If you have a hot cold with phlegm and need to stop coughing, you can take Chinese medicines such as Compound Cold and Flu Granules and Shuanghuanglian Combination. 1. The efficacy of Compound Cold and Flu Granules is pungent and cool, clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and toxins from the body). It can be used clinically to treat wind-heat colds resulting in malignant cold (fear of cold) and fever, nasal congestion and runny nose, cough, yellow and thick sputum, red, swollen and hot throat, dry mouth and thirst. Taking this product may cause drowsiness, skin rash and other adverse reactions, severe liver and kidney function impairment is prohibited. 2. The efficacy of Shuanghuanglian Combination is pungent and cool, clearing heat and removing toxins. Clinically, it can be used to treat fever, cough with yellow and thick sputum, and sore throat caused by external wind-heat. Its composition includes honeysuckle, scutellaria baicalensis, forsythia and other traditional Chinese medicines. The adverse effects of taking this product are not clear, and the contraindications are not clear. If you have a cold and cough with phlegm, please go to the hospital and use the above medication as prescribed by your doctor.