Symptoms of shortness of breath and dyspnea mostly belong to the asthma syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine, which should be recognized and treated with prescriptions such as Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang. Ephedra-Apricot-Shi-Gan Tang is composed of ephedra, almonds, gypsum and other medicines. It has the effects of pungent, cool and cathartic (using medicines with pungent and cool properties to catharticize and vent), clearing the lungs and calming wheezing (clearing and draining the lung heat to relieve wheezing), and so on. It can be used for treating exogenous wind-evil (feeling external wind-evil), evil-heat congestion of the lungs (heat congestion of the lungs). （The symptoms include unresolved heat in the body and coughing. Symptoms include unresolved body heat, cough, shortness of breath, nasal stirring and thirst. The adverse effects and contraindications of this formula are not clear, and it is contraindicated in allergic persons and those who are hypersensitive to this formula. However, it should be noted that the clinical evidence is complex and varied, if symptoms of shortness of breath and dyspnea occur, it is necessary to go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, to identify the evidence for treatment.