Is it cold or hot to blow air conditioning in summer?
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. Whether it is wind-heat cold or wind-cold cold, it is a wind-cold cold that needs to see the symptoms.
Wind-cold cold is caused by the invasion of exogenous wind-cold pathogens and lung qi failure.
Symptoms: stuffy nose, sneezing, cough, headache, etc. Thin and white fur, chills, low fever, anhidrosis, thin and white phlegm, muscle pain, sore throat, runny nose, dry mouth or thirst for hot drinks, and tight pulse.
Treatment: The principle of treating wind-cold type cold is pungent warming to relieve exterior syndrome, dispersing lung and dispelling cold. It is best to sweat more, drink ginger syrup and eat spicy food to drive cold and sweat.
How to treat it?
The key to treating wind-cold cold is to sweat a little (which is called warming the heart and relieving exterior syndrome in Chinese medicine). There are many methods, including sauna, soaking feet in hot water (preferably with some wine), covering two quilts, drinking ginger syrup, drinking ginger porridge and so on. The main prescription of wind-cold cold is Guizhi decoction, the first prescription in Treatise on Febrile Diseases, also known as the king of concoction (Mahuang decoction is also mainly used for wind-cold cold cold, but it is used with caution in the south). Summary: pungent warming relieves exterior syndrome, dispersing lung and dispelling cold.
Wind-heat fever
Wind-heat cold is caused by wind-heat invading the exterior and imbalance of lung and qi.
Symptoms: nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, headache, yellowish or white tongue coating, usually red tongue. Severe fever, sticky yellow or black sputum, sore throat, usually the symptoms before a cold, constipation, thick nose, usually yellow, thirst and polydipsia, upset. The pulse condition is usually counted or generalized, that is, faster and larger than normal.
Treatment: Constipation is the main reason for treating wind-heat type cold. Based on the principle of pungent and cool relieving exterior syndrome, moistening the intestines and relaxing the bowels, combined with clearing away heat and relieving exterior syndrome, will soon take effect, such as chrysanthemum, mint and mulberry leaves.