First of all, you should make sure whether you have a dry cough or a cough with phlegm. If you have a dry cough, you can take western medicine: Citric acid pentoweilin tablets, Chinese patent medicine, Sydney ointment. If you have a cough with phlegm, first observe whether the phlegm is white or yellow. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, cough can be divided into hot cough, cold cough, cold cough and internal injury cough. When choosing traditional Chinese medicine cough syrup, you should take it according to the symptoms. For wind-heat cough, symptoms: cough with excessive phlegm, yellow or bloody phlegm, uncomfortable cough, dry throat, etc., snake gall and Fritillaria liquid, compound loquat cream, mango cough-relieving tablets and fresh bamboo juice can be used (cold in nature, suitable for dry cough and yellow and bloody phlegm). For cough caused by wind-cold, the symptoms are: white and thin phlegm, heavy night and light day. You can choose Xiaokechuan syrup] In addition, pertussis syrup is mild, so it is suitable for cough caused by cold. If it is cough caused by wind-heat cold, you should not take it. Cough due to deficiency syndrome is mostly chronic cough with weakness, sweating and cold limbs. At this time, Gui Long Kechuan Pill and Gushen Kechuan Pill should be used. There is also a kind of cough medicine commonly used in clinic-cold cough syrup, also known as finagle syrup, which mainly relieves cough, takes account of phlegm, and has a calming effect. It is suitable for coughing at night, affecting sleep and bronchitis caused by allergies. Children should master the dosage. When treating cough, don't abuse antibiotics, so as not to cause flora imbalance in the body. Long-term use will also reduce human immunity, cause bacterial resistance, and cause Shanghai to the human body. In fact, many Chinese patent medicines have anti-inflammatory effects. In short, we should find out the cause and use antibiotics reasonably.