You can distinguish between wind-heat cold and wind-cold through clinical manifestations.
1. Wind-heat cold is a kind of common cold, which is caused by wind-heat and fever. It is characterized by fever, wind, headache, sweat, sore throat, cough, yellow and sticky sputum, nasal congestion, yellow snot, and thirst.
2. Wind-cold cold is the symptom caused by wind-cold, which is a kind of common cold. It is common to have light fever, heavy cold (fear of cold), sneezing, nasal congestion with clear runny nose, and headache, etc. It can be seen through different clinical manifestations.
You can distinguish wind-heat cold and wind-cold cold by different clinical manifestations. It is recommended to be treated under the guidance of a TCM doctor after the identification of the symptoms, and avoid self-medication to avoid adverse effects.