What are the differences between the symptoms of wind-heat cold and wind-cold cold?

There are several types of colds. The more common ones we know are wind-heat colds and wind-cold colds. The pathogenic factors of these two colds are different, and the medications and treatment methods are also different. Understanding the differences in the symptoms of these two colds will help us find the cause and treat it symptomatically. Let’s take a look at the differences between wind-heat colds and wind-cold colds.

1: Wind-heat cold is caused by wind-heat evil invading the surface and disharmony of lung qi. Symptoms include severe fever, headache, sweating, red and swollen sore throat, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, nasal congestion and yellow nasal discharge, thirst and desire to drink, red tip and edges of the tongue, and a thin white and slightly yellow tongue coating. Wind-cold colds are caused by the invasion of wind-cold evil and the failure of lung qi to flow freely. The symptoms are severe aversion to cold, mild fever, no sweating, headache and body aches, nasal congestion and clear runny nose, cough and spitting out thin white sputum, no thirst or thirsty and liking hot drinks, and a thin white tongue coating.

2: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that colds can generally be divided into two categories: wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds. The causes, pathogenesis, symptoms, treatment principles and medications of these two types of colds are very different. Wind-cold colds are caused by the invasion of wind-cold evil and the failure of lung qi to flow freely. Symptoms may include: severe aversion to cold, mild fever, no sweating, headache and body aches, nasal congestion and clear runny nose, cough and spitting of thin white sputum, no thirst or thirst with preference for hot drinks, and thin white tongue coating. The treatment method should be mainly based on relieving exterior symptoms with pungent and warming properties. Wind-heat cold is caused by wind-heat evil invading the surface and disharmony of lung qi. Symptoms include high fever, slight aversion to wind, headache, sweating, red and swollen sore throat, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, nasal congestion and yellow nasal discharge, thirst and desire to drink, red tip and edges of the tongue, and a thin white and slightly yellow tongue coating.

3: There are two types of colds. A runny nose is generally a cold caused by wind and cold. If there is no runny nose, it is generally a cold caused by wind and heat. Wind-cold colds have an acute onset, with fever, chills, even chills, no sweating, nasal congestion, clear runny nose, cough, thin white sputum, headache, body aches, loss of appetite, normal urination and defecation, and a thin white tongue coating. Wind-heat colds are mainly manifested by high fever, but no obvious chills, nasal congestion, runny nose, heavy cough, or thick yellow sputum, headache, thirst, red, dry, itchy throat, dry stool, yellow urine, and examination shows red and swollen tonsils, congestion in the throat, thin yellow or thick yellow tongue coating, red tongue, and a floating and rapid pulse.