When you have a sore throat and cough with yellow sputum from a cold, there are the following treatments: 1. Examination: Patients should improve their blood routine, observe whether their white blood cell count is elevated, and whether there is acute purulent tonsillitis formation on physical examination of the throat. For patients with acute purulent tonsillitis or bacterial bronchitis, early antibiotics should be used for symptomatic treatment, such as oral amoxicillin, cephalexin and other anti-inflammatory drugs. For example, take oral amoxicillin, cephalexin, etc. to reduce inflammation, and take oral Chuanbei loquat extract to relieve throat discomfort. Patients with cough and yellow pus sputum can also be treated with cough suppressant and expectorant medications depending on the situation. Through the above anti-infection and symptomatic treatment, the symptoms of sore throat and coughing yellow pus sputum caused by cold can be effectively relieved.