What medicine should be taken to treat wind-heat cold?

Colds are very common nowadays. Generally, after a cold occurs, everyone needs to make reasonable adjustments in their daily lives and choose some appropriate methods for treatment. In terms of treatment after the onset of wind-heat cold, our main choice is to use Sangju Yinqiao Powder and Yinqiao Jiedu Pills, these two medicinal herbs have the effect of dispelling wind and dissipating heat. Cold and fever-reducing granules are mainly used when you have a fever.

(1) Sangju Yinqiao Powder is a combination of Sangju Yin and Yinqiao Powder with added flavors. In the formula, honeysuckle, forsythia and mung bean are used to clear away heat and relieve exterior symptoms, while light bamboo leaves and talcum powder are used to clear and moisten the skin to enhance the heat-clearing effect; mint, schizonepeta, cicada shells and light fermented black beans are selected to be pungent and cool to relieve exterior symptoms, and lightly dispel wind-heat; mulberry leaves and chrysanthemums are light and penetrating to enhance the exterior-relieving effect; platycodon, burdock seeds and almonds are used to clear the lungs and relieve cough; Fritillaria cirrhosa and bombyx batryticatus are used to resolve phlegm and dispel wind; reed root clears heat and promotes fluid production, forming a medicine that clears heat and dispels wind, clears the lungs and relieves cough, and relieves sore throat and resolves phlegm. It is most suitable for those with exogenous wind-heat and hot phlegm in the lungs.

(2) Yinqiao Jiedu Pills: This prescription is a modified version of Yinqiao Powder and is suitable for treating wind-heat colds characterized by high fever, mild aversion to cold, headache, body aches, thirst, no sweat or little sweat, nasal congestion, cough, and sore throat.

(3) The prescription for wind-heat cold granules is composed of honeysuckle, forsythia, and isatis root as the main ingredients, which are pungent and cool, penetrate the surface, clear away heat and detoxify; mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, schizonepeta spicate, and mint are the auxiliary ingredients, which are pungent and expel evil, and help the main ingredients to clear the surface and reduce fever; burdock seeds, apricot kernels, and platycodon relieve sore throat and eliminate phlegm; and reed root clears heat and promotes salivation, all of which are adjuvant ingredients. The whole prescription is mainly used to dispel wind and clear heat, and has the effect of clearing the lungs and relieving sore throat. It is especially suitable for wind-heat colds.

(4) Cold and fever-reducing granules: This prescription is good at clearing away heat and detoxifying. The formula uses Folium Isatidis and Radix Isatidis as the main medicines for clearing away heat and detoxifying, and the dosage is large; Fructus Forsythiae and Glehnia littoralis are used as auxiliary medicines to enhance the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. It is especially effective for patients with wind-heat cold who have sore throat and sore throat.

(5) Reduqing Tablets: This prescription has a strong effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. It uses Paris polyphylla as the main ingredient to clear away heat and detoxify; Isatis root and Taraxacum officinale as the secondary ingredients to clear away heat and detoxify; Borneol is good at dispersing and can penetrate heat to the surface as the auxiliary ingredient; Licorice harmonizes the medicinal properties and can detoxify as the envoy. Together they have the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and dispersing toxins.

(6) Sangju Cold Tablets are a new type of preparation of Sangju Decoction. The basic indications for the use of this medicine are: fever, slight aversion to wind and cold, slight thirst, cough, sweating, nasal congestion, sore throat, thin yellow tongue coating, and floating and rapid pulse.