What to do if you catch a cold in the dog days

During the dog days of summer, because the weather is too hot, most people choose to stay in the air-conditioned room, but if you stay in the air-conditioned room for a long time, it is very easy to catch a cold. This type of cold is more difficult to cure than the common cold. It not only has cold symptoms, but in severe cases it can also cause heatstroke. Therefore, if you catch a cold in the dog days of summer, you must be careful to distinguish it. So, what should we do if we catch a cold during the dog days of summer?

The cold caused by air conditioning in the dog days of summer is not just a wind-cold cold, but a cold of cold wrapped in fire, which has the symptoms of heatstroke. This is why air-conditioning colds are often more difficult to cure than common colds. Therefore, the treatment of this type of cold should be different from other types of colds.

If we want to treat a cold, we must sweat first, so as to eliminate the cold in the body. We can first drink a cup of ginger sugar water, then take a hot bath or cover ourselves with a quilt to sweat. After sweating, we can start the treatment of clearing internal heat. Generally speaking, the sweating time caused by a cold caused by air conditioning should not be long, but sweat must be produced. After sweating all over, you will feel much more comfortable.

After sweating, we can clear the body heat. At this time, we can eat some foods that can clear away heat and heat. We can drink some Huoxiang Zhengqi water, or lotus leaf water, or mung bean soup, which can clear the heat in the body. If you take some cold medicine to cooperate with the treatment, the effect will be very good.

If the symptoms of a cold are severe, we need to see a doctor, otherwise the condition may worsen.

2. What medicine should I take for a cold during the dog days?

2.1. Shuanghuanglian and Reyanning Tablets

These two kinds of medicines can relieve exterior symptoms with pungent and cool properties, clear away heat and detoxify, and are mainly used to treat symptoms of heat colds and flu accompanied by sore throat and fever. Therefore, when buying medicines, you must recognize the symptoms and prescribe the right medicine. These two medicines can relieve exterior symptoms with a pungent and cool effect, clear away heat and detoxify.

2.2. Huoxiang Zhengqi, Shenling Baizhu Pills

If you have symptoms of heat cold such as headache, runny nose, nausea and loss of appetite, you can use Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills (water) and Shenling Baizhu Pills to treat it. These two kinds of medicines can regulate qi and harmonize the middle, strengthen the body and eliminate evil, relieve exterior symptoms and eliminate dampness. They have good effects on diseases such as heat cold, cholera, and dampness obstruction. At the same time, they can also treat symptoms of gastrointestinal colds, influenza, and acute gastroenteritis.

2.3. Qingfei Pills, Zhisou Huatan Dingchuan Pills

If it is a heat cold with cough and sputum, then you should mainly use some cough and phlegm-reducing drugs. These two medicines can clear the lungs and resolve phlegm, and they also have good effects on sore throat, dry mouth, constipation, toothache, etc.

1. How to take care of a cold during the dog days of summer

The diet should be light, avoiding greasy, spicy, raw and cold foods; eat more fresh fruits and vegetables to keep bowel movements smooth; often cook mung bean porridge, lotus seed and lily porridge, lotus leaf porridge, and red date porridge at home to prevent heatstroke and reduce body temperature; drink more water and take less health supplements.

In terms of daily life, Chinese medicine believes that staying up late can easily damage the mind and energy, so it is important to get enough sleep on summer nights; clothes should be adjusted according to the temperature; and the room should have alternating air conditioning and ventilation.

It is advisable to combine work and rest in exercise and avoid excessive physical exertion. Elderly friends should choose to take a walk in the evening.

The air-conditioned room is tightly sealed, the air is not circulating, and there is no fresh air replacement. If someone has a cold, there will be a large number of cold viruses in the room. In such an environment, the viruses can easily be breathed into the body. Open windows frequently for ventilation, which is beneficial for indoor air circulation and diluting the virus concentration.

Vitamin E can enhance immunity. Meat and cooking oil in our food contain a lot of vitamin E. People who often eat vegetarian food often do not take in enough vitamin E, so they should eat some meat regularly. Another vitamin C that also has antioxidant function has been proven to be effective in treating and preventing the common cold, and can prevent infections by filterable viruses and bacteria.

If you unfortunately catch a cold, you need to rest more and drink more water. In addition to taking medication as prescribed by the doctor, gargling more often, especially with warm salt water, is very effective in relieving sore throat.

2. What to eat when you have a cold during the dog days of summer

1. Mulberry leaf mint drink

Ingredients: 5 grams of mulberry leaves, 5 grams of chrysanthemum, 3 grams of mint, and 30 grams of bitter bamboo leaves.

Method: Wash the above medicines with clean water, put them into a teapot, soak them in boiling water for ten minutes, and drink them at any time.

Efficacy: This product has both a pungent and cool effect in relieving the symptoms of wind-heat colds, and can also be drunk as a preventive tea.

2. Double Flower Tea

Ingredients: 30g each of honeysuckle and chrysanthemum.

Method: Take honeysuckle and chrysanthemum (add 15g platycodon and 10g licorice if you have obvious sore throat), wash them and put them into a clay pot together, add about 100ml of water, cook over high heat for 10-15 minutes, and drink after cooling. Take one dose per day, for 2-3 consecutive days.

Efficacy: It has the effects of dispersing wind-heat, detoxifying and relieving sore throat. It is suitable for patients in the early stage of wind-heat cold, with symptoms such as fever, sore throat, runny nose, or those who have sore throat after eating irritating food.

3. Three-flower tea

Ingredients: 15 grams of honeysuckle, 10 grams of chrysanthemum, and 3 grams of jasmine.

Preparation: Put honeysuckle, chrysanthemum and jasmine flowers into a teacup, brew with boiling water, simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, and drink instead of tea.

Efficacy: Clears away heat and detoxifies. It is suitable for preventing and treating wind-heat colds, sore throats, carbuncles, etc. caused by heat toxins. In addition to being used for treatment, this tea can also help reduce internal heat in people who are prone to excessive internal heat.