China is one of the countries with the most frequent coal and gas outburst accidents in the world. In the early years of the founding of New China, coal and gas outburst accidents occurred frequently, causing serious casualties, equipment damage, and economic losses. In recent years, some scholars have tried to simulate the coal and gas outburst phenomenon using physical models to study the mechanisms of its occurrence. However, due to the complexity and nonreproducibility of coal and gas outburst disasters, the study of coal and gas outburst mechanisms is still in the hypothesis stage. In order to effectively reduce the risk of coal and gas outburst accidents, coal and gas outburst prevention and control technology have emerged and achieved remarkable results, and the probability of coal and gas outburst accidents has been greatly reduced. Among coal and gas protrusion outburst and control technologies, hydraulic and anhydrous prevention and control technologies are widely used. The purpose of this paper is to briefly explain the mainstream hypothesis of coal and gas outburst, analyze the action principle of hydration and anhydrous control technologies, discuss the current status of research on hydration and anhydrous control technologies, and put forward the problems of current technologies and future development trends.