Whether Gui Zhi Tang plus Yu Ping Feng San can treat recurrent colds depends on the specific type of cold. Usually, it can be applied to wind-cold colds and is not recommended for wind-heat colds.
Gui Zhi Tang is a traditional Chinese medicine formula, which belongs to the category of antidepressants and is warm in nature. It is composed of Gui Zhi, Glycyrrhiza glabra, and Ginger, which has the effect of relieving the symptoms with pungent warmth and regulating the Ying and Wei (which makes the internal and external qi of the human body smooth, each in its own way).
It is mainly used for treating headache and fever caused by wind-cold flu, sweating, cough and nasal congestion.
Jade Ping Feng San is a pure Chinese medicine preparation, which focuses on tonifying qi and consolidating the surface (consolidating the muscle surface by tonifying qi), and is warm in nature, consisting of Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Fenghuang Fenghuang and Astragalus Membranaceus.
It is mainly used for treating spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by sweating with slight movement), malignant wind and shortness of breath, etc., which are caused by deficiency of qi and lack of consolidation of the guard. Meanwhile, Yuping Feng San is a Chinese medicine immunomodulator, which assists in the treatment of immune diseases.
Therefore, the simultaneous application of the above two drugs can be used to treat wind-cold colds and help patients improve their symptoms, which are usually less effective for wind-heat colds.
At the same time, it is necessary to strictly grasp the contraindications and precautions of the drug, for example, Gui Zhi Tang external heat disease, Yin deficiency fire is not recommended, pregnant women and menstruation with caution. Yu Ping Feng San fever sweating is contraindicated, yin deficiency night sweating (sweating abnormally after going to sleep, waking up sweating stops) should be used with caution.
Remember to take the medicine during the diet should be light, to ensure adequate sleep, avoid overwork and so on. The medication should be used under the guidance of a physician.