ABSTRACT
Objective] To explore the value of generation between metal and water in treatment bronchial asthma. [Methods] To analyse the theory of generation between metal and water,and explore the TCM mechanism of asthma through studying the Chinese medical book. Retrieve the relative data about using the method of generation between metal and water to treat asthma. Analyze the application value of generation between metal and water from different treatments to asthma. [Results] The method of generation between metal and water is a therapeutic principle which builds according to the five elements relationship between lung and kidney. It has important guiding significance for qi deficiency ,yin deficiency and yang deficiency of lung and kidney. Asthma’s main pathogenesis is “excess in the lungs,deficiency in kidney”,treated by the method of generation between metal and water can strengthen the body resistance and reduce the frequency of asthma. [Conclusion] Generation between metal and water is a method of lung-kidney concurrent treatment,which can treat both the incidental and fundamental aspects of asthma,make asthma in stable state,and improve the patients quality of life,so it has important value in the treatment of asthma.