The best way to have a scratchy throat and cough in the middle of the night is to drink more water. Because some people breathe with their mouths open in the middle of the night, the dry air will stimulate the mucous membrane of the throat and cause itchy throat and cough. Try to breathe through your nose when you sleep. If the symptoms of itchy throat and cough are heavy, you can take throat-clearing medications before going to bed, such as Golden Voice Throat or watermelon cream tablets, or take sweet orange and plum tablets or Pudilan anti-inflammatory oral solution. If not, you should go to the hospital to rule out sleep apnea, asthma and other diseases. If you have asthma, you can inhale medication before going to bed to treat it, for example, adults can inhale Symbicort directly to effectively relieve the symptoms of itchy throat and cough. If the asthma is caused by children, especially children under 10 years old, you can inhale budesonide and terbutaline.