Objective: To study the efficacy of Qingfei Xiaotan Jiejing decoction with salbutamol aerosol in treating asthma. Method: Altogether one hundred and twenty-eight patients with bronchial asthma (cold asthma) treated in our hospital from February 2010 to May 2014 were selected as the study objects and randomly divided into the observation group and the control group

with 64 cases in each group. Both groups of patients were given regular salbutamol aerosol with the dose of 100 μg/time

twice in the morning and evening. On that basis

the observation group is orally given traditional Chinese medicine Qingfei Xiaotan Jiejing decoction

one dose a day

taken warm in the morning and evening. Patients of the two groups were tested for their lung ventilation function

peak expiratory flow (PEF)

asthma control test score (ACT) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptoms integral before the treatment and at the 12th week after the treatment. A comparative analysis was made for its clinical efficacy according to the above results. Result: Various observation indexes in both groups were obviously improved after treatment compared with that before the treatment. Specifically

compared with the control group

the observation group showed significantly increase in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)

PEF

ACT

clinical control rate and notable decrease in TCM syndrome integrals and inefficiency

with statistical differences. Conclusion: Qingfei Xiaotan Jiejing decoction combined salbutamol aerosol can effectively improve the pulmonary ventilation function

relieve the clinical symptoms and enhance the clinical control rate of patients with bronchial asthma (cold asthma)

with a better efficacy than the single administration of salbutamol aerosol.