Colds can be categorized into wind-cold, wind-heat, summer-dampness and qi deficiency colds, which can be treated with medicines such as Jingpangdaepiao Tang, Yinqiao San, Xinjia Elsholtziaztzia Drink and Ginseng-Su Drink. However, the specific medication should be prescribed by a professional physician.
1. Jing, Fang, and Da Xie Tang (荆防达表汤): It is suitable for the symptoms caused by wind-cold bundling up the surface, such as the symptoms of coldness (fear of cold) heavier than fever, headache, no sweat, body aches and pains, nasal congestion, cough, itchy pharynx, thin and white tongue, and floating and tight pulse, etc. It is pungent, warm, and detoxifies the surface of the body.
2. Yin Qiao San: It is suitable for the symptoms such as fever and wind caused by wind-heat, uncontrolled sweating, face redness and headache, cough with yellow sputum, pharyngeal swelling and nasal congestion, thin yellow tongue coating and floating pulse, etc. It has the effect of pungent and cool in relieving the symptoms of the epidermis.
3. Elsholtzia Drink: It is suitable for symptoms caused by summer heat and dampness injury to the surface, such as body heat, windy and sweaty, limb aches and pains, cough and phlegm, sticky and greasy in the mouth, chest tightness and nausea, abdominal distension and loose stools (feces thin and unshapely), thin and yellow tongue coating, and pulse moistening and counting, etc. It is able to clear away summer heat, dispel dampness and relieve the surface.
4. Ginseng-Su Drink: Suitable for symptoms such as cold and fever caused by Qi deficiency cold, headache without sweating, coughing up phlegm, fatigue, shortness of breath and laziness, susceptibility to exopathogens, floating and weak pulse, etc. It has the effect of benefiting Qi and relieving the symptoms.
After the occurrence of the above symptoms, one should consult a doctor in time, and use the above medicines under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the symptoms, and do not take them on your own, so as not to cause damage to the organism.