There is a big difference between wind-cold and wind-heat cold, which is mainly reflected in the symptoms, treatments and selection of medicines. Wind-cold cold is suitable for taking medicines that disperse wind and cold, while wind-heat cold is suitable for taking medicines that disperse wind and clear heat.
Symptoms, wind-cold cold is mainly manifested as cold (fear of cold) heavy fever, nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, coughing, coughing sputum; while wind-heat cold is mainly manifested as heavy fever, runny nose, coughing sputum yellow thick.
In terms of treatment, wind-cold colds are mainly treated with medicines such as wind-dispersing and cold-dispersing, pungent-warming and symptom-expelling; while wind-heat colds are mainly treated with medicines such as wind-dispersing and heat-dispersing and pungent-cooling.
In terms of medication, wind-cold cold can be treated with ephedra soup, gui zhi soup, and septic toxin powder, while wind-heat cold can be treated with yin qiao san, sang chu soup, and bai hu soup.
Clinical need to distinguish between wind-cold cold and wind-heat cold under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners, and choose the medication to treat them, do not use your own medication, so as not to affect your health.