Is a runny nose a hot cold or a cold?

Runny nose is heat cold, heat cold, also known as wind-heat cold, mostly due to wind-heat evil Qi invading the lungs and guards.
Colds caused by wind-heat (wind-heat evil gas invading the lungs) are characterized by cough, thick and yellowish sputum, chills, fever, heavy heat and light cold, nasal congestion, sore throat, dry mouth and slight thirst, red tongue, thin and yellowish moss, and floating pulse.
Diagnosis is made by identification of the above symptoms, and the treatment should be pungent and cool to relieve the surface and disperse the wind-heat. Square with Yin Qiao San, mulberry chrysanthemum drink, etc., if it is not cured for a long time, it will evolve into a deficiency syndrome, not specializing in the dispersal of wind-heat medicines, need to distinguish the type of deficiency syndrome, Yang deficiency plus ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala, yin deficiency plus dihuang, schizandra chinensis.
Prevention is the key to this disease, such as maintaining indoor air circulation; cold water in the morning to wash your face, hot water at night to soak your feet, long-term adherence to promote blood circulation to improve the body’s resistance; exercise every morning after waking up to enhance physical fitness; according to the seasonal climate and add clothes in a timely manner.
If the symptoms are serious, please go to the hospital in time, do not delay the condition.