There is no such thing as “the first prescription for cough”. Chinese medicine treatment of cough commonly used formulas are San’ao Tang and stop cough powder, Sang Ju drink, Sang Xing Tang and so on. 1. San’ao Tang and Stop Cough San: It has the effect of dispersing wind and cold, promoting the lungs and stopping coughs, and is used to treat wind-cold coughs. 2. Sang Ju Drink: it has the efficacy of dispersing wind-heat and promoting lung-heat to relieve cough, and is used to treat lung-heat cough. 3. Mulberry and Apricot Soup: with the efficacy of dispersing wind and clearing the lung, moistening dryness and relieving cough, it is used for the treatment of cough caused by wind-dryness and injury to the lung. 4. Er Chen Ping Stomach San combined with San Zi Nourishing Relative Soup: it has the efficacy of drying dampness and resolving phlegm (removing phlegm in the body with dampness-drying medicines), regulating qi and relieving cough, and is used for treating cough caused by phlegm-dampness embedded in the lungs. 5. Qing Jin Hua Phlegm Tang: with the efficacy of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, purging the lungs and relieving cough, it is used for the treatment of cough caused by phlegm-heat and lung depression. 6. Scutellaria Laxative and Baixan Combined with Dai Clam San: It has the efficacy of clearing lung and liver, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and is used for treating cough caused by liver fire in the lungs. 7. Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang: with the efficacy of nourishing yin and clearing the lungs (getting rid of lung heat by nourishing lung fluid), moistening the lungs and relieving cough, it is used for the treatment of coughs caused by deficiency of lung yin (insufficient yin fluid in the lungs). All of the above herbal formulas should be used after diagnosis by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be used blindly on one’s own to avoid aggravating the condition or causing adverse reactions.