Patients with esophageal cancer are more concerned about whether taking Chinese medicine is effective in treating esophageal cancer. Current research results show that esophageal cancer patients can obtain more accurate clinical effects through surgical treatment, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and targeted therapy. A lot of medical practice shows that taking Chinese medicine for esophageal cancer patients has no significant efficacy, but it can be used as an auxiliary means to treat esophageal cancer patients, which can help the treatment of esophageal cancer patients, because Chinese medicine can improve the nutrition and mental state of esophageal cancer patients.