Originally

treatment of western medicine on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease（ COPD） is to improve airflow obstruction using bronchodilator. Now

bronchodilator is combined with anti-inflammatory treatment.Not only treats symptoms

but also causes. It is the new therapeutic strategy that sequential therapy for cause &symptom is applied during acute attacks and stationary phase. Chinese medicine follows the principles of treating symptoms for emergency and treating causes for remission consistently. With develop of therapeutic mode of integrated disease and syndrome and deeper exploration of clinical practice

thoughts and methods of sequential therapy for cause& symptom on COPD are proposed. Treat symptoms and causes during both acute attacks and stationary phase to improve the clinical effect and patients’ life quality

control the disease and decrease acute attacks.