To treat a cold and runny nose you can massage the Fengchi point, Fengfu point and Yingxiang point.
Fengchi point: in the posterior neck area, below the occipital bone, in the depression between the upper end of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the upper end of the trapezius muscle. It can treat headache, dizziness, insomnia, strong pain in the neck and neckline, unclear vision, pediatric convulsion (a pediatric disease mainly manifested by dizziness, apoplexy, and convulsions), fever, colds, nasal congestion, and nasobuccal abyss (mainly manifested by obscene nasal mucus, which is too voluminous to be wiped away), and so on.
Fengfu acupoint: Fengfu acupoint is located in the neck and neckline, 1 inch straight up from the center of the posterior hairline, straight down from the occipital external convexity, and in the depression between the trapezius muscles on both sides. It is mainly used for treating headache, strong neck, dizziness, epistaxis (nosebleed), sore throat, apoplexy, hemiplegia (inability to move one side of the limb freely), epilepsy and other diseases.
Ying Xiang acupoint: Ying Xiang acupoint is located next to the midpoint of the outer edge of the nose, in the nasolabial groove. It is mainly used to treat nasal congestion, inability to smell fragrance, epistaxis, nasal abyss, facial itching and facial swelling.
If symptoms such as colds and runny nose occur, massage can be performed under the guidance of a physician, and can be combined with acupuncture and herbal tonics to effectively relieve such symptoms, and it is recommended to go to the hospital to get a prescription that suits your needs, and not to use medication arbitrarily.