To determine whether it is a wind-heat cold or wind-cold cold, it is necessary to make a judgment under the diagnosis of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.
1. Wind-heat colds have a heavier fever, milder chills (fear of cold), sweating, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore or swollen throat, thirst, thin yellow tongue coating, and floating pulse. Patients with serious illness may have muscle pain, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite and other general discomfort.
2. Patients with wind-cold flu have severe chills and feel cold even after adding more clothes or blankets. They have mild fever, no sweat, clear nasal discharge, cough, itchy throat, thin white sputum, conscious limb soreness and weakness, thin white tongue coating, and floating or tight pulse.
Patients with wind-heat colds can be treated with Yin Qiao Xie Du Pill, Sang Ju Cold and Flu Tablets, Shuang Huang Lian Oral Liquid and other medications as prescribed by the doctor. Patients with wind-cold cold can take Chinese medicines such as wind-cold and cold granules and external wind-cold granules as prescribed by the doctor.
Patients with the above symptoms are advised to consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to distinguish between wind-heat cold and wind-cold cold, and then carry out reasonable treatment after diagnosing the condition, rather than blindly using medication to avoid delaying the condition.