Phlegm-dampness obstructing the lungs requires drying dampness and resolving phlegm (removing phlegm from the body with dampness-drying medicines), declaring the lungs, relieving cough, and calming asthma, and using Er Chen Pills, Tangerine Red Pills, or Er Chen Ping Gastric Powder in combination with Sansi Nourishing Relative Soup as prescribed by the doctor. Phlegm-dampness obstructing the lungs is usually caused by uncontrolled diet and eating too much spicy and greasy food, which leads to damage of the spleen and stomach and obstacle of water-dampness transportation, resulting in phlegm-dampness being generated within the lungs and obstructing the lungs. It can be manifested as coughing and phlegm, even suffocation, shortness of breath, dyspnea, and phlegm sound in the chest. To treat phlegm-dampness obstructing the lungs, Er Chen Ping Stomach San can be used in conjunction with San Zi Nourishing Relative Soup plus subtractions for treatment, which consists of Semixia, Chen Pi, Poria, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Atractylodes macrocephala, Hou Piao, Bai Zhi Zi, and Lai Xiao Zi, in order to strengthen the spleen and dry up the dampness (strengthening the spleen and dispelling the dampness) to dissolve phlegm, and to promote the lungs to relieve coughing and pacify the asthma (stopping coughing and pacifying the wheezing), among other effects. In addition to Chinese herbal tonics, proprietary Chinese medicines that strengthen the spleen and dry dampness to resolve phlegm, such as Er Chen Pills and Tangerine Pills, can also be taken for treatment. For those with phlegm-dampness obstructing the lungs and coughing with much phlegm, it is recommended to consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner in time for diagnosis and treatment, and prescription of medication, instead of using medication without authorization, in order to avoid adverse consequences.