If the nasal mucus is white and sticky, it needs to be identified from both Chinese and Western medicine. From the Chinese medicine point of view, if you have white and thick nasal discharge, accompanied by coughing, coughing up phlegm, coughing up yellow phlegm, high body temperature, accompanied by dyspnea, chest tightness, shortness of breath and so on, usually belong to the wind-heat type of cold. If there is white nasal discharge and coughing, no phlegm and fever, but the body temperature is not high, there is dryness and soreness of the throat, and there is coldness and chills, it is usually a wind-cold type of cold. From the point of view of western medicine, if the white nasal mucus is thick and sticky, accompanied by coughing, weakness, obvious fever, fever, and dizziness, headache, dyspnea, etc., usually belongs to the bacterial cold.