If you have a cold and keep coughing, you can choose general treatment or medication to improve your symptoms. 1. General treatment: During the period of cold, patients should do a good job of keeping warm to avoid catching cold. At the same time, pay attention to a light diet, avoid eating stimulating food, drink more water. 2. Medication: If the symptoms of a cold are mild, no medication is needed. If cough symptoms are severe, patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use cough suppressants, phlegm drugs, such as dextromethorphan tablets, aminobromine hydrochloride tablets and so on. If there is a clear combination of bacterial infection, antibiotic treatment can be given, such as amoxicillin, azithromycin and so on. The phenomenon of coughing can also be caused by other diseases, it is recommended that patients with frequent coughing, go to the hospital in a timely manner to improve the examination, take standardized treatment in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, and not blindly use their own medication, so as not to lead to adverse consequences.