Cancer research of Chinese medicine has formed some major fields, such as supporting healthy qi, heat clearing-detoxification and eliminating stasis-activating blood, and has made certain achievements. The "theory of anti-tumor effect with wind medicine" described the anti-tumor effects of wind medicine from a new view. In this review, and the relevant research was analyzed comprehensively. The mechanism and superiority of the anti-tumor effect of wind medicine was summarized, and the research problems was also discussed.
		                        		
		                        		
		                        		
		                        			Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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		                        			therapeutic use
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		                        			Humans
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		                        			Medicine, Chinese Traditional
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		                        			Neoplasms
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		                        			drug therapy