Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a common disease of urology, mainly shows as urinary stimulation and urinary obstruction. Chinese medicine will classify it as “Dysuria” category, Chinese medicine treatment of the disease has achieved good results. Along with a review of the domestic and foreign literature in 10years, this article summed up from 8 aspects including etiology and pathogenesis of BPH, syndrome differentiation and Chinese medicine therapy fields, which is in order to provide a reference for the clinical practice of TCM diagnosis and treatment of BPH.