Eosinophilic fasciitis was defined by Shulman in 1974 as diffuse eosinophilia. Eosinophilic fasciitis(EF) is a newly recognized disease in the past 50 years, belonging to a special type of inflammatory myopathy, a disease with extremely high disability rate mainly manifested by pain, stiffness, swelling, tightness, and atrophy of skin and fascia of the limbs, skin cellulite, osteoarthritis. The pathogenesis of EF is still under study, and it is rare in clinic, so it is easy to misdiagnose and miss the diagnosis. At present, there is no standardized diagnostic and treatment guideline and means for EF, and there is no corresponding name for EF in traditional Chinese medicine. There are no standardized diagnosis and treatment guidelines and methods in the world. Therefore, EF is still a disease with research potential. In this paper, we review the progress of Chinese medicine research on the recognition of EF‘s name, etiology, pathogenesis, and dialectical treatment, aiming to improve the clinical understanding of this disease.