According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, there are some patterns of syndrome that lead to bronchiectasis.
1. Wind-heat affecting lung
2. Phlegm-heat accumulated in the lungs
3. Deficiency of Qi and Yin

Integration of Chinese medicine and western medicine would be a good choice for this disease. When treating bronchiectasis, Chinese doctors will take everything into consideration, including the following conditons.
1. Cylindrical bronchiectasis is the mildest form and reflects the loss of the normal tapering of the airways. The symptoms may be quite mild, like a chronic cough, and usually are discovered on CT scans of the chest.
2. Saccular bronchiectasis is more severe, with further distortion of the airway wall and symptomatically, affected persons produce more sputum.
3. Cystic bronchiectasis is the most severe form of bronchiectasis, and fortunately it is the least common form. This often occurred in the pre-antibiotic era when an infection would run its course and the patient would survive with residual lung damage. These patients often would have a chronic productive cough, bringing up a cup or more of discolored mucus each day.