1. Wind-cold cold and wind-heat cold are two common types of colds in TCM. Wind-cold common cold is a series of symptoms caused by the invasion of wind-cold pathogens into human body, mainly manifested as aversion to cold but mild fever, anhidrosis, headache, heavy nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, sore limbs and even pain, itchy throat and cough, thin and thin phlegm, thin and white tongue coating, and floating or tight pulse. Wind-cold common cold is generally treated by pungent warming to relieve exterior syndrome, dispersing lung qi and dispelling cold, and the representative prescription is Jingfangbaidu Powder.
2. Wind-heat cold is a series of symptoms after feeling the evil of wind-heat, mainly manifested as heavy body heat, slight wind, poor sweat excretion, head swelling and pain, stuffy nose, thick yellow nose, dry throat, yellow cough, dry mouth, red tongue tip and thin white or yellow tongue coating. Wind-heat cold is generally treated by pungent cooling to relieve exterior syndrome, expelling wind and clearing heat, and Yinqiao Powder is the representative prescription.
3. Wind-heat invading exterior and wind-cold bundle exterior are different in symptoms, treatment and prescriptions. If the nature of pathogenic factors is not clear, treating wind-cold with wind-heat pungent cooling and treating wind-heat with wind-heat pungent warming will not only fail to treat colds, but also aggravate the disease and lead to the spread of diseases. Patients with cold should seek medical treatment in time, and then take medicine after differential treatment by professional Chinese medicine to avoid misdiagnosis.