Chinese herbs play an indispensable role in the treatment of lung adenocarcinoma. Chinese herbal treatments include Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang, which benefits Qi, supports correctness, astringency and stops bleeding. Painful bone metastases can be given to invigorate blood circulation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain, such as Blood Mansions and Blood Stasis Tang. When intracranial metastasis occurs with disturbance of consciousness, Tongkou Wuhe Tang and Calamus Yujin Tang, which clear heat, resolve phlegm and open the orifice, need to be given. Pleural effusion and chest pain need to be treated with Bayberry Guaou San and Scape Dazhong Da Zao Diarrhea Lung Soup. Inpatient treatment can better obtain the patient’s cooperation and achieve the effect of improving clinical symptoms. Lung cancer, especially lung adenocarcinoma, is mostly seen in women, prone to distant metastasis, and is mostly advanced when detected. If gene targeting test indicates that targeted drugs can be used, the effect of treatment with Chinese medicine will be more ideal. Lung adenocarcinoma cannot be treated with Western drugs alone, but needs to be treated with targeted drugs as well as chemotherapy drugs together with Chinese herbal medicine, which can effectively prolong patients’ survival and improve the quality of survival. Therefore, it is very important to actively develop effective traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of lung adenocarcinoma.