Wind-heat common cold

Wind-heat common cold is caused by wind-heat pathogenic factors attacking the exterior and disharmony of lung qi. Symptoms manifest as severe fever, mild aversion to wind, distending headache, sweating, sore and swollen throat, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, yellow nasal discharge, thirst with preference for drinking, red tongue tip and edges, and thin white or slightly yellow coating. According to traditional Chinese medicine, wind-heat common cold is an exterior syndrome resulting from invasion of wind-heat pathogenic factors. Wind-heat exterior invasion mostly occurs in warm seasons, such as spring, early summer, and early autumn. Under the combined influence of summer heat and dampness, irregular diet and daily routine, and excessive fatigue, the body's healthy qi is damaged, allowing wind-heat pathogenic factors to attack the exterior and cause disharmony of lung qi, leading to wind-heat common cold. In spring, wind is prevalent and the climate turns warm, so wind and warm-heat pathogenic factors often combine to cause disease. Wind-heat common cold is a syndrome that occurs when wind-heat pathogenic factors invade the lung and defensive layer, causing disharmony of the exterior and loss of the lung's clearing and descending function. The symptoms of wind-heat common cold manifest as severe fever, mild aversion to cold, sweating or reduced sweating, headache, nasal congestion, sore and swollen throat, red tongue, and rapid pulse (i.e., faster pulse beat). The treatment method for wind-heat common cold is to use pungent and cool exterior-releasing therapy.