Objective To construction and investigate the application effect of auricular acupressure technology in patients with cough with different syndrome types. Methods From December 2022 to March 2023,the Delphi method was used to consult experts to form a technical scheme for auricular pressure in patients with cough with different syndrome types in the early and middle stages. 122 patients with stage I and stage Ⅱ lung cancer cough from the oncology department of 3 tertiary hospitals of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing between July 2023 to January 2024 were randomly divided into an experimental group(61 cases) and a control group(61 cases). The experimental group referred to the constructed auricular acupressure technique program to identify and take acupoints, and the control group used the original auricular acupressure program for 7 d of continuous intervention. The changes in the scores of the Visual Analog Scale(VAS) and the scores of The MD Anderson Symptom Inventory for lung cancer(MDASI-LC) were observed in the 2 groups before and after the intervention. Results The final scheme included 3 first-level items,12 second-level items,and 14 third-level items. The 2 rounds of expert authority coefficients were 0.88,indicating a high degree of authority,and the Kendall harmony coefficients of the 2 rounds of correspondence were 0.170 and 0.130(P<0.001),respectively,and the results tended to be consistent. A total of 122 patients completed the study. After intervention,the VAS score of cough severity in the experimental group was 3.0(2.0,3.0) points,which was lower than 3.0(3.0,4.0) points in the control group. The MDASI-LC score of the experimental group was 17.0(9.5,31.5) points,which was lower than 28.0(15.5,47.5) points in the control group,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). Conclusion The constructed auricular acupressure technique program has certain scientificity,and it can effectively relieve cough symptoms of stage I~Ⅱ lung cancer patients,and the severity of symptom clusters has been improved,which provides the basis for TCM nursing intervention in cough symptoms of lung cancer patients.