A few tips to stay away from colds!

Spring in Beijing is not always lovely. Besides the chilly spring breeze, the biggest headache is the cold. Maybe you just lose some clothes after the Spring Festival, and the next day you can experience a few days of annoying cold time. As the old saying goes, spring covers autumn freezing. The fluctuating temperatures of spring have been adding a strong footnote to this old saying. “Spring cover” to pay special attention to the head, feet, neck, hands these parts of the warmth, do not soon take off the hat, take off the scarf, mask, take off thick socks and gloves. The “spring cover” should be “thick on thin”. The ancient people in the long-term life and labor practice recognized that the cold more from the bottom and born, so the ancient Chinese health practitioners proposed the spring clothing should be thin under the thick, which also coincides with modern medicine that the lower part of the human body blood circulation is poorer than the upper part, vulnerable to cold attack point of view. But, then again, do you know the three common colds in early spring? The point is, those of you who have been hit, must pay attention to whether they have taken the right medicine! Cold, runny nose, head and body pain, itchy throat, white tongue …… but fever is not serious, no sweating and no thirst, well ~ this is the cold of external wind and cold. Fever, runny nose, sore throat, sweating, thirst, yellow tongue coating …… but not feeling very cold on the body, well ~ this is a cold with external wind-heat. A cold may occur when the wind, the first of the six evil spirits, invades the body with cold or heat at the time of seasonal change, breaking the stable health condition. Whether it is wind-cold or wind-heat, the right medicine is the key. For wind-cold, it is necessary to warm the lungs and dispel the cold. The famous cold and fever granules can be used, and when the disease first starts, it is also very good to drink ginger sugar water. Of course, if you eat the pungent warmth to relieve the symptoms of the sage is more appropriate. For wind-heat colds that require pungent and cooling relief, you can use Shuanghuanglian oral liquid and often drink chrysanthemum tea is also very suitable. Don’t forget, there is another kind of cold that is not mentioned, it’s called table cold and internal heat, also called cold pack fire, if you are thirsty and also afraid of cold but not sweating, accompanied by short red urine, you must pay attention to cold pack fire and the above two kinds of cold are not the same, and this is also the most common spring cold in the north. You should not only dissipate the wind evil but also clear the heat inside. In this case, you can consider the Prevention of Wind and Tong Sheng Wan. Of course, it’s better to go to the doctor, get down to earth to find out the cause of the cold, and pay attention to diet and clothing to maintain a peaceful and healthy body and enjoy the new life in the Year of the Monkey!