Bronchitis in the elderly often cough mainly depends on whether the bronchitis in the elderly is acute or chronic. The details are as follows: 1. If it is acute bronchitis with triggering factors, respiratory tract infection is usually the main cause, and anti-infective treatment and anti-viral treatment will be given; smoking patients will be advised to quit smoking; if there is a cough caused by phlegm that should not be induced, phlegm chemotherapy drugs can be chosen; 2. If it is chronic bronchitis treatment, the acute phase is anti-infective treatment, and the stable phase has cough and phlegm relief, antispasmodic and asthma Enhance physical fitness, prevention of infection and other treatments; the usual drugs used in chronic bronchitis are theophylline extended-release tablets, theophylline extended-release capsules, or inhaled glucocorticoids, bronchodilators, and phlegm-reducing drugs can be chosen from aminoglutethimide, bromhexine, myrtle oil, acetylcysteine; it is also important for patients with chronic bronchitis to quit smoking, and patients are advised to quit smoking treatment. If chronic bronchitis is caused by an acute attack, it is also necessary to choose reasonable antibacterial drugs to control the infection and reduce the patient’s cough symptoms.