If you have a hot cough with phlegm, you can take medicines such as Sangju Drink or Qingjin Huayu Tang under the guidance of a physician. In TCM, hot cough with phlegm belongs to the cough disease of wind-heat against the lungs (wind-heat evil qi invades the lungs) syndrome or phlegm-heat and lung depression syndrome. 1. The symptoms of wind-heat attacking the lungs include cough, thick air, yellow and sticky sputum, headache, body pain, thin yellow tongue coating, and slippery or floating pulse. It can be treated with the addition or subtraction of the Chinese herbal formula Sangju Drink. 2. Phlegm-heat lung syndrome manifests as cough, thick breath, thick and yellow sputum with hot odor, thirst, red tongue with yellow fur, and slippery pulse. It can be treated by adding or subtracting Qing Jin Hua Phlegm Tang with Chinese herbal formula. If there are symptoms such as hot cough with phlegm, consult a doctor in time, do not take medication on your own to avoid aggravating the condition.