The occurrence of wind-heat cold is related to the attack of external evils and the weakness of positive qi, etc. Patients may have fever, headache, cough, sore throat and other symptoms. Commonly used medicines include Yinqiao antidote pill, Shuanghuanglian oral liquid, compound Banlangen capsule, etc. The medication program is different in different cases, there is no so-called “what medicine is more effective”, and it is recommended to use the medication under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.
1. Yin Qiao detoxification pill: the main ingredients are honeysuckle, forsythia, peppermint, etc. It has the efficacy of pungent and cool transmitting surface (using pungent and cool medicines to transmute and disperse the evil qi of the surface of the muscle), clearing away heat and detoxifying toxins, which is effective in alleviating the symptoms of warm disease at the beginning of the disease, with fever and slight aversion to wind and cold, no sweat or little sweat, headache, thirst, cough, sore throat, etc. It has a certain degree of efficacy.
2. Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid: It is a pungent and cool antidote to the epidermis, composed of Scutellaria baicalensis, Forsythia, and Honeysuckle, and can be used for colds caused by wind-heat external infection, thus relieving symptoms such as fever, cough, and sore throat. It is not advisable to take tonic Chinese medicines at the same time while taking the medicine.
3. Compound Banlangen Capsule: It is composed of Banlangen and Da Qing Ye, which has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification and cooling the blood. It is suitable for fever of warm disease, spotting, wind-heat cold, swollen throat, etc. It is not suitable for people with wind-cold cold. It is not suitable for those with wind-cold flu, which is characterized by heavy cold (fear of cold), inconspicuous fever, no sweating, headache, nasal congestion, runny nose, itchy throat and cough.
Patients with symptoms of wind-heat cold should go to regular Chinese medicine hospitals in time and be treated under the doctor’s guidance of diagnosis, and should not blindly self-medication, so as to avoid ineffective treatment or cause other diseases.