The professional term for heat-related colds is “wind-heat cold”, and the main symptoms include nasal congestion, runny nose, fever, sore throat, etc. The main manifestations of wind-heat cold are heatiness, slight malignant wind, sweating, dryness of the throat or even sore throat. Wind-heat cold is caused by the wind-heat disease, mainly manifested as body heat, slight malignant wind, poor sweating, dry throat or even sore throat, nasal congestion, yellowish runny nose, head swelling and pain, coughing, phlegm viscous or yellowish, dry mouth and desire to drink, etc. The treatment of wind-heat cold is pungent, cool and detoxifying. Wind-heat colds are treated with pungent coolness to relieve the epidermis and clear away wind and heat, and are treated with Yin Qiao San plus subtractions. If the fever is strong, add scutellaria, gypsum, and leaves; if the headache is strong, add mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, and zanthoxylum; if the throat is swollen and painful, add santalum, and genistein. When the above discomforts occur in the body, medication should be used under the guidance of a doctor’s diagnosis.