What to do if you have mixed cold and heat

The weather is very hot in summer, so air conditioning has become an indispensable household appliance in every household. Staying in an air-conditioned room for a long time can easily lead to many air-conditioning diseases. For example, mixed cold and heat is a common air-conditioning disease. Most people, when they have mixed symptoms of cold and heat in their bodies, will treat it as a cold and get treatment, but this is actually a symptom similar to heatstroke. So what should we do when we have mixed fever and cold?

The cold caused by air conditioning is a kind of cold with mixed cold and heat symptoms. It is not just a wind-cold cold, but also has symptoms of heatstroke. This is why air-conditioning colds are more difficult to cure than common colds. Therefore, the treatment of this type of cold should be different from other types of colds.

What to do if you catch a cold from using air conditioning: sweat first and then clear heat

Because the cold caused by air conditioning is a cold with cold and fire, it is not just a wind-cold cold, it also has symptoms of heatstroke. Therefore, in terms of treatment, it is recommended to first induce sweating to drive away the cold and get rid of the wind-cold cold, and then treat the special "cold wrapped in fire" characteristics of the air-conditioning cold in a targeted manner and carry out treatment to clear the internal heat.

Step 1: Drink some brown sugar ginger tea to sweat and drive away the cold

The first thing to do for a cold caused by air conditioning is to sweat and find ways to drive away the cold on the surface of the body. For example, you can drink some brown sugar ginger tea. Ginger has three functions: sweating, warming the stomach and stopping vomiting, and detoxification. It is especially suitable for three types of "air-conditioning people":

(1) For those who have caught a cold due to prolonged exposure to air conditioning, drinking a cup of brown sugar ginger tea or soaking your feet in ginger water can dispel the cold and relieve symptoms;

(2) For those who suffer from cold shoulders and backs due to prolonged use of air conditioning, you can boil some hot ginger soup, add a little salt and vinegar, then soak a towel with it, wring it out, and apply it to the affected area. Repeat several times to relieve the pain.

(3) People who suffer from abdominal pain and diarrhea due to the cold abdomen caused by air conditioning should also drink more ginger tea.

Tips: Ginger tea must be drunk while hot to have a significant effect. People with symptoms can drink one cup three times a day. One cup is enough for daily prevention.

Step 2: Physical methods to further induce sweating

After drinking the brown sugar ginger tea, you can take a hot bath or cover yourself with a blanket to sweat. Generally speaking, the sweating time caused by a cold caused by air conditioning should not be long, but sweat must be produced. After sweating all over, you will feel much more comfortable. After sweating, start treatment to clear internal heat.

Step 3: Finally, treat the internal heat (fire)

After sweating, you need to clear away the heat in your body. At this time, the superficial cold has dissipated. You can drink some Huoxiang Zhengqi water, or lotus leaf water, or mung bean soup, which can clear the heat in your body. If you take some cold medicine to cooperate with the treatment, the effect will be very good.

Things to note when taking cold medicine:

If your cold gets worse, it's not okay to just take medicine randomly. For example, some patients do not read the ingredients when taking medicine. Even though they have a fever, the cold medicine they take does not contain antipyretic and analgesic ingredients, resulting in "treating a serious illness with a minor one". Some people take antibiotics as soon as they catch a cold. This is a typical case of "treating a minor illness with a major one" and is basically ineffective for colds caused by viruses.

Generally speaking, people should have some common medicines at home, such as cold medicines such as mulberry and ginger cold capsules, which can be taken for both colds caused by wind and heat.

How to avoid catching a cold when using air conditioning in summer

1. Avoid using air conditioning when sweating profusely

Many people like to turn on the air conditioner when they are sweating profusely, but they don’t know that this is the most damaging to their yang energy. When encountering cold air, the pores will suddenly close, and the cold air will accumulate in the body, which can easily cause summer heat and dampness colds, with symptoms such as fever, restlessness, heaviness in the head, heaviness in the body and fatigue in the limbs.

It is recommended to avoid direct air conditioning at this time, and the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor should not exceed 7°C. The normal temperature is 26℃~27℃, and it should be 1℃~2℃ higher during sleep.

2. Don’t set the air conditioner too low

When using air conditioning, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor should not be too large, preferably not exceeding 5 degrees, and a maximum of no more than 7 degrees. Setting the air conditioner to above 26 degrees Celsius will save energy and prevent disease. The air conditioner should not be turned on for too long, and it is best not to use it when sleeping at night.

Also, the waist and abdomen should not be exposed in an air-conditioned room, and you should eat less cold drinks and watermelon to avoid damaging your yang energy.

3. Avoid frequent entry and exit of air-conditioned rooms and outdoors

Avoid frequent entry and exit of air-conditioned rooms and outdoors. Also, when going out from an air-conditioned environment, you should first move around in a cool place for a while until your body has adapted before moving around in the sun. In particular, do not enter an air-conditioned room with a very low temperature immediately when you are sweating profusely. If you want to enter an air-conditioned room when you are sweating, it is best to change your wet clothes and wipe off the sweat first.

Never stand in the air outlet of the air conditioner just for the sake of momentary pleasure, and especially avoid the air conditioner blowing directly on your neck.

4. Pay attention to adding or removing clothes in air-conditioned rooms

In an air-conditioned room, pay attention to adding or removing clothes, especially adding some "protection" around the navel area. At the same time, you should reduce the consumption of cold drinks, drink more warm water or drink some soup boiled with ginger, which can be beneficial to the normal functioning of gastrointestinal function.

5. Prevention is worse than cure.

If you want to avoid air-conditioning colds, you need to take action both internally and externally. We need to enhance our resistance, such as ensuring good sleep, eating more fruits rich in vitamins, drinking plenty of water to replenish electrolytes, and having a proper diet; we also need to actively prevent direct stimulation of the respiratory tract by cold air, such as reducing the temperature difference between the internal and external environments, and avoiding direct air conditioning on the body.

At the same time, it is also recommended to clean the upper respiratory tract with light salt water in time, which can also reduce the occurrence of colds.