This invention relates to a method for controlling an airbag of a lymphatic massage machine for controlling a pump to guide air to a plurality of airbags which are sequentially arranged from the peripheries of limbs of human body toward the direction of the heart direction and wraps four limbs of the human body. The air bag control method comprises: guiding the air to airbags by a pump and inflating the airbags sequentially from the peripheries toward the heart; after the first inflated airbag is inflated to a point a predetermined air amount exists, the pump starting to guide air to another airbag next to the previously inflated airbag and away from the periphery while the pump continuously guiding air to the previously inflated airbag; after the air amount of the previously inflated airbag is inflated to a particular amount, maintaining the status till the air in all the airbags are inflated to the particular amount; and releasing air from all the airbags. The airbag control method of this invention allows the actuation of the airbags relatively similar to massage performed by real people.本發明為淋巴按摩機的氣囊控制方法,控制幫浦將氣體導引至複數氣囊,氣囊從人體四肢的末梢朝心臟方向依序排列並包覆人體四肢,氣囊控制方法包含:幫浦將氣體導引至氣囊,氣囊以末梢朝心臟的方向依序被充氣;直到先被充氣的氣囊因充氣而存在預設量氣體後,幫浦開始將氣體導引至緊鄰先被充氣的氣囊並遠離末梢之另一氣囊,同時幫浦持續將氣體導引至先被充氣的氣囊;於先被充氣的氣囊內之氣體被充至特定量後,維持此狀態,直到所有氣囊內之氣體皆被充至特定量;及將所有氣囊進行洩氣。本發明的氣囊控制方法使氣囊的作動更接近真人進行按摩。