Upper respiratory tract infection is a general term for infections of the nose, nasopharynx and throat. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) refers to this disease as a cold, which is caused by external evils that bind the surface, the lungs lose their propaganda and descend, the Wei Qi is not solid (the deficiency of the positive Qi that defends the surface of the human body), and the lung Qi goes upward and causes fever, cough, nasal congestion, running nose, headache and other symptoms, and there are mainly two types of wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds. Wind-cold cold is mainly characterized by severe cold, runny nose, sneezing, low-grade fever, no thirst, aching joints and no sweating. The treatment of wind-cold cold should be pungent, warm and detoxifying, with the addition and subtraction of Jing Fang Pu Wei San. The composition is 10g of Jingwu, 10g of Fangfeng, 6g of Qiangwu, 6g of Duhu, 10g of Chaihu, 10g of Qianhu, 12g of Citrus aurantium, 15g of Poria, 6g of Ligustici Chuanxiong, 10g of Platycodon grandiflorus, 5g of licorice. Grind powder, 6g each time, 2~3 times a day. Or decoction as above is better. Wind-heat cold is mainly characterized by severe fever, mild chill, headache, coughing up yellow sputum, dry mouth and cough, sore throat and yellow nasal discharge. The treatment should be pungent and cool to relieve the surface, the formula is Yin Qiao San plus subtractions. Composition of honeysuckle 20g, forsythia 15g, platycodon 10g, mint 10g, bamboo leaf 10g, licorice 5g, burdock 10g, tempeh 10g, thorn mustard 10g, rehmannia glutinosa 18g. decoction. Practical application should be carried out on the basis of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to identify the evidence, do not self-medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.