Pay attention to the difference between wind-heat cold and wind-cold cold

Colds and fevers are common symptoms in people's daily lives. However, when treating a cold, you cannot take medicine indiscriminately. Instead, you should understand which type of cold you have. Otherwise, taking the wrong medicine will have a greater impact. Many people don't know the difference between wind-heat colds and wind-cold colds, so let's learn about it together!

1. Wind-cold colds often occur in cold seasons, such as winter, late autumn and early spring, and are diseases caused by the cold evil. The symptoms of a cold caused by wind and cold include mild fever, severe chills, no sweating, headache and body aches, clear nasal discharge, cough, no redness or swelling of the throat, pale red tongue, and a floating and tight pulse. The treatment for colds caused by wind and cold is to use pungent and warm herbs to relieve the symptoms. Commonly used Chinese patent medicines include Xiaoer Zhibao Pills, etc.

2. Wind-heat cold often occurs in warm seasons, such as spring, early summer and early autumn. It is a disease caused by wind-heat evil spirits. The symptoms of wind-heat cold include high fever, mild chills, sweating or little sweating, headache, nasal congestion, sore throat, red tongue, and rapid pulse (i.e., fast pulse). The treatment for wind-heat cold is to use pungent and cool herbs to relieve the symptoms. Commonly used Chinese patent medicines include Xiaoer Resusuqing Oral Liquid, Xiaoer Chiqiao Qingre Granules, Xiaoer Ganmao Granules (oral liquid), etc.

3. The treatment for wind-heat cold should be based on relieving the exterior with pungent and cool herbs, and chrysanthemum, mint, mulberry leaves, etc. are commonly used. When taking Chinese patent medicine, you can choose Yinqiao Jiedu Granules. Yinhuang Jiedu Granules have the effects of relieving exterior symptoms with pungent and cool properties, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It has a good effect on fever, headache, cough, dry mouth, sore throat, etc. caused by wind-heat cold. In addition, Kugan Granules is also a common Chinese patent medicine for treating wind-heat colds. It has the effects of dispelling wind and heat, promoting lung function and resolving phlegm, and relieving cough and asthma. If the fever is severe and the throat is obviously swollen and painful, you can take Shuanghuanglian oral liquid (granules) or Qingrejiedu oral liquid.