Whether a sore throat can be soaked in a hot spring requires identification of whether the sore throat is caused by a wind-cold cold or a wind-heat cold. A sore throat caused by a wind-cold cold can be soaked in a hot spring. Patients with symptoms of nasal congestion, runny nose, bad cold, bad wind, dry mouth, and not wanting to drink water are considered by Chinese medicine to be caused by cold evil closing the lungs. Soaking in a hot spring can help the patient sweat, relieve the surface, relieve the wind-cold tightness in the throat and relieve the sore throat. Sore throats caused by wind-heat are not suitable for soaking in hot springs because wind-heat colds have symptoms of nasal congestion, yellow snot, coughing, coughing yellow phlegm, and even fever. At this time, because of more sweating, it is easy to feel the wind evil, making the symptoms of sore throat significantly aggravated, which is not conducive to recovery, and the treatment should be given to clear the heat, facilitate the throat and relieve pain. Therefore, it is necessary to carefully identify whether the sore throat is caused by wind-cold or wind-heat, and patients with wind-cold can soak in hot springs, while patients with wind-heat are not suitable.