There are many common herbs that can cure cold and flu, such as Chai Hu, Gui Zhi, Ephedra, Thorax, Forsythia, Panax Quinquefolium and other medicines. Chinese medicine practitioners tend to use herbal formulas to treat colds, and the above medicines should be used according to the identification of colds. Colds can be categorized as wind-cold, wind-heat, summer-dampness, qi deficiency, or yin deficiency. Wind-cold cold can be treated with Thorny Anti-Virulent Essence, which includes Qiangwu, Duhu, Chaihu, Qianhu, Citrus aurantium, Poria, Thorny mustard, Fangfeng, Platycodonopsis, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Licorice and other traditional Chinese medicines. For wind-heat colds, Yin Qiao San can be used, which includes bamboo leaves, thorn mustard, burdock seed, peppermint, tempeh, honeysuckle, forsythia, licorice, platycodon, rehmannia, and other herbs. For summer-dampness colds, you can use Xinjia Elsholtzia Drink, which includes silver flower, Elsholtzia, forsythia, lentil flower, Houpu and other herbs. For qi deficiency colds, you can use Ginseng and Suspension Drink, which includes ginseng, perilla leaf, Pueraria lobata, Semen Armeniacae, Radix et Rhizoma Pinelliae, Poria, Citrus aurantium dulcis, Radix Mucilaginae, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Radix Glycyrrhiza Uralensis, Platycodon Grandiflorus, and other herbs. Yin deficiency type colds can be treated with Weiwei Tang (加减葳蕤汤), including raw Weiwei (玉竹), Bai Wei (白薇), tempeh (淡豆豉), scallion white (葱白), Chinese tangerine stalk (桔梗), licorice (甘草), jujube (大枣), and mint. Treatment of colds should go to a regular hospital, and the above medicines should be taken under the guidance of a physician.