What are the traditional Chinese medicine methods for treating colds?

　　According to traditional Chinese medicine, colds are common exogenous diseases caused by wind evil and invasion of the body. The clinical manifestations are nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, cough, headache, aversion to cold, fever, general malaise, and floating pulse. This disease can occur in all seasons, especially in winter and spring.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine treats colds from the root of the disease, which means that different types of colds need to be treated in different ways. Let experts explain to you the tips of traditional Chinese medicine for treating colds.:

　　1. Cold and cold

　　When there is severe aversion to cold, mild fever, no sweat, headache, sore limbs, or itchy nose and sneezing, sometimes runny nose, itchy throat, general discomfort, cough with thin white sputum, no thirst or preference for hot drinks, thin white tongue coating, floating or tight pulse, it is a cold due to wind-cold. Treatment is to relieve the symptoms with pungent and warm substances, and you can choose Jingfangbaidu Powder, Tongxuanlifei Pills, Zhisou Pills, Xiao'er Si Zheng Pills and Shensulifei Pills. You can use ginger and scallion decoction as medicine. Avoid taking Sangju Cold Tablets, Yinqiao Jiedu Tablets, Lingqiao Jiedu Tablets, Compound Cold Tablets, etc.

　　2. Wind-heat and cold

　　When there is mild aversion to cold, severe fever, poor sweating, head pain, red face, cough, yellow or sticky phlegm, dry throat or sore throat, yellow and turbid nasal discharge, dry mouth and desire to drink, thin white or yellowish tongue coating, red tip of the tongue, and floating pulse, it is a wind-heat cold, which is the most common type of cold. It is worth mentioning What is more, what people often call influenza (commonly known as influenza) often belongs to the category of wind-heat cold. The main treatment is pungent and cool to relieve the symptoms, and you should choose Sangju Cold Tablets, Yinqiao Jiedu Tablets, VC Yinqiao Tablets, Qingrejiedu Oral Liquid, Compound Ganmaoling Tablets, etc. Avoid using Qianghuo Pills, Shensu Lifei Pills, Tongxuan Lifei Pills, etc.

　　3. Summer cold

　　When there is body heat, slight nausea, less sweating, tiredness or pain in the limbs, heavy head and headache, runny nose, or sticky mouth, thirst and inability to drink much, chest tightness, epigastrium, general nausea, abdominal distension, stool or loose urine, Short red, thin yellow fur, and a wet pulse indicates that the skin is damaged by heat-heat and dampness. Treatment is to clear away heat and remove dampness and relieve the skin. Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, Xiangzhe Powder, etc. should be used. Baohe Pills, Shanzha Pills, Xiangsha Yangwei Pills, etc. cannot be used.

　　4. Cold due to physical weakness

　　For people with physical weakness, the external defense is not strong. After experiencing external evils, they are often lingering and difficult to recover, or are repeated endlessly. The attributes of the disease pathogens are still the same as those of the four seasons and six evils. For those with yang qi deficiency, the evils are mostly caused by cold, and they are prone to wind and cold evils; for those with yin and blood deficiency, the evils are mostly caused by heat and dryness, and they are prone to the evils of dryness and heat. Treatment should not be too pungent powder, simply to eliminate evils, or force sweating. Instead, strengthen the body and eliminate evils, and add tonics to the dispersing medicine.

　　Colds caused by qi deficiency are more common in patients who have been ill for a long time and have a weak constitution. They are more likely to get sick when the climate changes a little bit. Severe aversion to cold, fever, no sweat, headache and body pain, cough, white phlegm, weak phlegm, shortness of breath and laziness. , repeated susceptibility, pale tongue with white coating, floating and weak pulse. The treatment should be to replenish qi and relieve the surface. Commonly used Shensu decoction is modified. Commonly used drugs: Codonopsis pilosula, Poria cocos, licorice, perilla leaves, kudzu root, dandelion, pinellia, citrus aurantium, platycodon, etc.

　　Colds caused by yin deficiency often cause body heat, mild aversion to wind and cold, less sweating, dizziness, upset, dry mouth, dry cough with less phlegm, red tongue with less coating, and thready pulse. The treatment principle is mainly to nourish yin and relieve the symptoms. The commonly used modified Wei Rui Decoction is suitable. Commonly used drugs: Polygonatum odoratum, licorice, jujube, tempeh, mint, scallion, Platycodon, Baiwei, etc.