Cold patients can drink beverages because cold is an acute upper respiratory tract infection, which can cause a variety of clinical symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, coughing and phlegm, as well as fever, and in the case of fever, it can lead to a large loss of body fluids and nutrients, and the main components of beverages are water and vitamins. Therefore, drinking beverages for cold patients can effectively replenish the water lost due to fever, and also replenish vitamins. Drinking beverages can also improve appetite, so cold patients can drink more beverages as long as they can, which is conducive to the recovery of the disease. It is still important to use cold medications as soon as possible to relieve clinical symptoms, such as phenomethamine tablets or compound aminoglutethimide.