It’s not going to happen soon, it will take a few days to get better. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that colds can generally be divided into two categories:
wind-cold colds
and
wind-heat colds
. The etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, treatment principles and medications of these two types of colds are very different.
1.
Wind-cold cold
It is caused by the external attack of wind-cold evil and the loss of lung qi.
Symptoms can be seen: severe aversion to cold, mild fever, no sweat, headache and body aches, nasal congestion
Runny nose
, cough and vomiting of thin white phlegm, oral Not thirsty or thirsty and likes hot drinks
with thin and white coating.
The treatment method should be mainly pungent and warm to relieve symptoms. Commonly used are ephedra, schizonepeta, saposhnikovia, perilla leaves, etc. The representative prescriptions are "
Onion Soup
" and "
Jingfang Baidu Powder
". For taking Chinese patent medicines, you can choose Ganmao Qingre Granules
,
Zhengchaihu Yin Granules
,
Cold soft capsules
,
Chuanxiong tea powder
,
Tongxuanlifei pills
, etc. wait. After taking the medicine, you can drink some hot porridge or hot soup and sweat slightly to help dispel wind and cold. If you suffer from
wind-cold and cold
you can also take the following prescription: 5 knots of green onion,
light tempeh
9 grams, 3 slices of ginger, water Take it as a decoction, once a day; or take 30 grams of ginger and 30 grams of brown sugar in decoction three times.
2.
Wind-heat cold
It is caused by the evil of wind-heat attacking the surface and causing the imbalance of lung qi.
Symptoms include severe fever, mild
evil wind
, head swelling and pain, sweating, sore throat, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, and nasal congestion. Yellow nasal discharge, thirsty and fond of drinking, red tip of tongue, thin white and slightly yellow coating.
The treatment method should be mainly pungent and cool to relieve symptoms. Chrysanthemum, mint, mulberry leaves, etc. are often used. The representative prescriptions are "
Yinqiao Powder
" and "
Sangju Drink
". You can choose Yinqiao Jiedu Pills
(tablets),
Lingqiao Jiedu Pills
,
< p>Sangju cold tablets,
Isatis root granules
etc. If the fever is severe and
throat swelling and pain
are obvious, you can take
Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid
(infusion), < /p>
Qingrejiedu Oral Liquid
. These medicines have good heat-clearing and detoxifying effects. If you suffer from
wind-heat and cold
you should drink more water and eat a light diet. You can drink
radish soup
or pear soup. You can also take prescriptions for wind-heat and cold: 3 grams of peppermint, 30 grams of reed root
, 15 grams of isatis root
Raw licorice
For 6 days, one dose per day; or 10 grams of bamboo leaves, 3 grams of mint, 9 grams of almonds, and 9 grams of forsythia, one dose per day.