From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, colds are divided into several types. “The first type is a cold with mild or no fever, headache, stuffy nose, runny nose, itchy throat, cough, loose white sputum, and thin white tongue coating. Colds with wind-cold mostly occur in autumn and winter, so you should choose divergent wind-cold medicine. "The second type is wind-heat cold. The symptoms are severe fever, head swelling and pain, sore throat, slight thirst, less sweating, cough, etc." Yellow phlegm, thin white or yellowish tongue coating, and red tongue tip. You should choose Sangju Ganmao Tablets, Vitamin C Yinqiao Tablets, Compound Ganmao Ling Tablets, etc. "The third category is a cold with both external and internal sensations (combined cold with wind-cold and wind-heat). The symptoms are high fever, headache and dizziness, sore limbs, sore throat, dry stool, yellow urine, thin yellow tongue coating, and red tongue. External colds should be selected. Drugs that treat both internal and external symptoms, such as Chongganling Tablets, Xiaobuihu Granules, etc. Note: It is not advisable to use Qiangli Yinqiao Tablets, Sangju Cold Tablets or Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets alone because of poor efficacy. It is a gastrointestinal cold and summer-heat cold. The symptoms include fever but not high, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, or heavy head and headache, no sweat, tired limbs, white tongue coating, etc. Huoxiang Zhengqi water, afternoon tea, etc. should be used.