What should I do if I have a cold?

It’s winter, and lately there are quite a lot of patients with colds and fevers, as well as vomiting and diarrhea. Mostly viral colds, but also bacterial. Many people think that colds need flu, in fact, this point of view is wrong, if you can use dietary therapy, do not take medication, can take medication, do not get a shot, can get a shot, do not get a transfusion. This is a matter of general principle, because the infusion will destroy the human blood vessel barrier, and the human defense function will be impaired. Never take medicine blindly, especially antibiotics, when you have a cold yourself. Many people, due to blindly taking medicine, go into the hospital and many drugs are resistant, the doctor can only give you stronger antibiotics, but the side effects will be more, if even these are resistant, what about when you have another cold in the future? A normal cold lasts about 7 days, even with fluids and injections. The body needs a fever when you have a cold, it’s a sign that the body’s defense system is fighting viruses and bacteria. Don’t ever think of changing it. In addition, if the condition is really serious, such as high fever, bleeding, etc., then you need to go to the hospital for treatment. Generally as long as and is not severe, you can rest and observe. Drink plenty of water. If you have a cold, if you are afraid of cold, afraid of wind, do not sweat, body temperature rises, you can choose the back cupping best walking cupping, large vertebrae blood-letting therapy, gua sha, or traditional Chinese medicine soup ephedra soup plus reduction can be. Chinese patent medicine can choose Tongxuanli Lung Pills. You can also use a simple method, will be 5 slices of ginger (can put a few pieces of white onion) into 600 ml of Coca-Cola, decoction to 300 ml, hot. Then cover up and rest. If you sweat slightly then your condition is going to be better. This method can be tried. If you are afraid of cold, afraid of wind, sweating, body temperature rises, you can also cupping, bloodletting in the large vertebrae, gua sha, and at this time you can also take Tongxuanli Lung Pill or Gui Zhi Tang plus subtractions, and the above method of cola ginger can also be used. If fever without sweating, or have sweating is not smooth, slightly hate the wind and cold, headache and thirst, cough and sore throat, the tongue tip is red, the moss is thin white or thin yellow, the pulse is floating. Clinically used for influenza, mumps, tonsillitis, acute upper respiratory tract infections, you can choose Yin Qiao antidote tablets, you can put 6 tablets of Yin Qiao tablets into a small pot of 300ml of water to heat it up, and then your nose is close to the mouth of the pot, be careful not to burn it, and smell the aroma of the overflowing, about 5min. Then drink the soup. Chinese tradition often say: winter eat radish summer eat ginger, do not look for the doctor to prescribe medicine, very reasonable, I hope usually eat more seasonal food, such as cabbage, radish, green onions and so on. Cabbage is known as the “king of all vegetables” is a treasure. People with a cold constitution must put more ginger and green onion in their cooking, because cabbage itself is cold. White radish, taste pungent, sweet, flat; to the spleen, stomach meridian. It has the effects of eliminating stagnation, resolving phlegm and clearing heat, lowering qi, relaxing the middle and detoxifying the body; it is mainly used for treating food stagnation and distension, phlegm and coughing with loss of voice, vomiting blood, epistaxis, thirst, dysentery, migraine and so on. Enhance immunity, inhibit the growth of cancer cells, cancer prevention, anti-cancer has an important significance, promote digestion, radish is known as the “natural digestive agent” rhizome part contains amylase and a variety of digestive enzymes, can break down food starch and fat, promote food digestion, relieve chest tightness, inhibit excessive gastric acid. It helps stomach peristalsis, promotes metabolism and detoxification. Protect the intestines and stomach to promote the secretion of gastrointestinal fluids, can let the stomach and intestines to achieve a good condition. Lowering blood fat, eating radish can lower blood fat, soften blood vessels, stabilize blood pressure, prevent coronary heart disease, atherosclerosis, gallstones and other diseases. For people with cold constitution, you can stew radish with mutton, which can eliminate the coldness of radish and reduce the dryness and heat of mutton.