According to Chinese medicine, both wind-cold and wind-heat colds can be characterized by nasal congestion. If you need to distinguish between wind-cold and wind-heat cold, you should also combine the patient’s other symptoms to determine.
1. Wind-cold cold is caused by wind-cold. As the cold is attracted to the body, the body’s yang qi can not be extended, the nose lost warmth, thus triggering nasal congestion. In addition, wind-cold cold is often characterized by severe cold (fear of cold) and light fever, no sweating, headache, cough, white sputum, clear texture, pale red tongue with thin white fur, and floating tight pulse.
2. Wind-heat colds are caused by external wind-heat. As heat is easy to deplete fluid, resulting in dryness and loss of moistening of the nasal orifices, thus triggering nasal congestion. In addition, wind-heat colds are characterized by mild cold and fever, sweating, sore throat, cough, cough phlegm, yellow color, thick and sticky texture, red tongue with thin yellow coating, and floating pulse.
If you have a cold, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital, under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the treatment.