What kind of medicine should I take for wind-cold, stomach-heat cough?

Cough with wind-cold and stomach-heat can take San’ao Tang and Zhi Cough San, add Huang Lian, Gardenia, Zhi Mu, Gypsum and so on. In traditional Chinese medicine, cough is mainly in the lungs, wind-cold cough common symptoms are heavier cough, shortness of breath, itchy throat, cold (fear of cold) fever, runny nose, etc., can be used in San’ao Tang and Stop Cough Dispersion to disperse wind and cold, promote lung cough. San’ao Tang is composed of ephedra, almonds, and licorice; Cough Relief Dispersant is composed of Chen Pi, Platycodonopsis, Radix et Rhizoma Pinelliae, Radix et Rhizoma Piperitiae, Radix et Rhizoma Asteraceae, and Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae. The combination of the two can have the efficacy of dispersing wind and cold, and promoting the lungs to stop coughing, which can have a certain therapeutic effect on wind-cold cough. If the patient also has symptoms of stomach heat, such as thirst, acid reflux, heartburn, etc., the addition of Chinese herbs such as Huang Lian, Gardenia, Zhi Mu, and Gypsum to clear the stomach and diarrhea (remove stomach fire) can be considered on top of the above. The adverse effects and contraindications of the above herbs are not clear, and should be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, as blindly using them on one’s own may lead to undesirable consequences.