I took medicine for my cold but it didn't get better.

If you don't get better after taking medicine for a cold, you should be careful. It may be that the medicine is not suitable for you. Through investigation, it is found that many people often take the wrong medicine after catching a cold. Once they have a cold, they will take antibiotics. It is a viral infection. Taking antibiotics at this time will be completely ineffective. So when you have a cold, you must follow the doctor's advice and take medicine under the doctor's guidance.

What medicine can cure a cold quickly?

The treatment of colds and flu must first distinguish the type of cold. For example, the treatment of wind-cold colds is mainly to dispel the cold, while the treatment of wind-heat colds is mainly to dispel the heat. The main choices are some western medicines or Chinese patent medicines for reducing fever, and granules, etc., which are effective.

The treatment for summer-heat and dampness cold is mainly to remove dampness. You can choose some granules that can eliminate summer-heat and dampness, or some granules that can cool and prevent heatstroke. The treatment for a cold caused by physical weakness is mainly to strengthen the physical constitution, regulate qi deficiency, regulate qi and blood, and then take some western anti-inflammatory medicines. The treatment of colds and flu requires a process and you can't rush it. Drink more water and rest more, and you will slowly recover to a healthy state.

Local symptoms include sneezing, nasal congestion and runny nose, sore throat and dry throat, hoarseness and cough. Generally, local symptoms are more prominent. Systemic symptoms include fever but not high, accompanied by body aches, headache, fatigue, etc. Generally, systemic symptoms are mild. This disease is different from influenza. The latter has more severe systemic poisoning symptoms and higher body temperature, while local symptoms are relatively mild and can cause epidemics.

Causes of colds and flu

A common exogenous disease caused by wind evil invading the human body with headache, nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, chills, fever, etc. as the main clinical manifestations. The climate changes suddenly, the external environment changes, it becomes cold and warm suddenly, and the temperature is abnormal. The human body is unable to adjust to the climate and can be affected by evil and become ill. Improper daily living and imbalance of cold and heat, such as changing clothes and taking off hats, sleeping in the open, using fans or air conditioners, being exposed to wind and rain, or excessive fatigue, may lead to the attack of external evil. Overwork and loss of physical strength: loss of vital energy and exposure to external pathogens. The physique is weak, and the disease is caused by internal and external factors: the physique is not strong, the vital energy is weak, and the defensive surface is not solid. If you are not careful, you will be easily affected by the evil. For example, people with yang deficiency are susceptible to wind and cold, while people with yin deficiency are susceptible to dryness and heat. It is clinically called a weak body cold. The lungs have old pathogens and are susceptible to new infections: If there is phlegm heat in the lung meridian, or phlegm and dampness are accumulated internally, and the lung's regulatory function is low, it is easy to be affected by external pathogens, and the internal and external factors are linked to each other and cause illness.