In recent years， along with the increasing social pressure， the morbidity and mortality of breast cancer has been gradually rising and had serious effects on the physical and mental health of women. Traditional Chinese medicine（TCM） has shown its special advantage in reducing the side effects on surgery、radiation and chemotherapy of breast cancer； Moreover， TCM could improve survival quality of patients and reduce the postoperative recurrence rate. Modern biological research indicated that TCM could kill the cancer cells through a variety of mechanisms， such as improving breast cancer cell drug resistance， regulating gene expression， arresting cell cycle and promoting cell apoptosis， inhibiting angiogenesis， which has a better development prospects.