As the carrier of experience of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) diagnosis and treatment and academic viewpoints,medical records of TCM have always been the most priority in TCM inheritance and research.The traditional comprehension-based analysis method is hard to avoid partial face and subjectivity in the analysis of medical records.Therefore,it is important to find a method of medical records research that can comprehensively and objectively reflect the hidden information in medical records.With the rapid development of information technology in recent years,the application of data mining technology in medical records research is increasingly in-depth.The author analyzes the application status of data mining methods,software and platform commonly used in the field of medical records research,briefly reviews the application of each method in medical records research,in order to provide a reference for medical records researchers to choose the appropriate methods,and provide methods to inherit the experience of diagnosis and treatment hidden in medical records of TCM and provide ideas to develop TCM.