Cough is a Chinese medical condition. There are many causes of this disease, including external wind, cold, heat and dryness, and internal injuries such as phlegm-dampness, phlegm-heat congestion of the lung, liver fire, deficiency of lung qi and deficiency of lung yin. Western medicine diseases such as respiratory tract infections, acute and chronic bronchitis, and pneumonia, where “cough” is the main clinical symptom, can be treated according to the cough evidence. Wang Ruiqi, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College