From the perspective of Chinese medicine, colds can be categorized into several types such as wind-cold colds, wind-heat colds and summer-damp colds, etc. Different types of colds have different symptoms and different treatments. Wind-cold cold can drink ginger water, but the therapeutic effect is limited and has little effect on the body. It is not recommended for other colds. Wind-cold cold is a cold caused by wind-cold, the patient will appear nose, runny nose, pharynx itchy, fear of cold, coughing white sputum and other symptoms, in the treatment of the main pungent and warm relief of the surface, this type of cold can be taken to take San’ao Tang, Gui Zhi Tang, ephedra Tang and other treatments. Wind-heat type colds mostly occur in the summer, due to the feeling of wind-heat evil, the patient will have a fever, sore throat, headache, coughing yellow sputum, yellow nasal discharge and other symptoms, the treatment is mainly pungent and cool to resolve the surface, you can take Yin Qiao San, Sang Ju Drink and other drugs for treatment. Summer-damp type colds mostly occur in the three-volt days, due to the dampness of the heavy perspiration caused by the poor, the patient’s main symptoms are soreness of the limbs, dizziness, coughing mucus and phlegm, in the treatment of the main is to clear the summer heat, dampness, you can take new plus Elshotzia drink, etc. for treatment. The adverse effects and contraindications of the above formula are not clear. If you want to take traditional Chinese medicine to treat a cold, it is recommended to consult a TCM physician for evidence-based treatment.