Today I will introduce to you the way to choose Chinese medicine for cold and flu, and some related precautions.
Cold is a very common disease, and everyone has suffered from it numerous times in their life. Nowadays, it is very common to apply antibiotics, which is commonly known as anti-inflammatory drugs, for colds. Antibiotics can only fight bacterial infections, but not viruses. The application of antibiotics for a cold is not only ineffective, but also harmful. Abuse of antibiotics can easily cause bacterial resistance, and antibiotics have different degrees of toxic side effects, which are harmful to the human body. Because of the convenience and simplicity of Chinese medicine for cold and flu, as well as the small toxic side effects and good results, it is appropriate to be the first choice of medicine for cold and flu. However, the use of proprietary Chinese medicine for the treatment of colds, but also can not be blindly abused, must be based on the theory of Chinese medicine, dialectical selection. If used improperly, not only ineffective, or even counterproductive, making the condition worse. So, how to choose Chinese medicine after getting a cold? Here I will introduce to you the method of choosing Chinese medicine for cold and some related precautions.
First, according to the symptoms, identify and select the medicine (identification and treatment).
There is a significant difference between Chinese medicine and Western medicine, which is mainly based on “evidence” to treat. Chinese medicine treatment of colds, in a clear “cold” the “disease” diagnosis, but also requires further identification of which it belongs to a “type of evidence”, in order to effectively treat. The “evidence type” is a summary of the clinical manifestations of the disease. The following is an introduction to the clinical manifestations of the common “types” of colds, as well as the corresponding proprietary Chinese medicine.
1, wind-cold cold.
Wind-cold cold mostly occurs in the cold season, clinical manifestations of the general fear of cold is more obvious, fever may or may not, generally no sweating, headache, heavy pain in the limbs and joints, nasal congestion and runny nose, mouth is not thirsty, cough, coughing sputum thin, throat pain is not obvious, tongue is not red, tongue coating thin white and moist. The treatment should use the Chinese patent medicine which is warm in nature and has the ability to disperse the wind and cold, such as: wind and cold cold punch, Jing Fang punch, Wu Jie San, cold soft capsule, cold and wind punch, Xing Su cold punch, Jing Fang defeat poison pill, etc. Can not use cold Chinese medicine, such as: Sang Ju cold tablets, silver forsythia antidote pill, antelope forsythia antidote pill, antelope cold tablets, misuse will aggravate the disease, or delayed.
2, wind-heat cold.
Wind-heat cold occurs in the warm season, clinical symptoms tend to fever is heavy, cold is not obvious, headache, thirst, nasal congestion, yellow thick nasal discharge, throat redness and swelling pain, tongue edge red, moss thin yellow. The treatment should be based on cool Chinese medicines, such as: vitamin C silver warp tablets, mulberry chrysanthemum cold punch, shuanghuanglian oral liquid, wind-heat cold punch, antelope for the relief of poison pills, Chaihuang clearing fever punch, compound cold spirit tablets, cold clearing capsule, compound mulberry chrysanthemum cold tablets, silver and Chai combination, compound double flower oral liquid, compound andrographis tablets, clearing fever and detoxifying granules, etc.. And can not use the warm Chinese medicine, such as: Jiu Wei Qiang Wu Wan, or Sengsu Li Lung Wan, Tong Xuan Li Lung Wan, etc., misuse will cause the fever to rise, sore throat aggravated.
3, summer heat cold.
Summer cold is only seen in summer, mostly manifested as fever and sweating, irritability and thirst, yellow urine, red tongue and yellow table. You should use cold Chinese medicine, such as: summer heat cold punch. If the summer heat with dampness, combined with chest tightness and vomiting, loose stools, dry mouth and not much water, etc., you should use the medicine with aromatic effect of turbidity, such as: summer dampness cold punch. Never use the warm nature of the drug, such as the five accumulation of the powder, Jing Fang defeat poison powder, etc..
4, wind-cold damp stagnant cold.
See in the gastrointestinal type of cold, clinical manifestations in addition to wind-cold cold symptoms, there are obvious digestive symptoms, such as stomach full of stuffy, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Chinese medicine should be used to disperse wind-cold, internal dampness and stagnation, such as: Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Pill, Bao Ji Pill, etc., not to use Bao He Pill, Hawthorn Pill, etc. to eliminate food and stagnation.
5.Autumn dryness cold.
This type of cold is mostly seen in autumn, manifested as dry nose and throat, cough with little phlegm, dizziness and discomfort. Chinese medicine with cooling and moistening effect should be used, such as autumn dry cold punch, Chuanbei loquat dew, etc. If fever is obvious, strong medicine can be used. If the fever is obvious, you can use powerful silver warp tablets and so on. Can not use dry heat medicine, so as not to aggravate the disease.
6. Shaoyang cold.
The manifestation is a cold burst, a hot burst, alternating hot and cold, dizziness, bitter mouth, dry throat, chest and epigastric fullness, vomiting, do not want to eat, etc.. It is advisable to use medicines with harmonizing effect, such as Xiao Chai Hu granules.
7. Qi deficiency cold.
The body is weak, low resistance, usually easy to sweat and intolerant of cold. The symptoms are body fatigue, loss of appetite, mild fever, runny nose, often lingering for a long time, or repeated colds. This type should not specialize in dispersing, with the general cold medicine is not effective, when to support the righteousness to dispel the evil, benefit qi to relieve the surface. It can be treated with the pill. If there is phlegm and dampness inside, cough phlegm white amount, can use ginseng and su cold tablets, etc.
The above is the way to identify the symptoms of cold and flu, and then choose the medicine. But sometimes when you have a cold, you can’t follow this method, so we can also use the following methods to choose Chinese medicine.
Second, according to the season, choose the medication (Tianren).
Colds are found in all four seasons, and colds of different seasons are closely related to their corresponding seasonal climate in terms of evidence. In general, spring is more warm, easy to get wind-heat colds; summer is more summer heat and humidity, easy to suffer from summer heat, damp-heat colds; autumn is more dry, more dry-heat colds; winter is more cold, more wind-cold colds. If the type of cold you are suffering from is not clear, you can often get better results by choosing cold medicine according to the season of the cold you are suffering from.
Third, according to the physique, select the drug (according to the person).
Chinese medicine physical doctrine that the human body after the disease, the nature of the symptoms, in addition to feeling the nature of external evil, but also closely related to the individual body constitution. For example, two people with different physique, in the same climate and environmental conditions of the cold, the evidence can be completely different. Yang-heat body (fire body) manifests as wind-heat cold, while Yin-cold body manifests as wind-cold cold. Traditional Chinese medicine refers to this phenomenon of external evil transforming with the body type as “from the transformation”. Therefore, when we choose the Chinese medicine for cold, we should also consider our own physical factors, Yang-heat body should choose the medicine with cooler properties, such as Vitamin C silver forsythia tablets; Yin-cold body should choose the medicine with warmer properties, such as Jing Fang cold punch.
Fourth, according to the cause, choose the medicine (according to the cause of treatment).
Sometimes, there are obvious triggering factors before catching a cold. Such as summer heat, sleeping in an air-conditioned environment, after catching a cold cold, mostly wind-cold cold, it is appropriate to use the cold medicine of pungent warmth, such as Jing Fang cold punch, etc.. Such as winter cold, excessive heating, can also suffer from wind-heat colds, it is appropriate to use pungent cold medicine, such as strong silver warp tablets. For example, if you have a cold after eating too much cold, it is mostly a cold and damp cold, so you should use Chinese medicine that disperses cold and damp, such as Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Wan.
The above has introduced several ways to choose Chinese medicine for colds, the following points of attention.
1, during the cold, diet should be clear talk, avoid eating greasy, cold. Pay attention to proper rest, avoid getting cold and heat. After taking cold and wind medicine, it is appropriate to cover and lie down, so that the body slightly sweating, the cold is easy to heal.
2. The early symptoms of infectious diseases and infectious diseases are similar to those of heavy colds, so they are easily misdiagnosed. So when there are similar symptoms like a heavy cold and you are not sure it is a heavy cold, you should go to the hospital early to see a doctor so as not to delay the disease.
3, the course of the cold is usually about 3 to 7 days. If you have a cold for more than 7 days, but the symptoms have worsened, or new symptoms have appeared, there may be complications, so you should see a doctor as soon as possible for early treatment.
4, special groups of people suffering from a cold, it is appropriate to see a doctor. The special people mentioned here mainly include two categories: one refers to people with physiological specialties, such as the elderly, children and pregnant women. The elderly and children are different from adults in terms of tolerance to drugs, and are prone to complications such as bronchitis and pneumonia after catching a cold. Improper use of medication by pregnant women can have adverse effects on the fetus in the womb. The other category refers to people with chronic diseases, such as chronic hepatitis, chronic nephritis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, etc.. This group of people suffering from colds can easily lead to aggravation of the original disease and complications, and the tolerance of this group of people to drugs is different from that of ordinary people. Therefore, these people should see a doctor when they have a cold, and should not purchase their own medicine.
The above is a brief introduction on how to choose Chinese medicine for a cold and some precautions, I hope it will be helpful to you.