Objective: To analyze the research situation of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) nursing literature after surgery in recent ten years in China, and to provide ideas for more efficient and refined use of postoperative TCM nursing.Methods: Literature related to postoperative TCM nursing from 2010 to 2021 was retrieved from CNKI database, and CiteSpace software was used to evaluate the characteristics of authors, institutions, keywords and other indicators. Results:A total of 1 674 valid literatures were screened, and the institution with the largest number of publications was Henan hospital of traditional Chinese medicine & the second affiliated hospital of Henan university of traditional Chinese medicine, with LIU Wei as the lead author. Research content focused on four aspects including complications, hot disease, TCM nursing and observation indexes, which were mainly in the forms of acupuncture point massage, ear beans, moxibustion, acupoint sticking technology applicated in relieving pain, urine retention, postoperative complications, the application of abdominal distension and constipation in orthopaedics, anorectal, obstetrics and gynecology diseases. Complications, quality of life, satisfaction were taken as the effect observation indexes. Complications and postoperative recovery are the research hotspots. Conclusion: Postoperative TCM clinical nursing research has been developed to some extent, but the cooperation between institutions and authors is lacking. The depth of researches is not enough, and there is a lack of large -scale postoperative TCM continuing care and systematic and scientific research on the evidence-based concept of postoperative TCM. In the future, close cooperation between authors and institutions is needed to refine and extend the postoperative TCM nursing plan.