The invention discloses a medicine for treating cough. The medicine adopts Cortex Mori, Radix Panacis Quinquefolii, Bulbus Fritillariae Unibracteatae, Cordyceps, Radix Scutellariae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Fructus Forsythiae, Radix Aucklandiae, Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis, Radix Platycodi, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Astragali, Flos Lonicerae, Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Herba Ephedrae, Poria and Roasted Radix Glycyrrhizae as the raw materials. The drugs are dried, crushed and prepared into power or capsules. The invention is used for treating chronic bronchitis, allelgic asthma, emphysema, pulmonary heart disease and high blood pressure and has the advantages of quick relieving cough, eliminating phlegm and relieving asthma, enhancing appetite, promoting digestion, the most remarkable characteristic of both temporary solution and permanent cure, good long term effect.