Wind-cold colds are mostly seen in winter and spring, and are caused by the external attack of wind-cold evil and the loss of lung qi. The main symptoms are heavy cold, light fever, headache, no sweat, sore limbs, nasal congestion and runny nose, cough, spitting sparse white sputum, thirst or thirst for hot drinks, thin white tongue, heavy voice, itchy throat, floating tight pulse and other symptoms. The medicine with Ephedra, Thorax, Fenghuang, Su Ye etc. should be used to relieve the surface and disperse cold. Such proprietary Chinese medicines include: Cold and Flu Clearing Heat Punch, Jiuwei Qiangwu Pill, Shensusu Lung Pill, Tongxuan Lung Pill, Zhengchaihu Drinking Punch, Cold and Flu Soft Capsule, etc. After taking the medicine, you can drink some hot porridge. After taking the medicine, you can drink some hot porridge or hot soup and sweat slightly to help the medicine disperse the wind-cold. Wind-cold cold at the beginning of the available simple prescription: 5 sections of white onion, 9 grams of tempeh, ginger, 3 slices of water decoction (i.e., onion and tempeh soup flavored), once a day; or 30 grams of ginger, 30 grams of brown sugar decoction (commonly known as ginger water) to be taken three times.

Wind-heat type colds are mostly seen in summer and fall, caused by external wind-heat, wind-heat evils offending the surface, and loss of harmony in the lungs. The main symptoms are heavy fever, mild cold, not much sweat, headache, limb lassitude, cough, phlegm sticky or yellow, nasal congestion, yellow snot, sore throat, thirst and drink, red tongue, thin yellow tongue coating, floating pulse and so on. The medicine with ingredients such as chrysanthemum, mint, mulberry leaf, etc. should be used to clear heat, promote the lungs and relieve the symptoms. Such proprietary Chinese medicines include: Yin Qiao Xie Tu Pill (tablet), Antelope Qiao Xie Tu Pill, Antelope Cold Tablet, Sang Ju Cold and Flu Tablet, and Banlangen Punch. If the fever is heavy and the sore throat is obvious, you can take Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid (Punch) and Qingrejiedu Oral Liquid. These medicines have a better effect of clearing heat and detoxification. Drink plenty of water, eat a light diet, drink radish soup or pear soup. Suffer from wind-heat cold at the beginning, you can take the blue root punch, adults can be directly served for the first time two bags, from the second time each time a bag, the second day to take; can also be boiled chrysanthemum and mint 3 grams of each tea drink.

Summer colds are usually seen only in summer, because the patient has dampness and heat, plus cold and get, can also be caused by over-eating cold drinks and fruits. The main symptoms are cold and fever, headache and distension, chest plumpness, abdominal pain and intestinal tinnitus, vomiting and diarrhea, body weakness, tastelessness, loss of appetite, and so on. It is appropriate to use the aromatic turbidity, and in the relief of the surface of the drug, usually commonly used: patchouli Zhengqi (capsules or bottle liquid), ten drops of water, six-one powder, six fixed in the pill and so on.