Cold is a common exogenous disease in four seasons, especially in winter and spring. Many families have Chinese patent medicines for treating colds. Some people take a lot of medicine after catching a cold, but their symptoms are still not relieved. The key is that there is no dialectical medication.

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 medication of these two colds are very different.

Wind-cold cold is caused by the invasion of wind-cold pathogens and lung qi failure. Symptoms can be seen as follows: aversion to cold, mild fever, anhidrosis, headache and body pain, nasal congestion and runny nose, cough with white phlegm, thirst or thirst for hot drinks, thin and white fur. Treatment should be based on symplectic warming to relieve exterior syndrome. Commonly used drugs such as ephedra, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Saposhnikovia divaricata and perilla leaf are used to relieve exterior syndrome and dispel cold. Representative prescriptions are Congchi Decoction and Jingfang Baidu Powder. Chinese patent medicines can be taken together with Ganmao Qingre Granule, Zhengchaihuyin Granule, Ganmao Soft Capsule, Chuanxiong Tea Powder and Xuan Tong Li Fei Pill. After taking the medicine, you can drink some hot porridge or soup and sweat slightly to help the medicine dispel the cold. If you have a cold, you can also take the prescription: 5 sections of scallion, 9 grams of lobster sauce, 3 slices of ginger, decocted in water, daily 1 time; Or 30 grams of ginger and 30 grams of brown sugar, decocted for three times.

Wind-heat cold is caused by wind-heat pathogen invading the exterior and disharmony between lung and qi. Symptoms are severe fever, slight aversion to wind, head swelling and pain, sweating, sore throat, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, stuffy nose and yellow nose, dry mouth and thirst, red tongue tip, thin white and yellowish fur. Treatment should be mainly pungent and cool to relieve exterior syndrome. Commonly used chrysanthemum, mint and mulberry leaves. The representative prescriptions are Yinqiao Powder and Sangju Drink. Yinqiao Jiedu Pill (tablet), Lingqiao Jiedu Pill, Sangju Ganmao Tablet and Banlangen Granule can be selected as the finished medicine. If the fever is severe and the sore throat is obvious, Shuanghuanglian oral liquid (granules) and Qingrejiedu oral liquid can be taken together. These drugs have good effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials. If you have a wind-heat cold, you should drink more water and have a light diet. You can drink radish soup or pear soup. For wind-heat cold, you can also take the prescription: 3 grams of mint, 30 grams of reed rhizome, 0/5 grams of isatis root/kloc-0, and raw licorice for 6 days, daily 1 dose; Or bamboo leaves 10g, mint 3g, almond 9g and forsythia 9g, one dose per day.