Based on the ancient Chinese medical literatures

Qianghuo Shengshitang was systematically analyzed

including its origin and development

in order to provide the ancient literary evidence support for the clinical application and development of classical formulas.Bibliometric analysis were used

information of Qianghuo Shengshitang in ancient Chinese medical literatures were collected and analyzed.There were 206 valid items from 101 kinds of ancient books.Qianghuo Shengshitang was first recorded in Differentiation on Endogenous and Exogenous Diseases (Neiwaishang Bianhuolun

its author is LI Dong-yuan)

and it combined by 7 Chinese herbs

and mainly treated a variety of pain diseases (syndromes).Qianghuo Shengshitang has been used since Jin dynasty

doctors in later dynasties follow the prescription in Differentiation on Endogenous and Exogenous Diseases

and the clinical application of this prescription extends in the process of later generations.