Wind-cold cold is a cold caused by wind, which occurs more in autumn and winter.

Wind-heat cold is caused by pathogenic wind-heat invading the exterior and lung-qi disharmony. Chinese medicine believes that wind-heat cold is the exterior syndrome caused by pathogenic wind-heat.

2. The onset season is different.

Wind-cold colds occur more frequently in autumn and winter.

Wind-heat colds mostly occur in spring. It is windy in spring and the climate turns warm, so the evil of wind and warmth is multi-phase and causes disease.

3. The symptoms are different.

Wind-cold cold is characterized by pain in the back of the head, stiff neck rotation, fear of cold and wind, clear nose, white or slightly yellow. The tongue has no coating or thin white coating, and the nasal congestion is heavy. Sneezing, runny nose, aversion to cold, no or little fever, no sweat, aches all over, cough with thin white sputum, thin white tongue coating and tight pulse.

Wind-heat cold is characterized by fever, slight aversion to wind-cold, sweating or less sweating, headache, body aches, stuffy nose, yellow and turbid nose, cough, red and dry throat, slight sweating, thirsty mouth, yellow and thick expectoration, red tongue tip, thin and yellow fur, and rapid pulse.

4. Different treatment methods.

The treatment of wind-cold cold is mainly based on pungent warming to relieve exterior symptoms, and both western medicine and Chinese medicine can be used, as well as diet therapy. Herba Ephedrae, Herba Schizonepetae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Folium Perillae and other drugs for relieving exterior syndrome and dispelling cold are often used. Chinese patent medicines can choose Ganmao Qingre Granule, Zhengchaihuyin Granule, Ganmao Soft Capsule, Chuanxiong Tea Powder, Tongxuan Lifei Pill and so on. After taking the medicine, you can drink some hot porridge or soup and sweat slightly to help the medicine dispel the cold.

Wind-heat cold is mainly pungent and cool to relieve exterior symptoms and disperse wind-heat Yinqiao powder, Sangju drink, orange stem soup, Shangqing powder and Chrysanthemum powder are used. Ginseng and operation should be added for yang deficiency, and Rehmannia glutinosa, five flavors, Radix Ophiopogonis and Radix Paeoniae Alba should be added for yin deficiency.

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