Cough after a cold, often stimulate a long time, the clinical need to identify with cough variant asthma and pneumonia and other diseases, for simple cough after a cold, clinical treatment to symptomatic treatment, the general use of drugs, as follows: 1, antihistamines: paracetamol or chlortetracycline, have a certain degree of efficacy, simple antibacterial drug treatment is generally ineffective. 2, cough suppressant drugs: for the chronic For chronic and prolonged cough, oral cough suppressants such as codeine and dextromethorphan can be used for a short period of time with good efficacy.3. Other drugs: For a few stubborn coughs, oral glucocorticosteroids can be used. In addition, there are also clinical reports, compound methoxynamine capsules for cold cough have better efficacy. According to the clinical diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, many proprietary Chinese medicinal preparations, such as compound licorice tablets, have a good effect on cough, can also be used.