Licorice tablets generally refer to compound licorice tablets, there is no such thing as licorice tablets with what medication is best for cough, each person’s specific condition is different, so the use of drugs is also different. If the cough is caused by a cold, you need to use anti-cold medication to treat it, and if it is caused by pneumonia, you need to use antibiotics to treat it. 1. Colds: mostly due to pathogenic infections, patients will have a fever, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, cough and other symptoms. At this time, you can take cold and flu medication under the guidance of a doctor, such as compound aminophenol alkylamine tablets, cold and flu particles, etc., if the cough and cough phlegm is obvious, you can also take oral cough and expectorant drugs, such as Glycyrrhiza glabra tablets, aminobromine hydrochloride tablets and so on. 2. Pneumonia: triggered by pathogens invading the lung parenchyma, patients will experience symptoms such as loss of appetite, coughing, coughing up sputum, fever, and respiratory distress. You need to use antibiotic anti-infection treatment under the guidance of the doctor, such as injectable penicillin sodium, injectable cefoperazone sodium sulphadiazine sodium, etc., can also be combined with drugs to suppress coughing and expectorant, such as compound licorice tablets, dextromethorphan hydrobromide tablets and so on. During the treatment, we should pay attention to the light and easy to digest diet, regular work and rest, avoid exertion, the drug should be applied under the guidance of the doctor.