The invention provides a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema. The traditional Chinese medicine composition comprises gecko, semen coicis, radix pseudostellariae, liquorice, rhizoma polygonati, schisandra chinensis, fenugreek, caulis spatholobi, turmeric, seabuckthorn, aleppo avens, cynanchum glaucescens, fructus forsythiae, herba inulae, herba ephedra, myristica fragrans, cordyceps sinensis, fructus aristolochiae, semen euryales, kelp, radix curcumae, pericarpium citri reticulatae, resina liquidamberis, rhizoma alpiniae officinarum, agilawood, rhizoma anemarrhenae, polygonum cuspidatum and caulis sargentodoxae. The traditional Chinese medicine composition can regulate lung functions of a patient, improve inherent antiviral ability, treat both symptoms and root causes, can control the illness fundamentally, defer the progression of the illness and treat the illness, and has the advantages that the traditional Chinese medicine composition is good in curative effect, takes effect rapidly, causes no injuries to a human body, does not result in tolerance, has no toxic or side effects, and the illness is not recurrent compared with western medicine.