Colds identified as external wind-heat can be treated with oral Chinese medicine, acupuncture, bloodletting, and so on.
1. Oral Chinese medicine: The symptoms of wind-heat cold generally include fever, chills (fear of cold), sweating, sore throat, cough with or without coughing, coughing up phlegm of yellow color, and so on. You can choose the drugs that evacuate wind-heat, such as Yin Qiao San, composed of honeysuckle, forsythia, thorns, mint, platycodon, licorice, burdock, tamarind, edamame, and root of bluebells.
2. Acupuncture: you can choose Waiguan, Quchi, Fengchi, Shakuzawa, Hegu and other acupoints for acupuncture, using the laxative method.
3. Bloodletting: Bloodletting can be done at Shangyang, Shaoshang, and Daxi, which can have the effect of diarrhea and heat.
If there is any discomfort, please consult a doctor in time. The use of drugs should be under the guidance of a doctor, and treatments such as acupuncture and bloodletting must be operated by a professional physician.