How to treat colds with Chinese medicine

  Cold is a common clinical disease, mostly manifested as upper respiratory symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, cough, sore throat, headache and fever, mostly caused by viral infections. Western medicine mainly gives symptomatic treatment, can be given day and night Pepto-Bismol, Tylenol, Neo-Contec and other treatment, combined with bacterial infection can be given antibacterial treatment.  Chinese medicine believes that colds are mostly caused by the invasion of foreign wind evil, so it is also called “wind”, and mostly adopts the method of evidence-based treatment, dividing colds into two kinds of wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds.  There are different treatment methods for different types of colds.  Wind-cold cold, caused by the feeling of foreign wind and cold evil, clinical manifestations are fever and cold, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, itchy throat, sputum and clear sputum, treatment to dispel wind and dispel cold, available Gui Zhi Tang, Ma Huang Tang treatment, also available Zheng Chai Hu drink punch.  Wind-heat cold, caused by the feeling of foreign wind and heat evil, clinical manifestations are mainly fever, mild chills, nasal congestion, yellow runny nose, cough, sore throat, sputum yellow thick, treatment to dispel wind and clear heat, available Yin Qiao San, Sang Ju Drink treatment, also available Pan Lan Gen Punch, cold and fever reduction punch treatment.