What are the remedies for wind-heat colds?

A wind-heat cold is an uncomfortable symptom caused by accidental invasion of the body by wind-heat. Wind-heat cold usually shows symptoms such as heavy fever, sore throat, cough, thick or yellow sputum, stuffy nose and runny nose, and thirst. So is there any prescription for treating wind-heat cold?

Silverflower and forsythia tea

Ingredients: 15 grams each of honeysuckle and forsythia, 8 grams each of peppermint and loquat leaves. Directions: Put forsythia and loquat leaves together in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water and decoct, bring to a boil and strain to extract the juice. Then put mint and honeysuckle into the hot juice and soak for about 10 minutes. Usage: Drink frequently with vegetables. Efficacy: It can disperse wind-heat and relieve cough. It is suitable for patients with wind-heat colds. However, it should be noted that this formula should not be used by those who have severe cold and fear of cold.

Banlangen double flower tea

Ingredients: 50 grams each of Panax quinquefolium and Cymbopogon japonica, 30 grams each of wild chrysanthemum and honeysuckle. Method: Wash the above ingredients with water and put them together in a large tea pot with boiling water, then cover and simmer for about 5 minutes. Drink the tea frequently when you have a wind-heat cold. Efficacy: It can clear heat and detoxify. It is suitable for the treatment of fever, sore throat and other discomforts caused by wind-heat colds.

Chewing raw olives

When you have a red and sore throat due to wind-heat cold, take a few raw olives, wash them and chew them straight. Chewing raw olives has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving sore throat.

Peppermint licorice tea

Put 9-12 grams of peppermint leaves and 3-5 grams of licorice into a hot water bottle, brew with boiling water and simmer for 10 minutes, and drink this water as tea frequently. Efficacy: This tea is suitable for treating wind-heat colds with headache, sore throat, fever and no sweat and other uncomfortable symptoms.

Pueraria Mirifica Porridge

Use 30 grams of dried kudzu root, 60 grams of round-grained rice, add water and cook the porridge. When the porridge is cooked and the rice is rotten, it is ready. Pueraria Mirifica can relieve muscle and reduce fever, and disperse superficial evil. This congee is suitable for those who have fever, headache, dry mouth and thirst for wind-heat cold. Generally, when the wind-heat cold is mild, the body will sweat slightly and the disease will be cured.

Massage for wind-heat cold

Selected acupuncture points: the large fish interval, the large vertebrae, the Quchi point, the Waiguan point and the Hegu point. Massage techniques. 1, with the thumbs of the fingers to rub the bilateral large fish interval points 36 times each, in the root of the palm to rub the back of the neck point 36 times. 2, arm slightly flexed, with the thumb fingers pushing and kneading Quchi point 36 times, pinch Wai Guan point 36 times, and then the thumb end and the rest of the four fingers to take its Hegu point 36 feet. The effect is better with a soreness and swelling in the upper limbs.