the papers, followed by the “Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine and Shaanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine”; 3) Shi Lingjie is the first author who has published 11 papers, and ranks the highest. 4) On the working place of the first author, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University units issued for the largest amount of the paper; 5) Forty articles won the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and 55 papers by the National Natural Science Fund and national 973 project, literature grant funds accounted for 50%; 6) the “liver blood deficiency”, “deficiency of liver yin” are the research hotspot of pathological state, and “hepatitis B” is the hottest research disease. Conclusion:This paper mainly adopts bibliometrics to analyze the status quo, hotspot and trend of liver storing blood theory research. It is of great significance on deepening the understanding and application of the theory of “liver storing blood”, and hopefully, it can better guide clinical practice.