For colds, you can apply hot compresses to Hegu acupoint, Leshu acupoint, and Daxian acupoint. 1. Hegu acupoint: located on the back of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, at the midpoint of the radial side of the second metacarpal bone. It is mainly used for treating fever, headache, redness and swelling of the eyes, epistaxis (nosebleed), hematemesis, sore throat, toothache, deafness, swelling of the face, absence of sweating in febrile illnesses, excessive sweating, and so on. 2. Lechu Point: located in the forearm, 1.5 inches above the transverse stripe on the distal side of the palm of the wrist, between the tendon of the short extensor digitorum brevis and the tendon of the extensor digitorum longus, and in the depression of the groove of the extensor digitorum longus tendon. Cough, asthma, sore throat, migraine headache, toothache. 3. Great Vertebrae Point: Located in the spinal region, in the depression under the spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra, on the posterior midline. It is used for treating fever, malaria, chills (fear of cold), fever, cough, asthma, and bone vaporization (a burst of heat, feeling that the heat is coming from inside the bone to the outside). Patients with more serious symptoms after catching a cold need to go to the hospital in time for active treatment.