Cold is a common and prevalent disease in daily life, mainly divided into wind-heat cold and wind-cold cold. Due to the different causes and symptoms, the treatment methods for these two types of cold are also different. Today, let's learn about the symptoms and dietary therapy of wind-heat cold.
【Symptoms of Wind-Heat Cold】
1. General Symptoms
- Sore throat: usually occurs before other cold symptoms, phlegm is usually yellow or black.
- Thick and yellow nasal discharge.
- Yellow or white tongue coating, with a usually red tongue.
- Constipation.
- Feeling hot, thirsty, and restless.
- Pulse is usually rapid.
2. Symptoms in Children with Wind-Heat Cold
- Children with wind-heat cold mainly experience high fever, but they don't feel cold or sensitive to wind. They may have stuffy nose with thick yellow phlegm, heavy coughing, headache, thirst, red throat, dry or itchy throat.
- Dry stool, yellow urine. Examination may reveal swollen tonsils, congested throat, thin yellow or thick yellow tongue coating, red tongue, and floating and rapid pulse.
【Treatment Methods for Wind-Heat Cold】
1. Drink Plenty of Water
- Although drinking plenty of water has no immediate effect in the first few days, it has a good recovery effect in the long run. In addition, it is important to cool down the body and induce sweating to reduce fever.
2. Take Anti-inflammatory Drugs
- Even if the cold occurs in hot weather, there is still inflammation in the body. It is necessary to take anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment. The fastest treatment method is intravenous injection, but it should be noted that intravenous injection may reduce immunity.
3. Diet for Warmth
- In terms of food, it is recommended to eat more heat-clearing and detoxifying foods that can reduce internal heat, and should eat more cold dishes.
- Prepare a blanket for yourself when sleeping at night. During the period of cold and fever, it is important to keep warm, regardless of how hot the weather is.
4. Open Windows for Ventilation
- It is not advisable to stay indoors for a long time with wind-heat cold. It is necessary to go outside for activities, and it is also important to open windows for ventilation at home. Do not think that closing doors and windows tightly after catching a cold will reduce the number of viruses. On the contrary, it may increase the number of viruses.
【Dietary Therapy for Wind-Heat Cold】
1. Mulberry Leaf and Peppermint Drink
- Ingredients: 5g mulberry leaf, 5g chrysanthemum, 3g peppermint, 30g bitter bamboo leaf.
- Method: Wash the ingredients with clean water, put them in a teapot, steep them in boiling water for ten minutes, and drink at any time.
- Efficacy: This drink has both a cooling and a preventive effect on wind-heat cold.
2. Honeysuckle and Peppermint Drink
- Ingredients: 30g honeysuckle, 10g peppermint, 60g fresh reed root.
- Method: First, boil honeysuckle and reed root in 500ml water for 15 minutes. Then add peppermint and boil for another 3 minutes. Filter out the drink, add an appropriate amount of sugar, and take it warm. Take 3-4 times a day.
- Efficacy: This drink has a strong antipyretic effect and is suitable for those with prominent symptoms of fever, dry throat, and thirst in wind-heat cold.
3. Three-Flower Tea
- Ingredients: 15g honeysuckle, 10g chrysanthemum, 3g jasmine.
- Method: Put honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, and jasmine in a teacup, pour boiling water, steep for 10-15 minutes, and drink instead of regular tea.
- Efficacy: This tea has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying. It is suitable for preventing and treating wind-heat cold, sore throat, and abscesses. In addition to its medicinal uses, it also has the function of reducing "fire" for those who often have excessive internal heat.
