Esophageal cancer belongs to the category of “choking and diaphragm” in Chinese medicine, and it is mostly treated by surgery or medication in western medicine, while traditional Chinese medicine generally plays an auxiliary role to help improve the accompanying symptoms and improve the prognosis. Especially in the postoperative conditioning, Chinese medicine has important advantages, such as Chinese medicine, acupuncture, eight-duanjin, taiji and so on. 1. Regulation by traditional Chinese medicine: Chinese medicine is beneficial to the recovery of postoperative esophageal cancer patients’ physique through evidence-based treatment. For example, if patients have weakness and poor appetite, they can take Sijunzi Tang to benefit qi and strengthen the spleen (regulate the qi of the spleen and stomach). 2. Acupuncture treatment: Acupuncture treatment has the function of harmonizing yin and yang and calming qi and blood. If patients with esophageal cancer have difficulty in swallowing, pain and other discomforts, they can alleviate the discomforts by acupuncture at acupoints such as zhongkou, zhousanli, gongsun and so on. 3. Baduanjin and Taiji: Chinese medicine characteristic therapies can promote postoperative recovery. Patients with esophageal cancer can play Baduanjin and Taiji to promote physical recovery after surgery. It should be noted that the adverse reactions and contraindications of the above mentioned traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture treatments have not been clarified, and they are forbidden for those who are allergic to traditional Chinese medicine and intolerant to acupuncture. It is recommended to carry out treatment under the guidance of physicians and avoid self-medication or acupuncture treatment. Patients with esophageal cancer are still recommended to seek medical treatment as soon as possible to clarify the treatment plan so as not to delay the condition.