Ginger and brown sugar water has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on cough. 1. Ginger is pungent and slightly warm in nature, belonging to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians, and has the functions of relieving surface and dispersing cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscle), warming and stopping vomiting (treating vomiting caused by stomach cold by warming up the spleen and stomach), resolving phlegm and stopping cough, and relieving the poison of fish and crab. The drug is used in the treatment of wind-cold cold, stomach-cold vomiting, cold phlegm and cough, and fish and crab poisoning. The adverse effects of this medicine are not clear, but it is not suitable for patients with solid heat syndrome. 2. Brown sugar has the effect of warming the stomach and strengthening the spleen, tonifying qi and blood, dispersing cold, and can be used for the treatment of dysmenorrhea, blood deficiency and other diseases. The adverse effects of the drug are not clear. In summary, ginger and brown sugar water for wind-cold cough has a certain improvement, but the efficacy of taking water is limited, can not replace the drug used to treat the disease. Cough patients are recommended to go to a regular hospital, under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the treatment.