Why do you say common cold? According to Chinese medicine, there are six evils in the atmosphere, namely wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire. Stroke is the leader of these six evils, and common cold is the carrier of other evils. Although it can't be seen or touched, it will move, and it will carry cold, heat, humidity, fire and dryness into the human body, making us feel the evils. We can observe that if it is only hot and there is no wind, we will not catch a cold, but if there is wind, we will easily get sick. Similarly, if it's just cold and there is no wind, we are not so easy to get cold, but if there is wind, we will react immediately. We often say not to blow under the air conditioner, it is easy to catch a cold. Why? Because of the wind, a cold is defined as touching common cold.
Let's look at the clinical manifestations. These are common clinical cold manifestations, including wind-cold cold, wind-heat cold, wind-dry cold, rheumatic cold and other symptoms. The most common season for colds is not Xia Dong, but spring and autumn. Why? The wind is strong and the temperature is suitable, so we are not so vigilant. In winter, we are afraid of cold and cold and will wrap ourselves well, but it is not easy to catch a cold when we go out. And the spring and autumn days wind blowing in the body is more comfortable, feel that blowing for a while will be no problem, in fact, this happens to be an opportunity for common cold.
What is a cold?
Wind-cold cold refers to a cold that occurs when a patient is affected by wind-cold.
Symptoms: aversion to cold, fever, anhidrosis, headache, sore limbs, heavy nasal congestion, or itchy and sneezing nose, watery nose, itchy throat, cough, thin and white expectoration, thirsty mouth or liking hot drinks, thin, white and moist tongue coating, and floating or tight pulse.
Let's see why these symptoms appear.
Hate cold: Why do you hate cold? Our body is very intelligent. When our body is attacked by cold, it will respond quickly and close the pores to prevent more cold pathogens from entering. This reaction is correct, but there is a problem, that is, we shut the door and keep the entrance of common cold and cold pathogen on our body surface, and we can't get out. At this time, we will feel cold, be afraid of cold and tremble, because cold pathogen is under our skin, so we will have aversion to cold. If there is a fear of cold, we can judge that there is cold evil on our body surface and it has not spread out.
Fever: Fever is fever. Why do you have a fever? Many doctors will explain it as heat in the body, but many people don't understand that cold evil is cold evil. How can it turn into heat in the body? How is it? We can make an analogy. Cold evil enters the body just like the enemy enters the city gate. If the body senses it, it will fight it. Who will fight cold evil? It is vital qi. Our qi, blood and body fluids are our vital qi. The body mobilizes qi, blood and body fluids to the body surface to resist evil spirits. When fighting against evil spirits, the temperature of the body will naturally be high. This is a normal reaction when good and evil confront each other. Don't be afraid of having a fever. This is a means to improve the body's defense system, which is equivalent to training our immune system. Many doctors will say that people who don't often have a fever don't mean that they are in good health, but rather that they are weak in health and poor in resistance, because healthy qi can't fight, and evil spirits drive straight into the body, and evil spirits have already entered the body before they have a fever. Children are particularly prone to fever, and a fever is a high fever. Because children have strong righteousness and sensitive reactions, they are prone to high fever. In addition, the pores of the body are closed and the heat cannot be dissipated, which is also an important reason for the increase of body temperature.
PS: Why does Chinese medicine especially object to hanging antibiotics at the sight of fever? This is because a large number of cold antibiotics can really reduce the fever in a short time, but it is not to drive away evil spirits, but like a cold rain, which temporarily repells both the enemy and the enemy. Cold evil is not afraid, it is cold itself, and it is nothing to do with some cold rain. Righteousness is different. Righteousness will be hit hard if it is poured in this way. It is an internal injury and it is difficult to be restored. In this way, after the first wave of healthy qi is knocked down by antibiotics, it is impossible to fight against evil spirits, and there will be a temporary fever. When the body mobilizes the second set of healthy qi to fight against evil spirits, the fever will return. If you use antibiotics to suppress the second set and the third set of healthy qi, our body will be very weak, showing that the fever seems to have gone down, but is it really cured? No, at this time, we will find that although the fever has gone down, there are other symptoms, such as cough, spleen and stomach weakness and so on. Why? Because pathogens are still there, antibiotics do not exorcise them, but hurt the healthy qi of the body. Healthy qi can't fight against pathogens, so pathogens naturally enter the body and hurt the internal organs, so they will cough and even develop into pneumonia. In this way, cold pathogens are escorted to the inside of the body by antibiotics. The lungs are delicate and dirty, and they are easily attacked by pathogens. Therefore, lung diseases have become the most common symptoms after a cold and fever. We should have a reaction after seeing a cold and fever, that is, never use drugs only to treat fever, because fever itself is not the source, it is just a symptom.
No sweat: Why is there no sweat? The pores are closed, and there is no difference between heat and cold inside. No sweat means that there is no heat released. At this time, the phenomenon of no sweat is to tell us to use drugs to relieve exterior symptoms. What is a solution? Is to help the body open pores. The lung controls fur, and one function of the lung is to announce hair, that is, to expel the turbid gas from the body through the pores, so that the clear gas can come in and exchange gas. When we see that the body is not sweating, we should know how to choose drugs to relieve exterior symptoms, such as ephedra, perilla leaves or ginger.
Headache and sore limbs: Why do you have a headache and sore limbs? That's because cold evil came in. What is cold? Cold is cold, it has the function of coagulation and stagnation. Cold congeals in blood, and cold blocks meridians. Therefore, in the place where blood vessels are dense in the head and meridians are concentrated in the joints, qi and blood will be blocked in these places where qi and blood need to be unblocked. Once qi and blood are blocked, we will feel pain. Do we need to use special medicine for headache or joint pain at this time? No, because the cold is coming in at this time. We just need to use drugs to relieve the exterior and dispel the cold to drive the cold out, and then these symptoms will naturally be fine.
The nasal congestion is heavy, or the nose itches and sneezes, and the nose is clear: Why does a cold have a nose problem? Because the lungs begin to understand the nose, the lungs are dirty, and evil spirits enter through the nose and mouth, and the first attack is the lungs, so the lungs should spread the evil spirits. The body has closed the pores, and that nose is the exit, so we will clear our noses. Clearing your nose is actually cold, so it doesn't matter if you have a runny nose. This is a normal response of the body to expel evil spirits. Without evil spirits, you won't have a runny nose. And what is a stuffy nose? It's because the lung qi goes up against the flow. Originally, the lung qi should go down. At this time, when the pathogenic factors invade the lungs, the lung qi will go up and get stuck in the nose, so the nose will be blocked. When we encounter these problems, we should know that the lungs have been damaged. What function of the lung has been damaged? It is the function of promoting hair and descending. At this time, we need to use drugs that can restore these two functions.
Itchy throat: itchy throat, itchy nose, how is itching? Itching is common cold. It shows that cold pathogen and wind pathogen enter the body together, but they all stay in the body and don't go out, and the common cold is heavy, so there will be itchy feeling at this moment, so we should not only use drugs to dispel cold, but also use drugs to dispel wind. What are the medicines for dispelling wind? Such as radix Saposhnikoviae, herba Schizonepetae, radix Angelicae Dahuricae, etc. If you don't have itchy symptoms, you don't have to use these drugs to dispel wind, because it shows that common cold is not so obvious.
Cough: Whether it is dry cough, cold cough or hot cough, it may cause cough, so it is difficult to distinguish cold and heat from cough itself. But there are several ways to judge. For example, going out to see if a cold wind blows will cough badly, which may be a cold cough; If it is warm when you walk into a room or when you sleep at night, the quilt cover is warm and you cough badly, it may be a hot cough at this time. The second is to look at phlegm, which is relatively thin, just like watery sputum or whiteness, that is, cold cough. If the sputum is yellow, thick and thick, it may be a hot cough. The third is mainly to look at the tongue coating, which is more obvious. If you cough with cold, your tongue coating may be white and thick; If it is a hot cough, the tongue coating may be yellow and thick and greasy. If it is cold cough, the tongue will be pale, if it is hot, the tongue will be red. So if you cough, we should combine several aspects to judge cold and heat.
Not thirsty or like hot drinks: why not thirsty when you have a cold? Because cold and cold do not consume our body fluids, thirst is not necessarily related to the amount of water we drink, but to the loss of our body fluids. Generally speaking, the body temperature of cold syndrome is relatively low, not so high, so it won't burn our body fluids, so we won't feel thirsty. And heat, such as a cold, will consume our body fluids, such as sweat, and it will evaporate our body fluids, so there will be symptoms of thirst at this time, and we want to drink water and cold water. Therefore, cold and cold are not thirsty. I like to drink hot drinks, because it is cold.
Pulse floating or floating tight: When the hand is gently placed on the pulse, it feels more powerful, because evil spirits enter from the nose and mouth, which is related to the lungs. Generally, it is the pulse of the right hand. When the right pulse is gently placed, it can be felt that the right pulse is beating very fast and strongly. This is pulse floating. Tightness means that it feels like a rope stretched there, which is very tight. This is the performance of cold. Generally, the pulse is tight when you touch it gently, and it feels tight, like a rope, which is the case.
Treatment (treatment idea): Xin Wen Jie Biao.
All the above symptoms have been smoothed out, and everyone will know the meaning of each symptom, so that they can differentiate cold and heat. What is the idea and method of treatment? The method of treatment is not to use drugs to reduce fever, sweat and relieve pain. No, it is just to relieve exterior symptoms by pungent-warming. Xin Wen Jie Biao means that after the pores are opened with pungent and warm medicine, the pathogens are allowed to go out to dispel the cold, and the pathogens are allowed to go wherever they come from. This is the therapy of traditional Chinese medicine.
Here are some Chinese patent medicines for everyone:
The first one is Fenghan Ganmao Granule. As long as the syndrome differentiation is accurate, the curative effect of Chinese patent medicine is as good as that of decoction. Now let's make a detailed explanation with Fenghanganmao Granules, which will not be explained in detail later. Take this medicine as an example to see how the prescription can relieve sweating, dispel wind and dispel cold.
1. Fenghanganmao Granule
Formula: Herba Ephedrae, Radix Puerariae, Folium Perillae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Semen Armeniacae Amarum, Radix Platycodonis, Radix Glycyrrhizae and Zingiberis Rhizoma.
Efficacy: relieve exterior sweating, dispel wind and cold.
Used for common cold, fever, headache, aversion to cold, anhidrosis, cough, nasal congestion and nasal discharge.
Let's look at its prescription first. Ephedra and perilla leaves are drugs that can help the lungs to restore the function of spreading hair. They are pungent and warm, which can open pores, help the lungs to restore the function of spreading hair, and give a way out for cold pathogens. Therefore, Ephedra and perilla leaves are used. Let's take a look at Fangfeng and Angelica dahurica. What is this for? This is for dispelling wind. Saposhnikovia divaricata and Angelica dahurica have the function of dispersing wind evil. Therefore, when we saw these four medicines, we knew that there were medicines for relieving exterior syndrome and dispelling cold, and medicines for dispelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome, so we could disperse wind and cold pathogens. Then take a look at pueraria lobata and cassia twig. Both pueraria lobata and cassia twig have the function of relieving muscle. What is relieving muscle? Is to transport energy to muscles and meridians. Ramulus Cinnamomi can solve the problem of muscle soreness, and Pueraria lobata is especially good at solving the stiff pain of shoulder, neck and back after cold. In Chinese medicine, there is Pueraria lobata decoction, which is specially used to treat back pain, so Pueraria lobata can transport qi, blood and body fluid to the back to the meridians, which is relaxing the meridians. Therefore, after using Radix Puerariae and Ramulus Cinnamomi, the problem of muscle soreness or back chills and pains can be solved. Let's look at bitter almond, dried tangerine peel and platycodon grandiflorum. They all have the functions of helping lung qi decline, regulating qi, resolving phlegm and reducing adverse flow. This can be treated for cough and runny nose after cold and cold, because they all reduce lung qi and lung adverse flow, and the qi goes down, so that there will be no nose blockage and cough. So, is it true that wind-cold and cold granules can only cure wind-cold and cold? No, it can also treat cough caused by cold, and the effect is just as good. What about licorice and dried ginger? They tonify and warm the middle warmer, protect the spleen and stomach, help the spleen and stomach to biochemical qi, blood and body fluid, and supplement healthy qi. The prescription of traditional Chinese medicine looks like the formation of troops, which is offensive and defensive. In this prescription, it has the functions of letting the lungs spread, letting the lungs descend, keeping the middle, and delivering body fluids to muscles and meridians. After this medicine is used, it can not only expel wind evil and cold evil from the body, but also reduce the fever, stop coughing and stop the muscle pain. Therefore, it is very important to treat a cold. If the cold can't be treated correctly or not, of course, some people say that it will get better after seven days without treatment, but that is for people with healthy body. If the body itself is weak, it will cause a series of diseases, such as pneumonia and even myocarditis. Therefore, Chinese medicine treats diseases before they occur, and it kills minor diseases in the cradle, so that serious diseases will not occur. Therefore, a family doctor who can cure a cold is already a qualified family doctor.
PS: When we buy medicine, we should look at the instructions, and we should look at the efficacy, and the application ...
2. Ganmao Qingre Granules
Formula: Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Herba Menthae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Bupleuri, Folium Perillae, Radix Puerariae, Radix Platycodi, Semen Armeniacae Amarum, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Herba Violae and Rhizoma Phragmitis.
Efficacy: dispelling wind and cold, relieving exterior syndrome and clearing heat.
Used for common cold, headache, fever, aversion to cold, body pain, nasal discharge, cough and dry throat.
The composition of Ganmao Qingre Granule is different from that of Fenghan Ganmao Granule. Ephedra is missing, and Schizonepeta tenuifolia and mint are added in the medicine for relieving exterior syndrome. These two medicines have the effect of dispelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome, but mint also has the effect of dissipating heat. In addition, at the end of this medicine, Ilex kudingchi and Phragmites australis are added. These two medicines have the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials and promoting diuresis and stranguria. Why do you want to use Phragmites australis to promote diuresis and stranguria? It is to let the heat in the body, such as fever and internal heat in the body, be pyrolyzed by urinating. Moreover, reed root also has the effect of clearing lung heat, such as lung heat cough and pneumonia, which will use reed root. Therefore, compared with Ganmao Qingre Granule, Ganmao Qingre Granule has more heat-clearing effect, in other words, the effect of reducing fever is better, so it is called Qingre Granule. But don't think that it is used to treat wind-heat cold when you see this name. It is still a medicine for treating wind-cold cold cold, but it has more heat-clearing effect.
Before use, it is necessary to distinguish between wind-cold and wind-heat. Pay attention to the instructions when using.
3. Zhengchaihuyin Granules
Formula: Bupleurum, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Paeoniae Rubra and Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens.
Efficacy: Dispelling wind and cold, relieving fever and pain.
It can be used for the initial onset of exogenous cold, fever, aversion to cold, anhidrosis, headache, nasal congestion, sneezing, itchy throat and cough, and limb pain.
Just like Bupleurum chinense, Bupleurum chinense is a drug that has been misused or neglected for a long time. The main medicine in it is Bupleurum chinense, which has the function of relieving exterior and interior. There is also red peony root, which has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. So when is this medicine most effective? It is best to eat when you have a headache and physical pain. That is to say, you have a cold, and your headache or body pain is obvious. At this time, you can use the previous medicine or Zhengchaihuyin granules, which is more effective.
4. Ganmao Shufeng Tablet
Formula: Herba Ephedrae, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Semen Armeniacae Amarum, Radix Paeoniae Alba (processed with wine), Radix Saposhnikoviae, Folium Perillae, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Radix Platycodi, Semen oryzae Germinatus (fried), Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens (mashed), Fructus Jujubae (enucleated) and Radix Glycyrrhizae.
Efficacy: Xin Wen Jie Biao, Xuan Fei and Zhong Zhong.
Used for common cold, fever and cough, headache and cold, nasal discharge, joint pain and limb fatigue.
Its formula is almost the same as that of Ganfengganmao Granule, and it can be completely used instead.
5. Jingfang Granules
Formula: Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Notopterygii Rhizoma, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Bupleuri Radix, Radix Peucedani, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Fructus Aurantii, Poria, Radix Platycodonis and Glycyrrhrizae Radix.
Efficacy: sweating and relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling wind and eliminating dampness.
Used for colds, headaches, body aches, aversion to cold and no sweat, nasal congestion, clear nose and cough with white phlegm.
There are different medicines in it, including Poria cocos, Notopterygium root and Radix Angelicae Pubescentis. When we see these three medicines, we know that they have the effect of dehumidification. Therefore, if you have a cold, especially a cold and wet cold, you can choose Jingfang Granules. For example, it is raining in cold days, or it is cold in places with heavy humidity (deep mountains, seaside, etc.). At this time, there is not only wind and cold in the body, but also dampness and dampness. It is particularly symptomatic to use Jingfang granules. The efficacy of this medicine is also written to dispel wind and dampness, which has not been mentioned in the previous medicines because it contains dampness-removing medicine. At this time, you can pay attention to the tongue coating, but whenever there is wet tongue coating, first of all, the tongue coating is thick and greasy. It is not white and thick, but thick and greasy. It looks watery, and the tongue sticks out and pulls out, which means that there is moisture, which is the indication of Jingfang Granules.
6. Jiuwei Qianghuo Pill
Prescription: Notopterygium, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Herba Asari, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Scutellariae Radix and Glycyrrhrizae Radix.
Efficacy: relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold and removing dampness.
It is used for aversion to cold, fever, no sweat, severe headache and limb pain caused by exogenous wind, cold and dampness.
This medicine is also used for colds that pay equal attention to wind, cold and dampness. It has triple effects of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold and removing dampness. Once the body is wet, there will be pain and soreness in the head and body, heavy head, heavy body and sore limbs.
7. Four Seasons Cold Tablets
Formula: Radix Platycodi, Folium Perillae, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Herba Schizonepetae, Folium Isatidis, Fructus Forsythiae, Radix Glycyrrhizae (roasted) and Radix Saposhnikoviae.
Efficacy: clearing away heat and relieving exterior syndrome.
Used for fever, headache, nasal discharge, cough, dry mouth, sore throat, nausea and anorexia caused by common cold in four seasons.
The name of Four Seasons Cold Tablet is very interesting. It seems that it can be used all year round. In fact, there are both drugs for relieving exterior symptoms and dispelling cold and warmth, such as Perilla leaves, and drugs for clearing away heat and toxic materials, such as Forsythia suspensa. So is this drug used for colds? Or is it a wind-heat cold? In fact, it can be used when cold and heat are mixed. It's not obvious that it's pure wind-cold or wind-heat, it's not cold in the outside, it's a little cold and heat. The sputum is not thick or thin, and it's a little sore throat, but it's clear nose, the pain is not obvious, and it's a little dry, but I don't want to drink too much water. Anyway, it's just right to use Four Seasons Cold Tablets when cold and heat are mixed. Especially when the spring and autumn monsoon is a little cool and a little hot, when it invades our bodies, use this medicine, it clears away heat and relieves exterior symptoms, and there are perilla leaves in it to dispel cold.
8. Shensu tablets
Formula: Folium Perillae, Radix Puerariae, Radix Peucedani, Radix Codonopsis, Poria, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Rhizoma Pinelliae (processed with ginger), Fructus Aurantii, Radix Platycodonis, etc. 13.
Efficacy: dispelling wind and cold, eliminating dampness and relieving cough.
Used for weak cold, aversion to cold and fever, headache and nasal congestion, cough with excessive phlegm, chest distress and vomiting.
Besides dispelling wind and cold, Shensu tablets also have the function of relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It has the prescription of Erchen Pill for relieving cough and resolving phlegm, that is, Poria cocos, dried tangerine peel, Pinellia tuber and licorice root, which can relieve cough and resolve phlegm. If the symptoms of cough and excessive phlegm are obvious after a cold, you can use Shensu tablets. Pinellia ternate and dried tangerine peel also have the function of qi, so chest tightness and vomiting can also be used.
9. midday tea granules
Formula: witchcraft, Bupleurum, Notopterygium, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Pogostemon cablin, Radix Peucedani, Fructus Forsythiae, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Fructus Crataegi, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, parched malt, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Platycodi, Folium Perillae, Cortex Magnolia Officinalis, black tea and Massa Medicata Fermentata.
Efficacy: expelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome, eliminating dampness and harmonizing middle energizer.
It can be used for food retention syndrome caused by exogenous wind-cold and internal injury, with symptoms of aversion to cold, fever, headache, fullness in the chest, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
The prescription of this medicine is very large, but it doesn't mean that it must have curative effect. Regardless of the size of the prescription, the thinking of Chinese medicine must be very clear. Many kinds of medicines are together. What are these compatibility and those compatibility? They should be very clear and not chaotic. Although the prescription of midday tea is very large, the compatibility direction of each piece is very clear, that is, expelling wind, relieving exterior syndrome, eliminating dampness and harmonizing the middle. Moreover, its efficacy is also very powerful, not only for expelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome, but also for treating food retention, that is, eating too much food and accumulating there, at this time, you can also use midday tea granules. It is also a medicine for abdominal pain and diarrhea after cold. Therefore, if you are traveling, traveling, going to school, etc., it is recommended to bring afternoon tea. In fact, it combines the functions of the previous drugs, and the combination is not chaotic at all.
PS: No matter what medicine you use, please dialectically carefully and read the instructions before using it. Traditional Chinese medicine can be used by children regardless of gender, age and age, and children can use it in a reduced amount. If it is an emergency, you can use it more than the dosage in the instructions, or give it once frequently (2-3 hours) according to the dosage in the instructions to ensure the continuity of the drug effect.