Cold is a self-healing disease that is generally categorized into common cold and influenza. Common cold, known as “typhoid” in Chinese medicine, is a common respiratory disease caused by a variety of viruses, of which 30%-50% are caused by a certain serotype of rhinovirus. Although common colds occur mostly in early winter, they can also occur in any season, such as spring and summer, and the causative viruses of colds in different seasons are not exactly the same. Influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus. The virus exists in the patient’s respiratory tract and is transmitted to others through droplets when the patient coughs or sneezes. At present, there are many misunderstandings in the treatment of colds: 1, take antibiotics indiscriminately: close to 70% of the people buy their own medicine to eat itself is not wrong, but moving to take antibiotics, it is not right. In fact, at least 70% of people in the case of unnecessary, the abuse of antibacterial drugs, and more to the pioneer class, cephalosporins and macrocyclic class. The vast majority of colds are caused by viruses, taking antibacterial drugs for viral colds not only have no effect, but also lead to drug resistance. 2, hard to carry on without seeing a doctor: Because the cold is a kind of self-limiting disease, for young people, if you can endure the headache, fever, runny nose and other symptoms caused by the cold, “carry on” for a few days can be healed, but the long delayed treatment may be delayed, and even lead to myocarditis, nephritis and so on. Older people who have a cold should never “carry on” with it. Their physical condition is not good, the possibility of organ disease is greater, the body’s functions are weakened, if the symptoms are not timely treatment, it is very easy to induce complications, serious and even life-threatening. 3, random infusion: There is no data to show that the infusion can make the cold better faster. Drugs directly into the blood brought about by the risk than oral medication, will increase the incidence of adverse drug reactions. And it can easily cost thousands of dollars to treat a cold. However, if a person with a cold has severe symptoms, such as high fever that does not go away, frequent vomiting, and secondary bacterial infections (such as pneumonia, etc.), he or she should be diagnosed by a specialist to decide whether or not an infusion is necessary. 4, Chinese medicine for colds is slow: many people think that Chinese medicine is slow in treating illnesses, not as convenient as Western medicine, fast-acting. In fact, most of the medicines for cold and flu have a long duration, and when the cold is over, the disease will enter into the body and start coughing, which will bring great pain to the patients. I personally believe that Chinese medicine treatment of colds has its own unique role, especially into the winter colds are mostly wind-cold colds, clinical manifestations of fever, chills, body aches, headaches, sneezing, and throat pain. Treatment with Chinese medicine gui zhi soup, ephedra soup, most of the symptoms can be relieved in 1-3 days. While the course of the cold with a sore throat is relatively slow, the treatment is different and needs to be based on different people, recognizing the evidence. However, it should be reminded that it is best to go to the hospital for a blood test after a cold if you are able to do so, in order to determine which type of cold it belongs to. The following three conditions should be immediately go to the hospital for treatment: 1, the symptoms lasted for more than a week without relief; 2, the use of symptomatic drugs still did not reduce the symptoms, such as fever after taking antipyretic drugs still high fever does not go away; 3, organ problems, such as vomiting yellow sputum. Especially children and the elderly, the disease develops quickly and should be taken seriously, and it is best to treat it in time.