1. Wind-Cold Cold
Common Understanding: The cause is often due to fatigue, lack of rest, combined with exposure to wind or cold, leading to a decrease in the body’s immune function, allowing for the rapid proliferation of viruses in the nasopharynx and the easy occurrence of bacterial infections. Wind-cold colds typically occur more frequently in autumn and winter. Symptoms include: severe chills, mild fever, no sweating, headache, body aches, nasal congestion, clear nasal discharge, cough with thin white phlegm, no thirst or preference for hot drinks, and a thin white tongue coating.
Medication Principles: Primarily use warming and dispersing herbs (promoting sweating).
Common Medications: Influenza Pills, Cold Stop Tablets, Cold Clearing Soft Capsules, Cold Detox Granules, Jing Fang Granules, Wind-Cold Cold Granules, Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Pills, Cold Soft Capsules, Four Seasons Cold Capsules, Amantadine Capsules, and Virus Ling.
Combined Medication: Traditional Chinese medicine cold medications + anti-inflammatory drugs + antiviral Western medicine.
Customer Recommendations: Drink ginger syrup, ginger porridge, etc., soak feet in hot water, preferably with some alcohol, and induce sweating.
2. Wind-Heat Cold
Common Understanding: Wind-heat colds are usually caused by the invasion of wind-heat pathogens, and can also occur when a wind-cold cold transforms into a wind-heat cold, equivalent to a cold leading to acute upper respiratory infections. Symptoms include: high fever, slight aversion to wind, flushed face, headache, sweating, dryness in the mouth and nose, red and swollen sore throat, cough with sticky or yellow phlegm, nasal congestion with yellow discharge, thirst with a preference for drinking, red tongue tip and edges, and a thin white tongue coating with slight yellow.
Medication Principles: Primarily use cooling and dispersing herbs (clearing heat and detoxifying).
Common Medications: Zhi Gan Jia, Chai Hu Pian, Ling Yang Cold Tablets, Yin Qiao Tablets, Cold Cough Granules.
Ban Lan Gen Granules, Sang Ju Cold Tablets, Refined Yin Qiao Detox Tablets, Cold Cough Capsules, Shuang Huang Lian Capsules, Jin Gan Capsules, Anti-Cold Capsules, etc.
Combined Medication: Symptomatic Chinese patent medicines + anti-inflammatory drugs + antiviral Western medicine.
Customer Recommendations: Drink plenty of water and eat light foods.
Other Types of Colds
3. Gastrointestinal Cold
Common Understanding: Caused by viruses spreading to the gastrointestinal tract, leading to gastrointestinal inflammation, accompanied by abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and fever.
Medication Principles: Anti-inflammatory drugs + antiviral + anti-diarrheal medications.
Common Medications: Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Liquid or Capsules, Four Seasons Cold Tablets, Stomach and Digestion Medications.
Combined Medication:
(1) Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Liquid + Morinidone Hydrochloride Tablets + Fluoroquinolone Capsules (not for children)
Customer Recommendations: Drink mung bean water and watermelon juice to prevent heatstroke; if heatstroke occurs, immediately go to a cool place and take heatstroke medication promptly.
4. Acute Bronchitis
Common Understanding: Clinically characterized by cough with (or without) increased bronchial secretions. Often accompanied by cold symptoms.
Medication Principles: Expectorants and cough suppressants + antibiotics.
Combined Medication:
(1) Ke Ning Capsules + Penicillin V Potassium
(2) Ban Lan Gen Powder + Compound Licorice Tablets + Cefixime
① When fever occurs, acetaminophen tablets can be taken.
② If coughing frequently without phlegm, cough suppressants can be taken.
③ If phlegm is thick and difficult to expel, take expectorants.
④ If asthma is present, take aminophylline.
Common Medications: Qian Bao Hong Cough Tablets, Dextromethorphan Hydrobromide Oral Solution, Ambroxol Hydrochloride Oral Solution, Strong Loquat Syrup, Cephalexin, Amoxicillin, Erythromycin, Azithromycin, etc.
Customer Recommendations: Drink plenty of water, eat light and easily digestible foods, and those with weak constitutions can take multivitamins. Vitamin B2 enhances bronchial mucosal resistance. Regular exercise, prevent colds, keep warm, reduce smoking and drinking.
5. Chronic Bronchitis
Common Understanding: External factors: smoking, infections, cold air irritation, allergies, etc. Internal factors: decline in respiratory defense and immune function, leading to chronic bronchitis due to long-term repeated attacks. Characterized by recurrent wheezing, more common in the elderly. Occurs twice a year (winter-spring, autumn-winter), each episode lasting three months.
Medication Principles: Antispasmodics + expectorants and cough suppressants + antibiotics.
Common Medications: Fan Hun Cao Powder, Bai Bei Yi Lung Capsules, Bai Ling Capsules (taken according to treatment course),
Compound Bile Acid Tablets, Cordyceps Lung Clearing Capsules, Ke Chuan Shun Pills, Ke Te Ling Capsules, Isopropamide Iodide Tablets.
Combined Medication:
(1) Bai Bei Yi Lung Capsules + Penicillin V Potassium
(2) Fan Hun Cao Powder + Compound Licorice Tablets + Cefixime
Customer Recommendations: Drink plenty of water, eat light and easily digestible foods, and those with severe conditions should rest in bed. Keep the indoor environment clean and regularly disinfect with disinfectants. Those with chronic illnesses can take multivitamins, and vitamin B2 enhances bronchial mucosal resistance. Regular exercise, prevent colds, reduce smoking and drinking, and for patients with allergies, identify and eliminate allergens.
6. Chronic Pharyngitis
Common Understanding: Chronic pharyngitis is a chronic inflammation of the pharyngeal mucosa, often part of chronic respiratory inflammation, commonly seen in autumn-winter and winter-spring seasons. Typical symptoms include: a sensation of a foreign body in the throat, slight itching and pain, dryness and burning, thick secretions that are difficult to cough out, which can cause irritating cough, and even nausea and vomiting.
Medication Principles: Symptomatic medications + anti-inflammatory drugs + lozenges.
Combined Medication: Pharyngitis Tablets + Azithromycin + Mint Lozenges.
Common Medications: Pharyngitis Tablets, Xuan Mai Gan Ju Granules, Compound Houttuynia Soft Capsules, Zhong Sheng Capsules, Throat Pain Tablets, Qing Yan Tablets, Shan Xiang Yuan Tablets, Jin Guo Drink, Ban Lan Gen Granules, Clarithromycin, Roxithromycin Dispersible Tablets, Cephalexin, Amoxicillin, Spiramycin, Vitamin C Tablets, Fatty Sea Loquat Lozenges, Luo Han Guo Lozenges, Jin Yin Hua Lozenges, etc.
Customer Recommendations: Pay attention to temperature changes, strengthen exercise, enhance physical fitness, and prevent colds.
7. Tonsillitis
Common Understanding: Tonsillitis is often caused by both viral and bacterial infections. Symptoms of tonsillitis include fever, chills, sore throat, and pain when swallowing.
Medication Principles: Symptomatic medications + antibiotics + health lozenges.
Common Medications: Lian Zhi Anti-Inflammatory Tablets, Pu Di Lan Anti-Inflammatory Tablets, Cephalosporins, Levofloxacin, Azithromycin, Dandelion Tablets, Compound Honeysuckle Tablets, Qing Kai Ling.
Combined Medication:
(1) Pu Di Lan Anti-Inflammatory Tablets + Azithromycin + Lozenges
(2) Lian Zhi Anti-Inflammatory Tablets + Levofloxacin + Kyoto Series Lozenges
Customer Recommendations: Prevent colds, eat light foods, avoid spicy and irritating foods, and quit smoking and drinking.