Abstract:Knee osteoarthritis(KOA) is commonly seen in middle- aged and elderly people. Its clinical manifestations are joint pain, joint deformity and limited movement, which seriously affect the health and life quality of patients. In the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of KOA, the theory of Chinese medicine has unique advantages. According to the identification of Chinese medicine constitution of patients with KOA, the authors formulates a personalized scheme of Chinese medicine health management,with the theory of "treating disease before it arises" as the core. This scheme includes dietary care, living care, emotional care, health- care exercises, Chinese medicine health care, and so on, so as to provide new ideas for further establishment of the health management, prevention and treatment system with Chinese medicine characteristics for KOA.