When children have cough symptoms in autumn, they can eat the following foods or medicines: 1. Eat more fruits, such as pears, apples, lemons, etc. You should also drink more plain water because the air is dry in autumn, which can easily lead to cough symptoms in children, and eating more fruits and drinking more water can relieve the cough symptoms caused by autumn dryness. For children with mild coughs, this can be a good treatment. 2. Take cough syrup. For children with serious cough symptoms, they need to be treated with medication under the diagnosis of a physician to relieve the cough symptoms. If a child has a frequent cough with sputum, he or she should go to the hospital promptly for an examination to identify the pathogenic bacteria and select sensitive antibiotics for treatment.