Steamed oranges for cough have no definite therapeutic effect. Oranges are a fruit with no medicinal value, so there is no direct effect on cough, and from the aspect of symptomatic relief, the effect of steamed oranges in treating cough is not exact. Cough may be seen in bacterial pneumonia, tuberculosis, gastroesophageal reflux, cough variant asthma, lung cancer and many other diseases, from the etiological point of view, steaming oranges on the above situation is also ineffective. In summary, cough patients should not blindly use steamed oranges for treatment, need to be standardized under the guidance of the doctor’s treatment; but for cough patients to eat oranges can be supplemented with vitamins, which has a certain benefit to the condition.