Generally Gentian Diarrhea Liver Pills are not used to treat cold and flu. Colds can be taken under the guidance of a physician, such as wind-heat and cold particles, wind-cold and cold particles and other drugs. Longdian Diarrhea Pill has the effect of clearing the liver and gallbladder and inducing dampness and heat, and is mainly used for the treatment of liver and gallbladder dampness and heat (dampness and heat evils accumulated in the liver and gallbladder), dizziness and red eyes (dizziness and redness of the eyes), tinnitus and deafness, and dampness-heat with hypoglossia, and is generally not used for the treatment of colds. In Chinese medicine, colds are categorized into wind-heat colds and wind-cold colds according to the actual evidence. For wind-heat colds, patients need to take Chinese medicines such as wind-heat cold granules under the guidance of a doctor. For wind-cold cold, patients need to follow the doctor’s instructions to take wind-cold cold granules and other proprietary Chinese medicines. Avoid smoking, alcohol, spicy, cold and greasy food. Allergy sufferers should be cautious. To summarize, cold and flu patients need to go to the hospital, by the doctor’s diagnosis and treatment, do not self-medication.