Colds are one of the most common respiratory diseases. There are many kinds of medicines used to treat colds. Due to the fact that Chinese medicine has little side effects and good efficacy, it is favored by people. But clinical practice has proved that if the choice of proprietary Chinese medicine is not appropriate, it can also be delayed. Chinese medicine categorizes colds into four types: wind-cold colds, wind-heat colds, summer-damp colds and seasonal colds (influenza). According to the principle of diagnosis and treatment, different types of colds should be treated with different proprietary Chinese medicines. First, wind-cold type cold: in addition to the general symptoms of nasal congestion, sneezing, coughing and headache, the patient also has chills, low fever, no sweating, headache and body ache, runny nose, spitting of thin white sputum, sore throat, no thirst or thirst for hot drinks, and thin white moss, etc. Usually, the patient has to wear a lot of clothes or a big quilt before he feels more comfortable. This kind of cold is related to the patient feeling wind-cold. Treatment should be based on the principle of relieving the symptoms with pungent warmth. The patient can be treated with medicines such as Cold and Cold Punch, Cold and Heat Clearing Punch, Nine-flavored Qiangwu Pill, Tongxuan Lung Pill, Noon Tea Granules and so on. If the patient has the symptom of internal heat and constipation, he can take Fangfeng Tongsheng Pill for treatment. Patients with wind-cold cold should not use medicines such as Sangju Cold and Flu Tablets, Yinqiao Antidote Tablets, Antelope Antidote Tablets, and Compound Cold and Flu Tablets. The key to treating wind-cold cold is to sweat a little (known as pungent warmth to relieve the epidermis in Chinese medicine), and there are many ways to do this, including sauna, soaking the feet in hot water (preferably with a little wine), covering two layers of quilt, drinking ginger water, ginger porridge, and so on. The main treatment for wind-cold colds is Gui Zhi Tang, the first formula in the Treatise on Typhoid Fever, also known as the King of Harmonizing Agents (Ephedra Tang is also a main treatment for wind-cold colds, but it is used with caution in the south). Summarizing: pungent warmth relieves the symptoms, and expands the lungs to disperse cold. Second, wind-heat type cold: in addition to nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, headache and other general symptoms of colds, the patient also has a heavy fever, phlegm thick and yellow, sore throat, usually painful before the cold symptoms, phlegm usually yellow or blackish, constipation and other characteristics. Treatment should be based on the principle of pungent coolness and symptomatic relief. Patients can be treated with Xiangxue Antiviral Oral Liquid, Cold and Fever Reducing Punch, Banlangen Punch, Yinqiao Antidote Pill, Antelope Antidote Pill and other medicines. Patients with wind-heat type colds should not use drugs such as Jiuwei Qiangwu Pill and Lung Liver Pill. Third, summer damp type cold: the patient manifests cold, fever, tasteless mouth, headache, head swelling, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. This type of cold mostly occurs in summer. Treatment should be based on clearing summer heat, removing dampness and relieving symptoms. The patient can be treated with medicines such as Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui and Yin Qiao Xie Tu Pill. If the patient's gastrointestinal symptoms are more serious, it is not suitable to use Baohe Pill, Hawthorn Pill, Xiangsha Stomach-raising Pill and other drugs. Seasonal colds: The symptoms of patients are similar to those of wind-heat colds. However, the symptoms of patients with seasonal cold are heavier than those of patients with wind-heat cold. The patient may show sudden chills, high fever, headache, chills, chills, severe headache, body aches, fatigue, nasal congestion, runny nose, dry cough, chest pain, nausea, loss of appetite, infants, young children or the elderly may be complicated with pneumonia or heart failure and other symptoms. Treatment should focus on clearing heat and removing toxins, dispersing wind and penetrating the surface. Patients can use Xiangxue Antiviral Oral Liquid, Fangfeng Tongsheng Pill, Chongshenling Tablets, Chongshen Tablets and other medicines for treatment. If patients with seasonal influenza are treated with drugs such as Yin Qiao Xie Poisons Removing Tablets, Strong Yin Qiao Tablets, Xia Sang Ju Cold and Flu Tablets or Niu Huang Xie Poisons Removing Tablets, the efficacy will be poorer. Toxic influenza patients are characterized by high fever, nonsense, coma, convulsions, sometimes fatal. Therefore, the disease is very easy to spread, so it should be isolated and treated as early as possible. In short, patients with influenza should choose different proprietary Chinese medicines for treatment according to the characteristics of their own conditions, or else the efficacy will be affected and the condition will be delayed. Influenza, abbreviated as influenza, is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza virus. Influenza can cause upper respiratory tract infection, pneumonia and various diseases outside the respiratory tract. Typical influenza, acute onset of high fever, generalized pain, significant weakness, respiratory symptoms are mild. The face is flushed, the outer canthus of the conjunctiva is congested, the pharynx is congested, and there are follicles on the soft palate.