During the Qingming Festival, temperatures fluctuate, making it easy to catch a cold due to wind and cold.
Wind-Cold Common Cold Granules, Common Cold Heat Clearing Granules, and 9 other Chinese patent medicines are the most commonly used cold remedies. Each medicine has a different formula and focuses on different effects, so it is important to distinguish them when selecting.
01 Wind-Cold Common Cold Granules
Ingredients:Mahuang (Ephedra), Gegen (Kudzu Root), Zisu Ye (Perilla Leaf), Fangfeng (Siler), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica), Chenpi (Dried Tangerine Peel), Kuxingren (Bitter Apricot Seed), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Gancao (Licorice), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger).
Effects:Releases the exterior and induces sweating, disperses wind and cold.
Indications:Used for wind-cold common cold, fever, headache, chills, no sweating, cough, nasal congestion, and clear nasal discharge.
Features:It can reduce fever and relieve pain, induce sweating, alleviate overall discomfort, and treat wind-cold cough, making it more suitable for patients with wind-cold common cold accompanied by cough.
02 Common Cold Heat Clearing Granules
Ingredients:Jingjue (Schizonepeta), Bohe (Mint), Fangfeng (Siler), Chaihu (Bupleurum), Zisu Ye (Perilla Leaf), Gegen (Kudzu Root), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Kuxingren (Bitter Apricot Seed), Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica), Kudi Ding (Bitter Herb), Lugen (Reed Rhizome).
Effects:Disperses wind and cold, releases the exterior and clears heat.
Indications:Used for wind-cold common cold, headache and fever, chills and body aches, clear nasal discharge, cough, and dry throat.
Features:The bias of Common Cold Heat Clearing Granules is not obvious, making it suitable for patients with common cold symptoms that do not clearly indicate cold or heat.
03 Nine Flavor Qianghuo Granules
Ingredients:Qianghuo (Notopterygium), Fangfeng (Siler), Cangzhu (Atractylodes), Xixin (Asarum), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum), Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica), Huangqin (Scutellaria), Gancao (Licorice), Dihuang (Rehmannia).
Effects:Disperses wind, releases the exterior, and eliminates cold and dampness.
Indications:Used for common cold caused by external wind-cold with dampness, symptoms include chills, fever, no sweating, heavy and painful head, and body aches.
Features:
Nine Flavor Qianghuo Granules have three major effects: dispelling wind, dispersing cold, and eliminating dampness, making it more suitable for symptoms such as heavy and painful head, stiff neck, body aches, bitter mouth, and mild thirst caused by wind-cold common cold.
04 Common Cold Wind-Dispersing Granules
Ingredients:Mahuang (Ephedra), Kuxingren (Bitter Apricot Seed), Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig), Baishao (White Peony, wine-fried), Zisu Ye (Perilla Leaf), Fangfeng (Siler), Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Guya (Barley Sprout, roasted), Gancao (Licorice), Dazao (Jujube), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger).
Effects:Disperses cold, releases the exterior, and regulates the lungs and middle jiao. Used for fever and cough caused by wind-cold common cold, headache, fear of cold, clear nasal discharge, joint pain, and fatigue.
Features:Common Cold Wind-Dispersing Granules can dispel wind and cold, and strengthen the spleen and regulate the middle jiao, making it more suitable for patients with poor digestion, loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting during wind-cold common cold.
05 Chuanxiong Tea Adjusting Granules
Ingredients:Chuanxiong (Ligusticum), Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica), Qianghuo (Notopterygium), Xixin (Asarum), Fangfeng (Siler), Bohe (Mint), Jingjue (Schizonepeta), Gancao (Licorice).
Effects: Disperses wind and relieves pain.
Indications:Used for headache due to wind evil, or with chills, fever, and nasal congestion.
Features:Chuanxiong Tea Adjusting Granules are suitable for treating headaches caused by external wind-cold, especially for patients with severe headaches and nasal congestion after being affected by wind-cold evil.
06 Four Seasons Common Cold Tablets
Ingredients:Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Zisu Ye (Perilla Leaf), Chenpi (Dried Tangerine Peel), Jingjue (Schizonepeta), Daqingye (Isatis Leaf), Lianqiao (Forsythia), Zhi Gancao (Honey-fried Licorice), Xiangfu (Cyperus, roasted), Fangfeng (Siler).
Effects:Clears heat and releases the exterior.
Indications:Used for fever and headache caused by common cold in all seasons, clear nasal discharge, cough, dry mouth, sore throat, nausea, and loss of appetite.
Features:Four Seasons Common Cold Tablets have effects that clear heat, detoxify, relieve pain, and strengthen the stomach, making them suitable for common cold in all seasons.
07 Shen Su Pills
Ingredients:Dangshen (Codonopsis), Suye (Perilla Leaf), Gegen (Kudzu Root), Qianhu (Peucedanum), Fuling (Poria), Banxia (Pinellia, processed), Chenpi (Dried Tangerine Peel), Zhike (Bitter Orange, roasted), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Gancao (Licorice), Muxiang (Aucklandia), Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger), Dazao (Jujube).
Effects:Tonifies Qi, releases the exterior, disperses wind and cold, and eliminates phlegm and stops cough.
Indications:Used for chills and fever, headache and nasal congestion, cough with phlegm, chest tightness and nausea, fatigue, and shortness of breath caused by wind-cold common cold.
Features:Shen Su Pills use a combination of dispersing and tonifying herbs, balancing Qi and body fluids, making them more suitable for individuals who are weak and prone to recurrent wind-cold common colds.
08 Jingfang Granules
Ingredients:Jingjue (Schizonepeta), Fangfeng (Siler), Qianghuo (Notopterygium), Duhuo (Angelica Pubescens), Chaihu (Bupleurum), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum), Zhike (Bitter Orange), Fuling (Poria), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Gancao (Licorice).
Effects:Releases the exterior and disperses cold, eliminates wind and overcomes dampness.
Indications:Used for common cold caused by external wind-cold with dampness, corresponding symptoms include body aches, chills without sweating, nasal congestion, and cough.
Features:Jingfang Granules can release the exterior and disperse cold, as well as eliminate wind and dampness, making them more suitable for patients with external wind-cold or dampness.
09 Wushi Tea Granules
Ingredients:Guanghuoxiang (Patchouli), Zisu Ye (Perilla Leaf), Cangzhu (Atractylodes), Chenpi (Dried Tangerine Peel), Houpu (Magnolia Bark), Baizhi (Angelica Dahurica), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum), Qianghuo (Notopterygium), Fangfeng (Siler), Shancha (Hawthorn), Maiya (Barley Sprout), Liushenqu (Fermented Barley), Chaihu (Bupleurum), Lianqiao (Forsythia), Jiegeng (Platycodon Root), Qianhu (Peucedanum), Gancao (Licorice).
Effects:Disperses wind and releases the exterior, transforms dampness and harmonizes.
Indications:Used for external wind-cold and internal food accumulation.
Features:Wushi Tea Granules contain both wind-dispersing and food-digesting herbs, making them suitable for patients with chills and fever, headache and body aches, chest fullness and nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea caused by wind-cold common cold.
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