What causes wind-heat cold?

What causes wind-heat cold? Wind-heat cold generally occurs in spring and summer. This is due to the increase of body heat and external wind evil. It is very uncomfortable to suffer from a wind-heat cold, with symptoms such as nasal congestion, headache, yellow nasal discharge with pus, dry cough, etc. The treatment of a wind-heat cold should focus on antiviral, heat-clearing and detoxification. The diet should be light, drink more soup, and avoid eating irritating foods.

What causes wind-heat cold?

1. Colds caused by eating: Eating too much high-fat food can reduce the body's antiviral ability; high-salt food can lead to reduced saliva secretion, causing oral mucosal edema, congestion, and an increase in viruses, causing upper respiratory tract infections; high-sugar food can consume the body's water, reduce immunity, and induce colds.

2. Colds caught by touching: Cold viruses are commonly found in the nasal cavity of patients with colds. When patients blow their noses or pick their nostrils, the viruses stick to their hands, and then are transferred to the places they touch through their hands. Healthy people who touch these contaminated hands or objects and then touch their eyes or noses will catch a cold.

3. Colds caused by worry: Medical research has confirmed that people who worry frequently may suffer from decreased immune function.

The treatment for fever and cold is as follows: the main treatment is to use spicy and cool herbs to relieve the symptoms. Chrysanthemum, mint, mulberry leaves, etc. are commonly used. The representative prescriptions are Yinqiao Powder and Sangju Yin. You can choose to take over-the-counter medicines such as Yinqiao Jiedu Pills (Tablets), Lingqiao Jiedu Pills, Sangju Cold Tablets, and Banlangen Granules. If the fever is severe and the throat is obviously swollen and painful, you can take Shuanghuanglian oral liquid (granules) or Qingrejiedu oral liquid. These medicines have good heat-clearing and detoxifying effects. If you suffer from a wind-heat cold, you should drink more water and eat a light diet. You can drink carrot soup or pear soup.