Tea Remedies and Home Remedies for Treating Cold Caused by Wind and Cold

As the temperature drops and the cold wind blows in the autumn and winter seasons, many people may catch a cold due to exposure to cold wind. This is often accompanied by symptoms such as cough, headache, and runny nose. At this time, you can drink tea to warm up and alleviate the symptoms of cold. Let's learn about the symptoms and treatment methods of cold caused by wind and cold.

【Symptoms of Cold Caused by Wind and Cold】

1. Severe chills

Patients will feel cold and may add layers of clothing or cover themselves with a thick blanket. However, they still feel cold and cannot alleviate the cold feeling. This is because the body's yang energy is dispersed on the surface, resulting in a persistent feeling of coldness.

2. Clear runny nose

The nasal discharge is clear, white, or slightly yellowish. If the nose is blocked and not runny, drinking hot water can initiate clear nasal discharge. Initially, the nasal discharge may be watery, and in the later stage of a cold, it may become purulent. These are common symptoms of a cold caused by wind and cold.

3. Headache

The headache is mainly located in the back of the head and is accompanied by limited flexibility in neck movement.

4. Nasal congestion

The sound of nasal congestion is heavy, accompanied by sneezing, clear runny nose, chills, mild or no fever, no sweating, body aches, cough with white thin phlegm, thin white tongue coating, and floating and tight pulse.

【Tea remedies for treating cold caused by wind and cold】

1. Ginger and brown sugar tea

Ingredients: 3 slices of ginger, an appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Method: Brew the two ingredients with boiling water. Drink 1-2 times a day at any time.

Effect: Induces sweating, expels cold, warms the stomach. Suitable for cold caused by wind, severe chills and fever, headache, cough without sweating, or symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, bloating, and stomach pain.

2. Ginger and perilla leaf tea

Ingredients: 3 grams of ginger, 3 grams of perilla leaves.

Method: Cut the ginger into thin slices, wash the perilla leaves, put them in a cup, and brew with boiling water for 10 minutes. Drink it as a tea twice a day, in the morning and afternoon.

Effect: Dispels wind and cold, regulates qi, and harmonizes the stomach. Suitable for cold caused by wind, headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, bloating, and other gastrointestinal discomfort symptoms.

【Home remedies for treating cold caused by wind and cold】

1. Boiled ginger with cola

Boil 1 slice of ginger with an appropriate amount of cola and consume it after boiling. Boiled ginger with cola has the effects of dispersing cold, relieving cough, and refreshing. It can help treat cold and alleviate cough to a certain extent.

In addition to its positive effects on colds, boiled ginger with cola can help warm the stomach, relieve pain, promote gastrointestinal motility, and accelerate blood circulation in the body.

2. Radish and scallion white soup

Ingredients: 1 radish, 6 scallion whites, 15 grams of ginger. Boil the radish in three bowls of water, then add the scallion whites and ginger, and simmer until there is one bowl of soup left. Remove the residue and drink the soup at once. This soup can help relieve cough caused by wind and cold, with foamy phlegm, chills, fatigue, and body aches.

3. Scallion white porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams of rice, 5 slices of ginger, 5 sections of scallion whites, 5 milliliters of rice vinegar, water (appropriate amount) for cooking porridge. This porridge has the effects of dispelling cold and fever. It can effectively treat cold caused by wind and cold.

4. Roasted orange

Roast an orange directly over low heat, continuously turning it until the orange peel turns black and emits heat. Let it cool for a while, peel off the skin, and let the patient eat the warm orange segments. This method can effectively help expectoration and relieve cough.