The invention relates to the field of traditional Chinese medicine. A traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating Yin deficiency type cough caused by lung cancer is prepared from active pharmaceutical ingredients in weight proportion as follows: 6-12 g of lilies, 6-12 g of cochinchinese asparagus roots, 6-12 g of fragrant solomonseal rhizomes, 6-12 g of dwarf lilyturf tuber, 6-12 g of adenophora roots, 6-12 g of fructus lycii, 6-12 g of mulberries, 3-9 g of apricot kernels, 6-12 g of common anemarrhena rhizomes, 6-12 g of fritillaria and 3-9 g of liquorice, and preferably, the traditional Chinese medicine composition is prepared from the active pharmaceutical ingredients in weight proportion as follows: 9 g of the lilies, 9 g of the cochinchinese asparagus roots, 9 g of the fragrant solomonseal rhizomes, 9 g of the dwarf lilyturf tuber, 9 g of the adenophora roots, 9 g of the fructus lycii, 9 g of the mulberries, 6 g of the apricot kernels, 9 g of the common anemarrhena rhizomes, 9 g of the fritillaria and 6 g of the liquorice. The invention further discloses an application of the traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating Yin deficiency type cough caused by lung cancer in preparation of a drug for treating Yin deficiency type cough caused by lung cancer. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is a special oral traditional Chinese medicine preparation for the Yin deficiency type cough caused by lung cancer, the selected ingredients are properly compatible, can be effectively matched with lung cancer treatment and have remarkable clinical effects, the medical cost is reduced, and the traditional Chinese medicine composition is actually a classic basic prescription in the field.