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Objective To investigate academic thoughts of physicians in the treatment of dryness syndrome in Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. [Methods] With learning the ancient medical works, etiology-pathogenesis and principle-method-recipe-medicines of dryness syndrome were analyzed, and characteristic of the treatment of dryness syndrome was summarized. [Results] Liu Wansu summarized that blood exhaustion and body fluid deficiency were the pathology of dryness syndrome, and zang and fu organs and skin dry manifestation were the clinical symptoms, and he proposed 11 prescriptions. Yu Jiayan put forward the name of autumn-dryness disease, summarized clinical characteristics was thirsty. He proposed the rule to treat the dryness syndrome from lung and liver, and also created Qingzao Jiufei decoction to treat the warm and dryness pathogen attacking lung syndrome. Fei Boxiong raised dryness syndrome could be divided into warm dryness and cool dryness, treated from five zang organs, and emphasized the application of harmonization method to mild treatment. Ye Tianshi raised dryness syndrome could be divided into internal injury and exogenous disease, to treat upper dryness from QI and lower from blood based on Wei qi camp blood and Sanjiao syndrome differentiation . Wu Jutong treated autumn-dryness in Sanjiao syndrome differentiation, and pointed out the progression of autumn-dryness could be along upper jiao, middle jiao and lower jiao. He created Xingsu powder, Sangxing decoction and Shashen Maidong decoction. [Conclusion] There were al kinds of innovation of syndrome differentiation and treatment of dryness syndrome in Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is instructive to diagnosis and treatment for later physician.