As a drug of clearing heat and resolving toxins,Amorphophallus Rivieri Durieu plays an active role in ancient and modern anti-tumor therapy.Through the study on literature in recent years,literature review is conducted from traditional and modern clinical medication,studies on modern pharmacological mechanism and other aspects.It is found that Amorphophallus Rivieri Durieu is somewhat clinically effective on tumors of toxin-heat stasis and other types.And for lung cancer,pancreatic cancer,breast cancer,brain cancer and other cancers,the efficacy is more significant.Its anti-tumor mechanism may be related to the inhibition of tumor cell proliferation,enhancement of cellular immunity,cytotoxicity or anti-oxidative activity,etc.