Question 1: I have had chronic bronchitis for more than 10 years, and I tend to cough in autumn and winter, and it does not go away repeatedly. But I often feel weak, have low fever, my face is prone to “fire”, especially in summer, and my hands and feet are hot. A: “Winter disease summer treatment” therapy is more suitable for chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, etc., which are prone to recurrence in autumn and winter, as well as for people with weak cold constitution, who often catch cold easily and are afraid of cold. For those who are afraid of heat or feel low-heat, easy to “fire” and weak, Chinese medicine called “yin deficiency fire” evidence, is not suitable for the treatment of winter and summer acupuncture point compress method, because the compress method is used “warm yang dispel cold”. The compressing method uses “warm yang to dispel cold” type of medicine. Therefore, there is a problem of indications and contraindications for winter and summer treatment, and not every chronic respiratory disease patient can use it regardless of cold and hot evidence, but should be screened by experienced Chinese medicine practitioners first. In addition, people with infections and fever, hemoptysis, pregnant women, and those with skin allergies are also not suitable for this therapy. In your case, you can use Chinese herbal medicine to treat and regulate your condition. Question 2: I have had a cough for five years in winter, and it also comes on in summer after I get cold with the air conditioning on. It is accompanied by nasal congestion, frequent continuous sneezing in the morning after waking up or after getting cold, and a lot of nasal mucus, all year round. How can I treat it? Can I use compress therapy? A: Autumn and winter coughs, accompanied by perennial allergic rhinitis and chronic laryngitis, are very common in clinical practice and are called “upper airway cough syndrome” (also called “postnasal drip syndrome”). According to your case, you can use the winter and summer treatment method, i.e. acupuncture point compress + herbal treatment, to play both a curative and preventive role. In fact, the winter disease summer treatment method is not only the acupuncture point dressing, for autumn and winter easily recurring, and the current summer still have some cough cough phlegm symptoms or rhinitis symptoms, as long as the identification belongs to the deficiency of cold or phlegm damp evidence, in the acupuncture point dressing at the same time, should also add the corresponding Chinese medicine treatment, so as to play the dual effect of treatment and prevention. For those who are not symptomatic at present, but are weak and easily catch cold, they should also use Chinese herbs or proprietary Chinese medicines to support and nourish the qi at the same time for better efficacy. Question 3: A 10-year-old child has a frequent cough with an itchy throat and often wants to clear his throat while coughing, accompanied by rhinitis, nasal congestion and sneezing. Less than an hour after the posting of the acupuncture point in your hospital, he felt that the posting area was hot, so he immediately took it off, is this right? A: On the compress time, we generally say about 1 to 4 hours (children’s time to be shorter), because each person’s skin reactivity is different, the difference is large, can not be uniform, the current general advocate of compressing the local skin of acupuncture points have a sense of warmth is good, that has achieved the effect of warmth and heat, such as feeling some hot or burning feeling that should be promptly removed, do not have to be too insistent, the pursuit of the so-called “foaming”. A small number of people (about less than 5%) have some small blisters or even individuals with larger blisters, generally belong to the normal reaction, pay attention not to scratch and break the skin, after a few days that will be automatically absorbed, there are large blisters, please come to the hospital for sterilization dressing treatment can be. There are very few people post compress 5 to 6 hours or even longer without any feeling, may be in an air-conditioned environment or drinking cold, electric fans, sweating and other factors, to solve the problem, there is a tip, may wish to try: in the back pad a clothing, towels or pillows, to keep the back warm, after a period of time that will have the effect.