There are many reasons for coughing due to cold, which are commonly associated with acute upper respiratory tract infections, acute bronchitis, and cough variant asthma. Different causes, treatment methods are not the same. 1. Acute upper respiratory tract infection: referred to as upper infection, the main pathogen is virus, a few are bacteria. Generally do not need to use antiviral drugs, to symptomatic treatment. When coughing, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to use compound licorice tablets, dextromethorphan and other drugs; combined with bacterial infection, you can choose oral penicillin class. 2. Acute bronchitis: for coughing, no sputum or less sputum, dextromethorphan can be used to suppress coughing; coughing, sputum but not easy to cough out, can be used to resolve sputum with aminobromine hydrochloride bromohexidine and so on, according to doctor’s advice. If it is a bacterial infection, it can be treated with drugs such as cefixime dispersible tablets. If it is a viral infection, it can be treated with acyclovir dispersible tablets. There are many reasons for coughing due to cold, it is recommended that the patient go to the regular hospital in time, to clarify the cause of the disease, and standardize the treatment under the guidance of the doctor. The above drugs should be used under the guidance of the doctor.