Lung cancer belongs to the category of cancer in traditional Chinese medicine, and the prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine for different types of cancer are also different, and the commonly used ones in clinic are Six Gentlemen Soup, Nourishing Yin and Clearing Lungs Soup, Sheng Wei San, Hematopoietic and Blood Stasis Dispersing Soup, and Phlegm Conducting Soup. Lung qi insufficiency syndrome: manifested by coughing, sputum, chest tightness and shortness of breath, pale tongue and white moss. Treatment is to benefit qi and tonify the lung, strengthen the spleen and resolve phlegm with the addition and subtraction of Liu Jun Zi Tang. Yin deficiency and internal heat syndrome: manifested as dry cough without sputum or blood in sputum, emaciation, dry stool and yellow urine. Treatment is to nourish yin and moisten the lungs (replenish yin fluid in the body to moisturize the lungs), and to clear away heat and disperse lumps by adding and subtracting Nourishing Yin and Clearing Lung Tang. Qi and yin deficiency (deficiency of both qi and yin) syndrome: manifested as mental fatigue (mental exhaustion and physical weakness), shortness of breath due to sweating, heat in the hands, feet and heart, red tongue with thin moss, etc. The treatment is to benefit qi and nourish yin (replenish the body’s yin to nourish the lungs). Treatment is with the addition of Sheng Wei San which benefits Qi and nourishes Yin (tonifying Qi and nourishing Yin fluid). Qi stagnation and blood stasis (blood stasis due to lack of circulation of Qi) syndrome: manifesting as stabbing pain in the chest and ribs, cough and shortness of breath, and petechiae or dark purple on the tongue. The treatment is to activate Qi and blood circulation (to promote the flow of Qi and blood), and to resolve blood stasis and soften the hardness of the blood by adding the subtractions of Blood Mansion and Blood Stasis Soup. Blood Capital and Blood Stasis Tang should be used with caution in pregnant women. Phlegm-dampness stasis syndrome: manifesting as cough with excessive phlegm, breath holding and chest tightness, lumps under the dermatomes (lumps), tingling and refusing to be pressed. The treatment is to eliminate dampness and phlegm, resolve blood stasis and eliminate stagnation of phlegm-conducting soup plus reduction. The adverse effects of the above traditional Chinese medicines are not clear, and should be used under the guidance of doctor’s diagnosis.