Insufficient lung qi often manifests as shortness of breath, cough, laziness, white face, spontaneous sweating, fear of wind, pale tongue, white coating and weak pulse. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, if the lung is deficient, the lung should be tonified. Commonly used herbs include Astragalus, Radix Codonopsis, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, etc. The representative soup is Lung Tonic Soup. Insufficient lung qi is based on clinical evidence, if there is spleen deficiency such as dullness and weakness, the treatment should be to strengthen the spleen and benefit the lung, the representative formula is tonifying the spleen and benefit the lung. Insufficient lung qi is commonly manifested as yin deficiency, clinically seen as dry cough, shortage of breath, irritability, dry mouth, red tongue with little coating, and thin pulse, treatment should benefit qi, nourish yin, and moisten the lung, representative formula is Sheng Wei Yin.