The invention discloses a drug for relieving cough and preventing asthma. The drug is made from the following materials: Chinese ephedra, amygdale, gypsum, dried tangerine peel, rice husk, tendril-leaved fritillary bulb, alum, liquorice, carbetapentane citrate, prednisone, clenbuterol and chlorphenamine. The drug treats both symptoms and causes by combination of traditional Chinese medicines and western medicines, and has efficacies of antibiosis and anti-inflammation, improvement of pulmonary circulation, enhancement of immunological function of body and the like. The drug has obvious treatment effect on bronchial asthma, tracheitis, emphysema, pulmonary heart disease and the like and has advantages of quick effect, good curative effect, high curative ratio up to 68%, high effectiveness ratio above 96%, high safety and reliability and the like without toxic side effect and adverse reaction. The drug has simple preparation method, low price, easy popularization and wide application prospect.