Chinese medicine treatment for interstitial pneumonia is as follows: 1. Patients treated with large doses of hormones are prone to internal heat of yin deficiency, and medication to nourish yin and clear heat is appropriate, such as Sha Shen, Mai Dong, and Dendrobium; 2. Patients treated with small doses of hormones have deficiency of both qi and yin or mainly qi-depression, and medication to nourish qi is based on Dang Shen, Huang Qi, Sha Shen, and Yu Zhu, and the blood activator Chuan Xiong can be added; 3. Patients with secondary severe infection and respiratory failure are mainly treated with Patients with secondary severe infections and respiratory failure should be treated mainly by promoting qi and nourishing yin, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and assisting in clearing heat and phlegm. To benefit Qi and nourish Yin, we can use Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng and Radix Astragali; to invigorate Blood, we can use Salviae Miltiorrhizae and Peach kernel; to resolve phlegm, we can use Guahu Piper and Sangbai Pi. Radix polygoni has anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects, which can reduce the dose of hormones and immunosuppressants.