Chinese medicine has certain efficacy in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the remission and stabilization periods, and studies have shown that for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the acute exacerbation period, the combination of Chinese medicine and western medicine is more effective than the application of Western medicine alone, and it has the advantages of improving patients’ symptoms, coughing sputum, and wheezing, as well as shortening hospitalization time and reducing patients’ economic pressure. For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in remission, the use of traditional Chinese medicine can improve the symptoms of patients in remission, alleviate the symptoms of exacerbation and reduce the number of exacerbations, thus improving the duration of remission, reducing the number of hospitalizations and improving the quality of life of patients.