Many people can’t tell whether it is wind-cold or wind-heat cold after catching a cold, and they don’t distinguish between cold and heat with medicine. In fact, most of the common cold is a reaction of the human body after we have been affected by wind and cold, due to the different physical constitution of each person, some people usually have strong yang energy, although they are affected by wind and cold, but show a yellow runny nose, sore throat, headache, and even cough, coughing white mucous phlegm or yellow phlegm, tongue red and dry. On the contrary, some people usually have a deficiency of yang energy and are afraid of cold, but when they are affected by wind-cold, they have a distinct cold and even sore joints, a stuffy nose and runny nose, a sore throat, or an uncomfortable itchy throat, a dark tongue and more water, which is called wind-cold. Therefore, there are wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds all year round. How to treat? Cold and flu is called “superficial evidence” in Chinese medicine, and “sweating” is the main method of treatment, which is to drive the evil out by sweating. For wind-cold colds, for those with mild symptoms, ginger soup or ginger and date tea can be used to generate sweat. For those with severe symptoms, you can take Chinese medicine for dispersing wind-cold (such as Zheng Chai Hu Drinking Granules, Chuanxiong Tea Tune Granules, etc.) 1-2 packs each time, and take them while they are hot, followed by a bowl of hot porridge to help generate sweat. As for wind-heat cold, there are many medicines for treatment, such as Shuanghuanglian, Banlangen, Blue Scutellaria Oral Liquid, Sanjiu Cold and Flu Spirit, etc. It is very easy to choose. If the cold is not treated in time and there is sore throat, cough, and still clear nose, then there is a trend of cold to heat transformation, you can choose to take the granules of Zheng Chai Hu Drink or Chuanxiong Tea Tune granules together with a kind of medicine for wind-heat cold (such as Shuanghuanglian, Banlangen, Blue Scutellaria Oral Liquid, etc.). Of course, the cold will be fine without medication and drinking more water, and medication can reduce the symptoms and shorten the course of the disease, but it is very important to distinguish between wind-cold and wind-heat.