Dry cough without sputum is mainly recognized as dry heat against the lungs or yin deficiency lung dryness (deficiency of the body’s yin, resulting in dryness of the lungs not being nourished) in traditional Chinese medicine. 1. Dryness and heat against the lungs: mostly associated with dryness and evils against the lungs, affecting the lung’s function of propagation, purging and burning the lung’s fluid, the main clinical manifestation of a dry cough with no sputum or sputum is small and viscous, often accompanied by a dry nose, thirst, dry throat, itchy throat, etc., the treatment is to remove the surface of the lungs to clear up the dryness of the cough is mainly to stop coughing, the formula can be selected Mulberry and Apricot Soup Plus Reduction treatment. Mulberry and apricot soup should not be too heavy, and the decoction time should not be too long. 2. Yin deficiency and lung dryness: mostly with the lung and stomach fluid injury, or vegetative yin deficiency, deficiency fire inflammation, resulting in loss of lung yin, insufficient fluid, deficiency heat within the birth of the relevant, the main clinical manifestations of a dry cough with no sputum, light day and night, persistent, or sputum is small and viscous, it is not easy to cough up, and often accompanied by dry mouth and throat,, hands and feet and heart fever, emaciation and night sweating (sweating abnormally after going to sleep, waking up sweating to stop), and other symptoms. Yin deficiency and lung dryness type cough treatment to nourish Yin and moisturize the lungs (by replenishing the lung fluid to moisturize the lungs), and clear dryness to stop coughing, can be selected Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang plus subtraction treatment. Sha Shen Maidong Tang is contraindicated for people with external coughs and coldness in the spleen and stomach. Dry cough, no phlegm identification of Chinese medicine, often need to patients with other accompanying symptoms by a professional physician, the treatment of medication should be in the physician’s identification of guidance, not blindly self-medication.