Ovarian cancer，with the highest mortality among gynecological malignancies，poses a serious threat to the health and safety of women.In recent years，it has become more and more prominent in the treatment of ovarian cancer with traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)，and abundant data in modern pharmacological studies have supported the effectiveness and feasibility.By exploring the relevant descriptions of ovarian cancer in ancient TCM literature，this paper summarized the core pathogenesis of ovarian cancer，and discussed the clinical application of TCM in perioperative period，chemotherapy and follow-up maintenance treatment of ovarian cancer，aiming to improve the comprehensive curative effect of patients with ovarian cancer and break through the bottleneck of clinical prognosis of the disease.