Getting a cold from air conditioning in summer

In summer, some friends like to set the air conditioner to a very low temperature, which can easily create a large temperature difference with the outdoor temperature and can also easily cause a cold. Friends who catch a cold from sitting in the air conditioner in the summer can sweat first, which is very effective in treating the cold.

1. What medicine should I take for a cold caused by air conditioning?

After catching a cold from air conditioning, the first thing you should do is sweat to drive away the cold on the surface of your body. You can drink a cup of ginger and sugar water first, and then cover yourself with a thicker quilt to sweat. After your body sweats, you can choose some heat-clearing and summer-heat-relieving medicines to clear away heat from your body.

① Traditional Chinese medicine generally uses medicines that clear away heat and dampness to treat summer-heat and dampness colds, such as Qushu Pills, Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills, Shuxi Cold Granules, and Xiaoer Shuganning Syrup.

② Thick nasal discharge is caused by wind-heat cold. Please take Yinqiao Jiedu Tablets or Vitamin C Yinqiao Tablets. Clear nasal discharge is caused by wind-cold cold. Please take Ganmao Qingre Granules or Zheng Chaihuyin Granules.

③Western medicine uses amoxicillin or cephalosporin antibiotics to reduce inflammation and fight bacteria. If the symptoms are severe, please take Kuake or Gankang to suppress the symptoms. These drugs have no therapeutic effect but only relieve symptoms.

④ Patients can choose to take cold and flu granules, cold and heat-clearing granules, Jiuwei Qianghuo pills, Tongxuan Lifei pills, Wushicha granules and other medicines for treatment.

⑤If the patient also has symptoms of internal heat and constipation, he can take Fangfeng Tongsheng Pills for treatment.

2. How to take care of a cold caused by air conditioning

1. Eat more nourishing foods. You can add Qi-replenishing and Qi-assisting medicines to the above cold treatment prescriptions. For colds caused by wind and cold, you can add drugs such as Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala. For colds caused by wind and heat, you can add Adenophora scutellariae, Radix Pseudostellariae or Codonopsis pilosula.

2. Ginger porridge is helpful for colds. Cut 8 grams of ginger into thin slices or fine pieces, add two jujubes and 100 grams of rice into broth and cook into porridge. Add salt and sesame oil for seasoning to treat colds.

3. The diet should be light and not greasy, which can not only meet nutritional needs but also increase appetite. Such as eating more millet porridge, red bean porridge and so on.

4. To ensure adequate water supply, you can drink more acidic fruit juices, such as hawthorn juice, kiwi juice, and red date juice to increase appetite. Sour foods such as vinegar, lemon juice, and dried plums also have a significant effect in increasing appetite.

5. Allow yourself to sweat slightly. For a mild cold, you can use three or four scallion roots with one-inch long roots, three or four slices of ginger, and four jujubes, boil them into a soup and drink it. After drinking it, cover yourself with a blanket and sweat slightly. Often the disease is cured after sweating.

6. Applying sesame oil to the nose may also help. Use the sides of your thumbs to massage up and down the sides of the nose. After gently blowing out the mucus produced by the massage, use a small cotton swab dipped in sesame oil to apply to the nasal cavity. Finally, use another small cotton swab dipped in honey to apply to the nasal cavity.

7. When you first catch a cold, pour boiling water into a cup and take deep breaths into the hot steam until the water in the cup cools down. Do this several times a day to relieve nasal congestion symptoms.

8. Heat one or two ounces of sesame oil, beat in a fresh egg, then pour in boiling water and stir well. Drink it while it is hot. Take it once in the morning and evening. It will cure the cough after a cold in 2 to 3 days.

9. Mix equal parts of mashed garlic and honey, and take it with boiled water, one tablespoon each time, 4 to 6 times a day. It is effective in treating influenza.

10. When using air conditioning, do not set the temperature too low to minimize the temperature difference with the outdoors. Make sure to ventilate the room frequently. Wash your hands frequently, maintain hygiene, and try to avoid touching your nose and eyes with your hands to reduce the spread of the virus.