Objective To investigate the distribution of traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)syndrome elements in intractable epilepsy and its distribution patterns and characteristics according to evidence-based medicine.Methods Literature analysis was performed by searching CBM,CNKI,VIP,and Wanfang Data for the papers that pointed out the definite TCM syndrome types of intractable epilepsy and were published from1996to2016.Distribution patterns were analyzed according to TCM syndrome types,syndrome elements,and the number of patients reported in the papers.Results Syndrome elements of disease location in i...