Objective To explore the research status quo, hotspots and developing trends of Kazakh medicine. Methods Relevant literature of Kazakh medicine published from January of 1990 to December of 2015 was retrieved from CNKI and Wanfang database. Bibliographic information data were set as the research objects for data cleaning and data conversion. Metrological analysis was conducted from publication number, publication units, key words, and authors. Ucinet, CiteSpace, SATI and R language were used as analysis tools to construct social network and shared network. Results After screening, 142 articles were included. Institute of cooperative social network standardization center point penetration potential was 8.475%; top 3 high-yield authors were Mulati Kiaibek (10 articles), Alhin?Dakai (8 articles) and Maldives Jiang (7 articles); author co-citation map had a total of 189 nodes, 141 lines, and density of 0.007 9; key words were six element theory, traditional therapy, Soerbuen and Qieketarbe. Conclusion Kazakh medicine research is in the initial stage. The distribution of Kazakh medicine research team is relatively concentrated, while the hotspots of research were scattered. Featured medical resources of Kazakh medicine is with large space for mining.