Was Coca-Cola originally a cough medicine?

Yes, Coca-Cola was originally a cold medicine, and later it was made into a drink. 1886 In a drugstore in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Dr. john pemberton, a pharmacist, has been working hard to develop a new medicine for treating colds. After long-term unremitting efforts, at 1886, he finally concocted a drug formula for treating headache and brain fever, which proved to be a good medicine for treating colds and was only sold in pharmacies.

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Later, because patients didn't like the taste of this medicine, Dr. pemberton began to study how to make this medicine not only effective, but also make patients like its taste. After a while, when Dr. pemberton suggested that the patient take this medicine with soda water, a surprising phenomenon happened. When patients take this medicine with soda water, it tastes much better than before. As a result, this drug with soda water began to be sold in beverage shops, and a new type of beverage, Coca-Cola, was favored by consumers in the market. Nowadays, many people may not think that Coca-Cola was originally just a medicine for treating colds.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Coca Cola (Brand)