Chinese medicine perceives chronic bronchitis as a lung Qi deficiency which may or may not have started as a viral attack, resulting in depleted lung energy (Qi). It is usually accompanied by phlegm. The origin of the phlegm is usually the digestive system (spleen) which leads to the accumulation of water affecting the lungs. Integration of Chinese medicine and western medicine would be a good choice for this disease. When treating chronic bronchitis, Chinese doctors will take everything into consideration, including the following conditons.

1. Primary Immune Deficiency - chronic bronchitis
2. Chemical poisoning
3. Chemical poisoning
4. Defective expression of HLA class 1
5. Chemical poisoning
6. Nicotine addiction
7. Aluminium lung
8. MHC class 1 or class 2 deficiency
9. Tobacco smoking the most common cause
10. Pneumoconiosis
11. Long-term fume inhalation
12. Air pollution
13. Airway hyperresponsiveness
14. Lung cancer
15. Heart disease
16. Klinefelter syndrome