What kind of medication do you take for runny nose needs to be identified first, and then treated, the common causes are contact with irritating foods, colds, allergic rhinitis and so on. 1. Contact with irritating food: life contact with onions, chili peppers and other irritating food, there can be a runny nose, tears and other symptoms, at this time you do not need to take medication, can be used to wash the nasal cavity to ease, or rest for a while can be recovered in general. 2. Cold: upper respiratory tract infection caused by viral infection, can cause nasal mucosa congestion, edema, nasal secretion increase, etc., when there is a runny nose, you can take Chaihu granules, cold and heat granules. 3. Allergic rhinitis: allergic reaction due to nasal inhalation of pollen, dust, dust mites and other allergens, resulting in symptoms such as runny nose, first of all, avoid contact with allergens, and secondly, you can take anti-allergy drugs such as loratadine, cetirizine and so on. Runny nose may also have other reasons, it is recommended to find out the reasons, and then under the guidance of the doctor to take drugs, the above drugs should not be taken on their own.