Objective: To investigate the effect of Zhichuantie on eosinophils(EOS) and interleukin-5(IL-5) of asthma in experimental animals (guinea pigs) after being infected with ovalbumin. Methods: Experiment animals were randomly divided into four groups, control group, asthma group, Daiwenjiugao treatment group and Zhichuantie treatment group. After 18 days of treatment, the bronchus alveoli lavage fluid (BALF) and heart blood of guinea pigs were collected. Then we assayed the apoptosis of EOS in blood, the quantity of EOS and the level of IL-5 in BALF through the flow cytometry(FCM), terminal deoxy...