If you have a sore throat when you have a cold, it is a sign of inflammation of the pharynx. You should pay attention to proper hydration and avoid speaking loudly with your voice, which is more basic and medication is still secondary. You can choose Chinese medicine to clear the heat and detoxify the toxin, such as Banlangen granules, which may have an anti-inflammatory effect. In addition, containing tablets that can relieve the local symptoms of the throat, such as Golden Voice Throat, watermelon cream tablets, clear throat drops, silver yellow tablets, etc. For coughing, judging whether it is suggestive of serious conditions such as pneumonia can be judged broadly based on the degree of coughing, but to be true, imaging should be used, usually with a chest CT or a simple chest X-ray. See if there is any accompanying coughing sputum. If there is sputum it should be dissolved before stopping the cough, and if the sputum can be discharged, you can use drugs that dissolve sputum and stop the cough, such as pulmonary cough combination or licorice combination. If the cough is too severe, you can use cough suppressants, such as levopiperazine tablets and dioxopropazine hydrochloride tablets.