Abstract: Bronchial asthma(briefed as asthma) is a common heterogeneous disease in children, which is characterized by chronic airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness. The increasing incidence of asthma in children has brought heavy burden to the society. In recent years, the guidelines both at home and abroad provide important instructions for the standardized diagnosis and treatment of asthma, but only in western medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history in the prevention and treatment of asthma in children; however, western pediatrians usually can’t combine the TCM treatment with western medicine treatment in a proper way. Expert Consensus on the Prevention and Treatment of Asthma in Children by Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine is completed after repeated revisions, which refers to the lastest TCM and western guideline, consensus and research progress worldwide, and is based on the important clinical practice and experience in integrated prevention and treatment of asthma in China. It provides important reference for pediatrians to apply integrated treatment properly in the prevention and treatment of asthma and to make clinical decisions, in order to increase the general level in controlling asthma in children.

Key words: Children, Asthma, Traditional Chinese and western medicine, Prevention and treatment, Consensus