OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of Qingyan lifei powder(QYLFP)on relieving cough, reducing phlegm, inhibiting inflammatory and relieving pain. METHODS: The mice were divided into model group, positive control group (Yanjianning tablet, 0.29 g/kg), QYLFP low-dose, medium-dose and high-dose groups (13.7, 27.3, 54.6 g/kg), with 10 mice in each group. Model group was given constant volume of normal saline intragastrically, and treatment groups were given relevant medicine intragastrically, once a day, for 7 days. After medication, the effects of relieving cough, reducing phlegm, anti-inflammatory and analgesic of QYLFP were investigated through ammonia-induced cough method, phenol red method, xylene-caused mice ear edema test and acetic acid writhing test. RESULTS: Compared with model group, the cough times of those groups decreased significantly, except for QYLFP low-dose group; the cough incubation period in QYLFP high-dose group prolonged significantly (P<0.05 or P<0.01). The phenol red excretion amount and writhing times within 20 min of mice decreased significantly and ear edema relieved significantly in positive control and QYLFP high-dose group (P<0.05 or P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: QYLFP has good effects on relieving acough, reducing sputum and inhibiting inflammatory and relieving pain.