What should I do if I have a sore throat due to wind-heat cold?

Wind-heat cold can cause sore throat in patients, so at this time we must find the right way to deal with it in daily care. For sore throat caused by common cold, you need to drink more mint porridge. This is because mint has a cooling effect and can dispel wind and heat to relieve pain. You can also boil mulberry, chrysanthemum and mint in water. Generally, you can drink it once a day. If you persist for a week, you will see a significant reduction in the pain in your throat.

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Yinqiao Powder. Prescription: Forsythia, honeysuckle, platycodon, mint, bamboo leaves, raw licorice, schizonepeta spicate, light black beans, and burdock seeds.

2. Three soups for treating wind-heat cold

The symptoms of wind-heat cold are worsening fever, headache, red, swollen, dry and painful throat, nasal congestion and yellow mucus, cough with sticky or yellow sputum, thirst and desire to drink, and fear of wind. Looking in the mirror, you can see that the tip of the tongue is red and the coating is thin, white and slightly yellow. It may also aggravate acne on the head and face, constipation, etc. The treatment method should be mainly based on relieving exterior symptoms with pungent and cool properties.

(1) Mint porridge (selected from "Song Yu Lu") Boil the mint juice and wait for it to cool down. Add glutinous rice and water to cook porridge. When the porridge is almost done, add the mint juice and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Take it when it is slightly warm, it is best if you sweat. Mint is an important medicine for dispersing wind-heat. Adding mint to porridge with rice and rock sugar can induce sweating and has a stomach-protecting effect. This soup is most suitable for those who have just caught a wind-heat.

(2) Mulberry, chrysanthemum and mint drink: Add mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, mint, bitter bamboo leaves and a little honey to appropriate amount of water, boil and drink frequently instead of tea. Mulberry leaves clear away lung heat; chrysanthemums dispel wind-heat, improve eyesight and soothe the liver; mint is an important medicine for dispersing wind-heat and can quickly relieve symptoms such as fever and headache. It is also suitable for patients with high blood pressure, headache, or blurred vision.

(3) Steamed pear with Fritillaria and Adenophora: Peel and core a pear, add appropriate amounts of Fritillaria, Adenophora, mint and rock sugar, put them in a bowl, add water and steam until cooked. Eat them in the morning and evening for several days. This soup moistens dryness and relieves cough, resolves phlegm and clears the lungs. It is especially suitable for the elderly and children who have a cold and fever that damages the yin and causes dry throat and cough, lung heat and yellow phlegm, or thirst and dry stool due to loss of body fluid.