The invention discloses a preparation method for a 
daytime-taken 
softgel for treating a cold. The preparation method comprises the following steps: A, preparation of a 
gelatin liquor: dissolving 
plasticizer in water, adding into a 
gelatin melting tank, adding 
gelatin, stirring to dissolve, adding coloring agent into water, stirring uniformly to obtain a 
pigment solution, adding the 
pigment solution into an obtained gelatin solution, stirring and vacuumizing to exhaust air bubbles, so as to obtain the gelatin liquor; B, preparation of contents: adding mixed 
polyethylene glycol and polyhydric 
alcohol into polyvidone, stirring to dissolve, adding 
acetaminophen, stirring to obtain a suspension, adding into a proportioning tank, vacuumizing, filling with 
inert gas, heating to dissolve, cooling, adding 
dextromethorphan hydrobromide and 
phenylephrine hydrochloride, vacuumizing, and keeping the temperature to dissolve, so as to obtain a content solution; C preparation of the 
softgel: adding the gelatin liquor and the content solution into a pelleting 
machine respectively, pelleting, 
drying, pellet plastering and packaging. The invention aims to provide the preparation method for the 
daytime-taken 
softgel which is used for treating the cold, and is simple in process, convenient to manufacture and good in product stability.