Allergic rhinitis is called congested nose in Chinese medicine, and the difference between congested nose and wind-cold cold is that the causes, symptoms and treatments are different. 1. Causes: Congested nose is usually caused by cold lung qi, weak spleen qi (weak spleen qi), and lack of kidney yang (lack of yang qi in the kidneys); wind-cold cold is usually caused by the attack of wind-cold and loss of lung qi propagation. 2. Symptoms: Patients with congested nose may have symptoms such as nasal itching, runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing, etc.; patients with wind-cold cold may have symptoms such as body aches, nasal congestion and runny nose, cough with phlegm, etc. 3. Treatment: patients with congested nose can take Chinese herbal medicines such as fine Xin, Thornybush, ginseng and licorice to warm the lungs and disperse the cold; patients with wind-cold cold usually use the method of dispersing the wind and dispersing the cold to relieve the symptoms, so they can take Chinese medicines such as cold and flu capsule and cold and flu granule to treat the cold. The above three points can only be used as the basis for distinguishing congested nose and wind-cold from cold and flu, and cannot be used to make a diagnosis. If you want to determine what kind of disease you are suffering from, it is recommended that you go to the hospital and get a clear picture of the cause of your congestion and follow the doctor’s instructions to treat the cause.