Whether drinking traditional Chinese medicine can relieve pain in elderly lung cancer chest metastasis back pain cannot be generalized, it needs to be treated according to the patient’s condition after professional doctor’s consultation. Generally speaking, drinking traditional Chinese medicine can relieve pain to a certain extent, but it can only be used as an auxiliary treatment. Generally speaking, drinking Chinese medicine can relieve pain to a certain extent, but it can only be used as auxiliary therapy. Lung cancer thoracic metastasis back pain indicates that the disease has reached an advanced stage. Chinese medicine can effectively regulate the body, improve the patient’s clinical symptoms and increase the body’s immunity, but lung cancer thoracic metastasis needs to be combined with genetic testing, pathology and physical status for comprehensive treatment. Common treatment modalities include radiotherapy, chemotherapy, molecular targeted drug therapy and immunotherapy, and comprehensive treatment can enable patients to have better pain relief. Certain drugs in traditional Chinese medicine can play a role in pain relief, such as Angelica sinensis, Yanhuisuo, frankincense, myrrh, wulingzhi, and descending incense, etc. However, the use of traditional Chinese medicine alone is not effective in relieving pain. If metastasis occurs in lung cancer patients, please seek medical treatment in time and standardize treatment under the guidance of professional physicians, and do not use medicine privately to avoid delaying the condition.