Colds can be categorized into wind-cold, wind-heat, summer-dampness and deficiency colds, and the most commonly used traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions are, in order of prevalence, Jing-Ping-So-Toxin-San, Yin-Qiao-San, Xin-Ga-Sholtzria Drink, and Ginseng-Su Drink. Patients with wind-cold flu have severe cold, light fever, no sweating, headache, limb pain, nasal congestion, runny nose, itchy throat, white sputum and thin sputum, etc. For treatment, it is recommended to relieve the symptoms with pungent and warmth, and promote the lungs to dissipate the cold, and the formula is Jing, Fang, Wu and Poison-san. Patients with wind-heat cold manifested as heavy fever, slight aversion to wind-cold, head swelling and headache, sweating, nasal congestion and runny nose, sore throat, redness, swelling and cough with thick sputum, etc. The treatment is to relieve the symptoms by relieving the symptoms with pungent coolness, promoting the lungs and clearing away the heat, and the formula is Yin Qiao San. Summer-dampness cold mainly occurs in summer, the patient manifests as body heat and sweat, but the sweat is not smooth, body heat does not raise (feel the whole body heat, but touch the skin is not very hot), head distension, chest tightness, body heavy, limb soreness, or nasal congestion and runny nose, coughing and phlegm, etc. The treatment is to clear away the summer heat and dispel dampness to relieve the surface, and the formula is to choose the new plus Elshotzia drink. Cold and flu are often seen in the elderly or physically weak people, the patient manifests as heavier cold, or fever, heat is not high, nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, sweating, tiredness (fatigue), shortness of breath, coughing and sputum weakness, etc., the treatment of beneficial qi to relieve the surface, the formula selected ginseng and Su drink with subtractions. If you have a related condition, it is recommended to treat it under the guidance of a professional physician, not blindly self-medication.