The weather in Beijing is getting cooler and cooler, and the number of children with coughs is increasing. The choice of cough medication is difficult for many parents because there are so many drugs, so here I have summarized the common ones for your reference.1. Mild coughs, usually caused by upper respiratory tract infections, do not require cough medication, and as the cold improves, so does the cough, but of course you can also eat a little Chinese herbal cough medicine.2. Coughs that are obvious and have phlegm are best taken with cough medication containing expectorant effects. For example, Aotes (there are many similar drugs, not one by one), Aotes contains four ingredients, which are central cough suppressants, anti-allergy drugs, nasal mucosal decongestants and expectorant drugs. The expectorant medicine in Oxytocin is to stimulate the gastric mucosa to expectorate through vomiting, so some children have vomiting after taking it. If the cough is not very serious, but there is a lot of phlegm, we can choose a medicine that can reduce phlegm, such as Fulusi. If your child has a cough with a lot of phlegm and a runny nose, you can choose Bucozine, which is less of a central cough suppressant than Oxytetracycline and is suitable for children with a cough, runny nose and a less severe cough with phlegm. Note: Many drugs with anti-allergic ingredients are paracetamol, which has a drowsy effect, that is, the child is more sleepy after taking it. 3. If the child has an obvious pattern of coughing, such as a heavy cough in the morning and evening, or a cough that worsens after activity, or a paroxysmal cough, or a cough that worsens after eating chocolate and other sweets, it is considered to be phlegm or bronchospasm, and it is generally recommended to choose Etanercept. If the child has a more pronounced cough with the above mentioned regular symptoms. We can choose to use Oxytetracycline together with Etanercept, as these two drugs do not conflict.4. If the child has a clear history of allergies in the past and the effect of taking Etanercept for one day is not good, we should consider adding anti-allergic drugs, such as Karetan and Shunyerin. If the child’s cough is obvious at night and affects the child’s sleep, you can give the child ketotifen, an anti-allergy drug with a sedative component. 5. If the child has a deep cough, yellow sputum or a distinct odor in the mouth, it is still necessary to give the child additional anti-infective drugs. 6. If the child has a frequent cough that affects the child’s daily activities, you can use prednisone (hormone, used for 3 days without any (side effects). If your child has an allergic cough or asthma (symptoms are described in the previous blog), you should treat it according to asthma.8 Many Chinese herbs have a secondary effect on the cough, but they are slow. For children with dry stools, poor eating, thick tongue and stomach pain, it is best to add herbs. There is also the late stage of coughing, which can be regulated with Chinese medicine.