Esophagus is the life-way of human, and the incidence of esophageal cancer is not low in China, which is one of the common malignant tumors in clinical practice. The most effective treatment for esophageal cancer is surgery to remove the cancerous part, but this is limited to the early stage. For some patients with advanced or moderately advanced esophageal cancer, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and TCM treatment may be pragmatic options. Today, we will do a little popularization on TCM treatment for esophageal cancer and talk about the timing selection of TCM treatment for esophageal cancer and TCM treatment methods for esophageal cancer: Under what circumstances of esophageal cancer do you choose TCM treatment? After esophageal cancer surgery, radiotherapy, or elderly esophageal cancer patients who cannot be operated in late stage, all can consider Chinese medicine treatment. Radiotherapy is one of the effective and important treatments for esophageal cancer. While radiotherapy can effectively relieve cancer disease, the side effects caused by radiotherapy cannot be underestimated, such as radioactive esophagitis and radioactive lung injury, etc. Through identification of evidence, TCM can take drugs such as clearing heat and detoxifying, lowering rebellion and stopping vomiting to intervene, which can help relieve These negative effects. In addition, for some elderly people who are inoperable and unwilling to undergo radiotherapy, TCM treatment can partially improve the symptoms and play the role of palliative treatment. How does TCM treat esophageal cancer? Discriminatory treatment is fundamental! 1.Liver depression and qi stagnation type. It is characterized by poor swallowing, distension and pain in both sides, emotional instability, shortness of breath, vomiting and clear saliva. Commonly used formulas include Qi Di San, Yue Ju Wan, etc. Optional additions and subtractions include Su Stem, Qing Mu Xiang, Pregnancy, and Spineflower, etc.; 2. Phlegm coagulation and blood stasis type. Symptoms include choking on food, pain in the chest and back, wrong skin, dark red tongue, purple tongue, and stasis spots. The symptoms include difficulty in swallowing, low fever in the afternoon, emaciation, dry cough, dry mouth and throat, red tongue with little moss, commonly used formulas include Beneficial Stomach Soup, Consistent Decoction, Artemisia and Turtle Nail Soup, etc. According to the condition, we can choose to add or subtract Hemerocallis, Zhi Mu, Gua Zhu, Hu Huang Lian, Sang Bai Pi, etc.; 4. Mostly seen in advanced esophageal cancer, inability to eat, emaciation, whispering, less breath and lazy speech, pale tongue, weak pulse, the selectable formulas are Ten Perfect Tonic Soup, Gui Zhi Ginseng Soup, Dioscorea Pill, etc. The selectable additions and subtractions are Acute Care, Jiao San Xian, Bupleurum Powder, Ginseng, Radix et Rhizoma, Wu Ju Ju, etc.