OBJECTIVE： To provide reference for Traditional Chinese Medicine in the treatment of stroke in clinical study. METHODS： Through bibliometrics theory and social network analysis methods， related literatures about TCM in the treatment of stroke were retrieved from CNKI， Wanfang， VIP database during Jan. 2008-Jul. 2018. After exporting bibliography， the bibliographic information statistical analysis tool SATI3.2 was used to extract the author’s information. The candidates of the core authors were determined according to the Price’s law. The social network analysis software Ucinet 6.0 and Netdraw were adopted to draw the core authors diagram， mine core academic team about TCM in the treatment of stroke and summarize academic thought and research direction of academic team in this field. The foreign literatures on TCM in the treatment of stroke were retrieved from PubMed during Jan. 2008-Jul. 2018， and its research direction were summarized and compared with the domestic situation. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS： A total of 1 752 Chinese literatures and 516 foreign literatures were retrieved in accordance with the requirements. From the point of view of the authors’ contribution quantity and the H index as well as the relationship between the authors， a total of 78 candidate core authors were selected， 54 of the authors were co-authors， six domestic influential academic teams were identified finally， they had formed various academic ideas and research directions in this field， which had certain commonality with the same field of literatures published in the international journals. Xie Yanming’s team was concerned about the effect of TCM on the ability of daily living in ischemic stroke patients； Hu Yongshan’s team focused on acupuncture and TCM for post-stroke depression； Yan Yongmei’s team used integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine to treat post-stroke depression； Liu Hailan’s team studied the treatment of apoplexy complications on the basis of routine treatment and nursing combined with TCM scalding therapy of muscle group in affected limb； Liu Yongqi’s team used statistical methods to study the medication rule of TCM for stroke. Wang Fang’s team studied the influence of herbal fumigation and acupoint box moxibustion on the recovery period of stroke patients.