External cold and internal cold belong to the cold syndrome of traditional Chinese medicine, and they are very different in clinical manifestations and treatment methods.
1. Clinical manifestations: external cold refers to the external attack of cold evil in the muscle surface, blocking Wei Yang (in the muscle surface of the Yang), the clinical appearance of cold (cold) sweat, nasal congestion, runny nose, accompanied by head and body pain and other manifestations.
Internal cold refers to the cold evil directly in the (external evil through the muscle surface directly violates the internal organs) internal organs and qi and blood, blocking damage to the body’s yang qi, impede the operation of the blood. Cold evil blocked in different organs, the clinical appearance of different symptoms, guest in the lungs and see coughing and wheezing, vomiting white phlegm; guest in the stomach and intestines and symptoms of epigastric (abdominal) pain, vomiting and diarrhea, and so on.
2. Treatment: External cold is treated by dispelling cold and relieving the surface, sweating and relieving muscle (relieving evil qi on the surface of the skin), and the commonly used prescriptions are Ephedra Soup and Gui Zhi Soup. Internal cold is treated by warming the middle and dispersing the cold (using medicines to warm the spleen and stomach to disperse the cold), warming the meridians and opening up the veins, and the commonly used prescriptions are Lizhong Pill and Xiao Jianzhong Tang, etc. If you feel unwell, consult a doctor as soon as possible.
Consult a doctor as soon as possible if you feel unwell. The use of medication should be under the guidance of a professional physician, and should not be taken on its own, in order to avoid delaying the condition.