1, drugs for treating colds
Traditional Chinese medicine divides colds into three types: wind-cold, wind-heat and summer-heat. Due to different types of diseases, the drugs used are different:
Cold-type cold is characterized by headache, no sweat, pain in limbs, heavy nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, white and thin phlegm, no thirst in mouth and white tongue coating. The treatment can choose drugs such as Liuwei Decoction and Guizhi Granule to dispel wind and dispel cold.
Wind-heat type cold is characterized by severe fever, slight chills, head swelling and pain, nasal mucus or yellow nose, sore throat, yellow and thick cough phlegm, thirst, yellow or thin white tongue coating. Shuanghuanglian, antiviral oral liquid, vitamin C Yinqiao tablets, Qingre Jiedu granules and other drugs can be used to dispel wind and clear heat.
For the summer-damp cold, we should relieve the exterior and dispel the summer heat, and we can choose Huoxiang Zhengqi water.
According to the type of cold, I recommend several commonly used Chinese patent medicines for your reference:
1, summer-dampness cold: Commonly used drugs include Huoxiang Zhengqi (water) capsule, midday tea, Baoji pill, etc. If you have diarrhea symptoms, you can take some antidiarrheal drugs.
2, cold and cold: mainly pungent and warm, commonly used drugs are, Jiuwei Qianghuo Granule, Jingfang Powder Granule and so on.
3, wind-heat cold: mainly pungent and cool to relieve exterior symptoms, commonly used drugs are Fupu Ganmao granules, Banlangen granules, antiviral oral liquid, Yinqiao Jiedu tablets, Shuanghuanglian oral liquid, Lingyang Qingfei pills, Qingreling, Qingkailing and so on.
What medicine does summer cold take? Summer cold is also called summer-damp cold and heat-cold. This kind of cold is due to the sultry summer and high humidity. At this time, everyone is greedy for cold, such as blowing air conditioning, and feels the evil of wind and cold.
From the symptoms, the symptoms of wind-cold cold, wind-heat cold and summer-dampness cold are stuffy nose, runny nose and fever. The difference is that wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds mostly occur in autumn, winter and spring, with mild fever and heavy aversion to cold. Summer-damp cold is a unique cold in summer, which is characterized by heavy fever and mild aversion to cold. Generally, patients do not feel cold, but they have fever and sweat a lot, but they do not have fever.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) mainly adopts the prescription of clearing away summer heat and dampness for the treatment of summer-heat dampness cold. Common Chinese patent medicines include Qushu Pill, Shushi Ganmao Granule, Jinyi Qushu Pill, Huoxiang Zhengqi Pill, Qingshu Yiqi Pill and Xiaoer Shuganning Syrup, etc., and can also be treated with Shure Ganmao Granule, Qingliang Granule and Yinhuang Injection.
Commonly used summer cold medicine
The following are some commonly used summer cold medicines:
1, Huoxiang Zhengqi Water (capsule, etc.) is suitable for cold patients with aversion to cold and fever, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Those with yin deficiency and excessive fire are forbidden to take it.
2, summer dampness and cold granules clear summer heat and remove dampness, aromatic turbidity. It is suitable for common cold, chest distress, vomiting, diarrhea, loose stool, and poor fever caused by exogenous wind and cold.
3. Baoji Pill is suitable for cold patients with abdominal pain and diarrhea, acid regurgitation, nausea and vomiting, gastrointestinal discomfort, indigestion, fever and headache. It is not suitable for people suffering from exogenous heat.
4, Lingqiao Jiedu tablets (pills) to dispel wind and clear heat, detoxification. Used for wind-heat cold, aversion to cold and fever, dizziness, cough and sore throat. It is not suitable for people with cold and cold, and it is not suitable to take nourishing Chinese patent medicine at the same time during taking medicine.
5. Guangdong Herbal Tea is suitable for those who have a cold at four o'clock, a sore throat with fever, stagnation of damp heat, dry mouth and yellow urine. Pregnant women should take it carefully.
6, Sizheng Pills dispel summer heat and relieve exterior syndrome, digestion and turbidity, dampness and diarrhea. It is suitable for internal injury with damp stagnation, exogenous wind-cold, dizziness and heavy body, aversion to cold and fever, nausea and vomiting, tasteless diet, abdominal distension and diarrhea. People with wind-heat cold should not take it.
7. Xiangsu Zhengwei Pill relieves exterior and middle, and helps digestion and stagnation. It is suitable for children with summer-damp cold, stopping eating and lactation, headache and fever, vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain and fullness, and unfavorable urination. It is suitable for children suffering from summer-heat dampness and cold.
In addition to the above and other traditional Chinese medicines, there are some western medicines for colds. What needs special reminder is that both traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine should be taken under the guidance of a doctor.
2, cold diet matters
What to eat for a cold?
1) should drink plenty of water, and the total amount of liquid intake every day is between 2500 and 5000 ml, which is helpful to reduce fever and sweat and eliminate toxins. You can drink boiled water, light vegetable soup and fresh fruit juice, such as watermelon juice, pear juice, sugarcane juice and lotus root juice, as well as porridge, egg soup, milk and soybean milk. You should also eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins.
2) When you have a cold, you may have symptoms of gastrointestinal dysfunction such as abdominal distension, anorexia, diarrhea and constipation, so your diet should be plain and light. With meals, it is advisable to choose various light foods such as pickles, tofu and pork floss.
What's wrong with catching a cold?
1) Avoid greasy, fried, sticky, salty, spicy, hard and fishy foods.
2) In the early stage of a cold, when fasting is cold and greasy, if it is a warm evil, it is in the early stage of clearing up, and you should also avoid eating cold. Once the hot evil does not go away, you will stay strong and hot, and then you will be thirsty, irritable and constipation. At this time, you need fruit to help you, so you can take pear juice, orange juice, watermelon, stem rice soup and mung bean soup frequently, and avoid overeating cold and greasy products.
3) During a cold, avoid eating or eating more foods such as duck, pork, mutton, dog meat, soft-shelled turtle, clam, vinegar and persimmon.
4) Eat less salt.