Chinese medicine calls esophageal cancer “choking diaphragm”, which is divided into “gas diaphragm”, “blood diaphragm”, “phlegm diaphragm”, “fire diaphragm” and “food diaphragm”, It is divided into “diaphragm of qi”, “diaphragm of blood”, “diaphragm of phlegm”, “diaphragm of fire” and “diaphragm of food”. Phlegm and qi blocking diaphragm type manifests as esophageal choking, stuffy chest and diaphragm, vomiting phlegm and saliva, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, with red tongue, thin white coating and smooth pulse. Treatment is to expel phlegm and regulate qi to broaden the chest. The formula is based on Qi Di Di San combined with Han Xia Hou Pu Tang plus and minus. The herbs used are Hou Pu, Su Ye, Dan Shen, Sha Shen, Chuan Bei, Fu Ling, Lotus Leaf, Yu Jin, Sha Ren, Juniperus, Fa Han Xia and Tao Ren. Blood stasis blocking diaphragm type manifesting as pain in the chest and diaphragm, inaccessible food, or even water and drink are difficult to go down, the body is thin, the face is dark, the tongue is red and less fluid or purple, the tongue coating is white and thick or thick and greasy, the pulse string is thin and astringent. Treatment is to invigorate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, promote stagnation and eliminate stagnation. The formula is Tong Yu Tang combined with Blood Mansions and Stasis Removal Tang plus reduction. The herbs used are Chai Hu, Radix Platycodon, Chuan Niu Knee, Radix Paeoniae, Peach kernel, Safflower, Radix et Rhizoma, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix et Rhizoma, Citrus aurantium, Ulvae japonicae, Panax ginseng, Persicariae, Lidouzi. Yin deficiency and heat stasis type manifesting as painful obstruction of swallowing, only being able to drink liquid diet or unable to eat, emaciation, dry mouth and tongue, irritable heat in the five hearts, constipation, red tongue with little moss and thin string pulse. Treatment is to nourish Yin and clear heat, resolve blood stasis and eliminate stagnation. The formula is based on Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang combined with Blood Mansions and Blood Stasis Soup plus and minus. Herbs used include Salvia miltiorrhiza, Panax ginseng, Ulva lucidum, Su stems, Juniperus chinensis, Dabei mu, Chai Hu, Platycodon grandiflorus, Chuan Niu Kne, Radix paeoniae, Peach kernel, Safflower and Radix et Rhizoma. Qi deficiency and Yang microscopic manifestations are choking difficulty in swallowing, generalized sputum and saliva, swelling of the body and face, fatigue and shortness of breath, aversion to cold extremities, pale tongue, white fur and sunken pulse. The treatment is to benefit Qi, warm Yang and tonify the spleen and kidney. The formula is based on Six Gentlemen’s Tonic with Right Return Pill plus reduction. The herbs are Radix Codonopsis, Poria, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Radix Rehmanniae, Rhizoma Yam, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Fructus Lycii, Semen Cuscutae, Rhizoma Polygonati, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Cinnamon, Glycyrrhiza Uralensis.