Pyroptosis is a new type of cells death，which leads to inflammation reaction and triggers cell membrane rupture and dissolution.This pattern of cells death depends on the launching of Caspase-1，which causes the inflammasome to aggregate in response to pathogens，leading to pyroptosis.In morphology，biology and gene，the cells with pyroptosis are different from the death method of traditional cells.Pyroptosis has been found to be involved in many disease processes in buman beings，and its role in the occurence and development of tumor is of great concern.Therefore，the study on the pathogenesis and conduction pathway of pyroptosis will provide an important therapeutic strategy for the prevention and treatment of tumors.In this paper，based on the biological characteristics and signal transduction pathways of pyroptosis，as well as the differences between the pyroptosis and the traditional cells apoptosis，combined with the application characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine in tumors，a theoretical basis for exploring new strategies for traditional Chinese medicine treatment of tumors is provided.