Today I am going to tell you about what medicines to take for a cold and cough in a six year old. Coughs caused by colds in six-year-old children are usually accompanied by a runny nose and nasal congestion. If there is no fever, you can take medicine and observe. Clear nose more, nasal congestion is serious, the night is not a paroxysmal cough, you can give him some cold medicine, the most commonly used is the western medicine or Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine has pediatric black bean warping and clearing heat particles, western medicine can be used Ai Chang, usually eat 3-5 days can be, yellow snot can be added antibiotics, indicating that there is a bacterial infection. If the child’s paroxysmal cough worsens at night, accompanied by fever, body temperature exceeds 38 ℃, yellow nasal discharge is particularly large, the duration of the disease is more than 3 days, it is recommended to go to the hospital to give him routine blood tests to rule out bacterial infection. At the same time, if the paroxysmal cough worsens at night, it is recommended to take a chest X-ray to exclude bronchitis or pneumonia, which will require antibiotics and antiviral drugs.