Pregnant women with colds belong to the category of “pregnancy colds” in Chinese medicine, and can drink Chinese medicine under the guidance of a doctor.
Cold in pregnancy refers to fever and cold (fear of cold), headache and nasal congestion, sweating or no sweating and other symptoms during pregnancy. It is caused by a pregnant woman’s physical weakness and a feeling of wind-cold or wind-heat.
Wind-cold and flu: symptoms include malignant cold and fever, headache, nasal congestion, heavy voice and runny nose, absence of sweating, and floating or slippery pulse, etc. It can be treated with the addition of Rhizoma Ligusticum and Suspension.
Wind-heat cold: fever and malignant wind, sweating, headache and cough, dry mouth and sore throat, red tongue, thin white moss, or yellowish, floating and slippery pulse, etc., can be treated with Sang Ju Drink or Yin Qiao San with additions and subtractions.
It is recommended that patients seek medical advice in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to use medication, do not take drugs on their own.