Obstructive emphysema is equivalent to the categories of “cough”, “wheezing” and “lung distension” in Chinese medicine. The clinical treatment of this disease is based on the acute exacerbation and remission phases, and is divided into types according to the characteristics of the symptoms and manifestations, and the patients are usually treated with traditional Chinese medicines. 1. Wind-heat offending the lungs (wind-heat evils invade the lungs), the lungs are not declared and purged: mostly seen in the early stage of acute attack of obstructive emphysema, symptoms such as coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness, coughing and sputum, sputum viscous or yellowish and other symptoms. It is often used to clear the wind and heat, purging the lungs and resolving phlegm. 2. Phlegm-heat congestion of the lungs, qi and yin are injured: most commonly seen in the acute attack of obstructive emphysema, symptoms such as wheezing and chest tightness, coughing and shortness of breath, phlegm sticky yellow, sputum or sputum with blood, accompanied by dry mouth and constipation and other symptoms. Often choose to clear away heat and resolve phlegm, purge the lungs and asthma treatment. 3. Yin deficiency, blood stagnation and phlegm coagulation: mostly seen in obstructive emphysema in remission, symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough with little sputum, white or yellow, sticky and difficult to cluck. The treatment of nourishing yin and clearing heat (nourishing yin fluid and removing heat), and resolving phlegm with blood are often used. 4. Deficiency of qi and yin (deficiency of both qi and yin), phlegm and silt obstruction: common in obstructive emphysema in remission, symptoms such as wheezing and palpitations (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), especially when moving, coughing up sputum in small quantities, viscous and difficult to cluck, and symptoms of heartburn and insomnia. Often choose to benefit the qi and nourish yin (replenish qi, nourish yin), phlegm through the collaterals (remove phlegm, dredge the meridians) of the therapeutic approach.