Objective:To analyze clinical application laws of oral ointment for the treatment of chronic pulmonary disease(CPD),the treatment and medication rules of clinical dominant diseases.Methods:The literature on clinical application of ointment in the treatment of CPD were searched from CNKI and Wanfang between 2010 and 2020,and the papers meeting the inclusion criteria were screened to extract the information including the publication years,season of administration,clinical effective rate,the name of the disease,the composition of the prescription and the herbs,and to perform the statistical analysis after standardized processing.Results:All 164 papers meeting the inclusion criteria were screened out,and the literature studies between 2010 and 2020 were on the rise generally,the seasons of administration contained administration in winter and four seasons;the literature covered 164 ointment prescriptions,and the main prescriptions involved 423 herbs,the adjuvant materials contained 33 herbs,and the gels were five herbs;the herbs were warm and neutral mainly in four natures,belonging to sweet,pungent and bitter in five tastes,and entering the meridians of lung,spleen and kidney;high-frequency herbs were Huangqi(Astragali radix),Fuling[Poria cocos(Schw.)Wol]and Chenpi(Citrus reticulata Blanco);the forms of pediatric hebal pastes mainly contained honey paste and sugar-free paste mainly,and pastes for pulmonary diseases mostly contained animal products.The dominant diseases were chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,and bronchial asthma,and the herbal pastes were mostly used for the treatment of stable disease.Conclusion:The ointment could prevent and treat a wide range of chronic pulmonary diseases with remarkable clinical research results,taking enhancing healthy Qi,consolidating the body resistance and tonifying as the main therapies,regulating Qi,removing phlegm and resolving stagnation as the adjuvant methods.