Frequent colds can be regulated with medicines, commonly used medicines include Yubingfeng Granules, Lung Tonic Pills and so on.
1. Yubingfeng Granules is composed of Astragalus, Fenghuang, Atractylodes Macrocephala (fried). It has the effect of benefiting qi and consolidating the surface to stop sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the muscle surface). It is used for spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by sweating with slight movement) caused by deficiency of the epidermis (weakness of the epidermis leading to abnormal sweating out), malignant wind, whitening of the face (whiteness and lack of luster), or susceptibility to wind in a weak body.
2. Lung Tonifying Pill, composed of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae, Radix Astragali (honey-roasted), Sang Bai Pi (honey-roasted), Aster, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis. It is used for shortness of breath and coughing caused by insufficiency of lung qi, weak cough, dry cough with sticky phlegm, dry throat and tongue. It is not recommended for people with exogenous cough.
3. Add and subtract Weiwei Ling Tang, which has the effect of nourishing yin and relieving surface. It is used for treating Yin deficiency in the body and wind-heat syndrome. Symptoms include headache, body heat, slight aversion to wind-cold, no sweat or not much sweat, cough, heartburn, thirst, dry throat and red tongue.
Medical advice is required for taking the above medicines.