The heat cold is the category of Chinese medicine cold, wind-heat cold should not use moxibustion treatment.
Wind-heat colds are caused by wind and heat, and moxibustion mainly plays the role of warming and dispersing cold, so it is not appropriate to use moxibustion, usually wind-cold cold is more appropriate to use moxibustion to assist in the treatment.
Heat colds can be treated by pressing acupoints, such as Lechu, Hegu, Fengchi, Sun, Waiguan, Quchi, and Daxi etc. The treatment of heat colds is to remove the wind and heat from the body.
Wind-heat colds are treated by dispersing wind and clearing away heat. Acupuncture points on the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian and the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian are usually used. Liexiao and Hegu can dispel evil and relieve the surface, Waiguan and Fengchi can disperse wind, and Quchi and Daxi can remove heat.
The use of acupoints for fever and cold should be based on the individual’s condition under the guidance of a physician, and should not be used on its own.