Cough in the middle of the night may belong to the cold cough, may also belong to the hot cough. 1. Cold cough: Cold cough is often accompanied by chills (cold) fever, coughing up phlegm, sputum, sputum white and thin, etc., there can be wind-cold attack lungs, phlegm-dampness lungs and other types of evidence. Wind-cold attacking the lungs can take San’ao Tang plus Stop Coughing Powder; phlegm-dampness impregnated lungs can take Er Chen Ping Stomach Powder plus San Zi Nourishing Relatives Soup. 2. Hot cough: Hot cough is often accompanied by sore throat, coughing up phlegm, yellow and sticky phlegm, loud cough, etc. It can be characterized by wind-heat attacking the lungs, wind-dryness injuring the lungs, phlegm-heat depressing the lungs, liver-heat offending the lungs, and deficiency of lung yin (insufficient yin in the lungs). For wind-heat attacking the lungs, Sangju Drink can be taken internally; for wind-dryness injuring the lungs, Sangxiang Tang can be taken internally; for phlegm-heat depressing the lungs, Qingjin Tang can be taken internally; for liver-fire offending the lungs, Scutellariae Radix Bailiwinki Powder can be taken internally; and for lung-yin deficiency (insufficient yin in the lungs), Sha Shen Maidong Tang can be taken internally. The causes of coughing in the middle of the night are many and complex, it is recommended to actively go to the hospital for consultation and treatment, and do not take medication at random, so as not to delay the condition.