To study the factors that influence quality of life in patients with advanced gastric cancer. Methods: Papers published in recent seven years on Chinese medicine influencing quality of life in patients with advanced gastric cancer were reviewed and analyzed. Results: Both traditional Chinese herbs and Chinese patent medicine can to some extent improve the clinical symptoms, long-term survival and quality of life of patients with advanced gastric cancer. Conclusion: Along with the multi-aspect, multi-angle, multi-target exploration on comprehensive therapeutic effect of TCM, as well as the combination of western and Chinese medicine, it would bring more benefits to the improvement of quality of life of tumor patients.