Coughing and spitting up yellow phlegm with chest pain may be caused by wind-heat attacking the lungs (wind-heat evil invading the lungs), phlegm-heat congestion of the lungs, etc., and the way of medication is different in different cases. 1. Wind-heat against the lungs: wind-heat against the lungs will cause chest pain, fever, cough, cough and phlegm, etc. It is due to wind-heat invasion, which will first attack the lungs, resulting in the loss of lung qi and the unobstructed flow of the chest, which can be treated with Yin Qiao San and other formulas. 2. Phlegm-heat congestion of the lungs: phlegm-heat congestion of the lungs will lead to severe coughing, accompanied by yellow sputum, red and yellow urine, chest pain and other symptoms, usually due to heat into the interior, which will lead to the depletion of burned fluids, become phlegm, causing the patient to appear the chest and the lungs do not clear, generally need to be through the hemp apricot and shi gan tong and other formulas for treatment. The causes of coughing and spitting yellow phlegm with chest pain are more, it is recommended that patients do not blindly treatment, but under the guidance of a professional doctor for treatment.