The invention relates to a 
traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating 
malignant pleural effusion. The 
traditional Chinese medicine composition is prepared from, by weight, 27-33 parts of radix adenophorae, 27-33 parts of radix glehniae, 9-15 parts of radix asparagi, 9-15 parts of 
radix ophiopogonis, 3-9 parts of 
lycium chinense, 9-15 parts of herba dendrobii, 27-33 parts of radix sophorae tonkinensis, 9-15 parts of bittersweet 
herb, 9-15 parts of apricot kernels, 27-33 parts of 
trichosanthes kirilowii, 9-15 parts of 
herba scutellariae barbatae, 6-12 parts of herba agrimoniae, 27-33parts of cortex mori, 27-33 parts of black nightshade 
herb and 9-15 parts of 
semen lepidii. The invention further relates to application of the 
traditional Chinese medicine composition. The traditional Chinese 
medicine composition is obtained by combining the fifteen medicinal materials and has the functions of nourishing yin to clear away the 
lung-heat, ventilating the 
lung to resolve 
phlegm, clearing away heat and toxic materials and purging the 
lung for 
diuresis. For 
malignant pleural effusion, by purging the lung for 
diuresis, dampness can be removed from the 
external genitalia and phlegmcan be dissolved from the lungs so as to dispel pathogenic 
effusion. After the traditional Chinese 
medicine composition is taken for 8 weeks, the total effective rate of patients reaches 88.54%, the 
disease remission rate is 98.96%, and no obvious adverse reaction is found, which proves that the traditional Chinese 
medicine composition can effectively reduce 
pleural effusion, remit symptoms and maintain the patients' condition stable.