What are the symptoms of a cold

The two most common types of colds are wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds, and wind-cold colds are mainly caused by colds. The symptoms of a cold are very obvious, and patients may experience pain in the back of the head. In this case, treatment must be sought as soon as possible to avoid worsening of the condition.

1. Wind-cold colds belong to the symptoms of the Taiyang meridian, which means the function of the Taiyang meridian is blocked. Its characteristic symptoms are: severe pain in the back of the head, and difficulty in turning the neck. Afraid of cold and wind, usually need to wear a lot of clothes or cover yourself with a big quilt to feel comfortable. The nasal discharge is clear, white or slightly yellowish. If you have a stuffy nose but no runny nose, but drink some hot water and start to have clear runny nose, this is also a cold caused by wind and cold. You will have no tongue coating or a thin white coating, a stuffy nose, sneezing, clear runny nose, aversion to cold, no fever or a mild fever, no sweating, body aches, cough with thin white sputum, a thin white tongue coating, and a floating and tight pulse.

2. Different people will have different symptoms when they feel wind-cold. People who like to eat fatty foods, overweight people, and people with trachea and bronchitis have a lot of phlegm in their bodies. Once external evil invades, the phlegm in the body encounters the cold outside and will produce a large amount of cold phlegm, which will affect the function of the lungs and cause coughing and wheezing. Because of its cold nature, phlegm is often clear and thin or white and thick.

3. Classification: In addition to general symptoms such as nasal congestion, sneezing, coughing, and headache, patients also have chills, low fever, no sweating, muscle pain, clear runny nose, thin white sputum, red and swollen sore throat, no thirst or thirsty for hot drinks, thin white tongue coating, etc. They usually have to wear a lot of clothes or cover themselves with a big quilt to feel comfortable. This type of cold is related to the patient's exposure to wind and cold. The principle of treatment should be to use pungent and warm herbs to relieve the symptoms.