Wind-cold and wind-heat symptoms are common in the early stages of colds, and many Chinese medicines are clearly labeled for treating wind-cold or wind-heat colds, but how to distinguish them has become a problem for parents. Even general practitioners have difficulty in distinguishing exactly. An easy way to tell is to look at the degree of congestion in the throat. A bright red or even purplish red throat with pus spots on the tonsils is basically wind-heat. A throat that is slightly redder than the oral mucosa, pink or pinkish in color, is mostly wind-cold. Generally, wind-cold colds can easily turn into heat and become wind-heat colds. If it is difficult to confirm, as long as there is no persistent fear of cold chills and covering does not improve it, you can use medicine according to wind-heat.