Gastrointestinal cancer has become a kind of tumor with high incidence in China.Reducing the recurrence and metastasis is in great demand at present.Sijunzi decoction plays an important role in prevention of gastrointestinal tumor recurrence and metastasis after surgery.At the base of reviewing the literatures of the past 10 years at home and abroad,this article summarizes the progress of studies on Sijunzi decoction treating the recurrence and metastasis of gastrointestinal cancer among postoperative patients,in terms of the theory of traditional Chinese medicine,clinical research,experimental studies and pharmacological studies.