Objective To observe the effects of inhalation salbutamol combined with psychological intervention on the treatment of patients with severe asthma, and evaluate its clinical curative effect. Methods 162 cases with severe asthma were selected from February 2014 to February 2017 in hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in Zhoushan as the research object, which were randomly divided into the control group and the study group with 81 cases in each group. All patients were given nebulized salbutamol, the control group in the perioperative were given routine nursing intervention, at this basis, the study group were given targeted psychological nursing. The effect in the two groups was compared. Results The total effective rate in the study group was 91.36％ (74/81) was significantly better than that in the control group 76.54％ (72/81), the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). After treatment, cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness, lung wheezing were improved significantly , and all the symptoms in the study group was obviously better than those in the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Aerosol inhalation of salbutamol combined with psychological intervention on the treatment of severe asthma patients has significant curative effect, which can significantly improve the clinical treatment effect, improve the clinical symptoms in a timely manner, and has the value of application and promotion.