Common cold medicine is divided into two categories, one is Chinese medicine and the other is Western medicine. Chinese medicine should be used to identify the evidence, for example, the medicine for wind-cold, wind-heat cold and summer-damp cold is different. Western medicine includes anti-viral drugs, antipyretic and analgesic drugs, symptomatic treatment drugs, and anti-bacterial infection drugs. In most cases, the cold is caused by viral infection, and antibiotics have no therapeutic effect on the virus, but will increase the body’s resistance to antibiotics and reduce the body’s own ability to resist disease. It should be especially reminded that while taking medicine after a cold, you should pay attention to rest and drink more water.