What is a cold if you have a runny nose?

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, if the runny nose is clear, it means that the cold is caused by wind and cold. From the perspective of Western medicine, clear runny nose is a viral cold, and clear runny nose indicates a bacterial infection. You should take good care of yourself in time and get enough rest. For more serious cases, you can use certain medications to treat them. In addition, you should pay attention to your diet, avoid eating spicy and irritating foods, and eat a lighter diet.

Clinical manifestations

1. Severe pain in the back of the head, that is, pain in the back of the head, accompanied by difficulty in turning the neck. 2. Afraid of cold and wind, usually need to wear a lot of clothes or cover with a big quilt to feel comfortable. 3. Clear runny nose, white or slightly yellowish. If you have a stuffy nose but no runny nose, and you drink some hot water and start to have clear runny nose, this is also a cold caused by wind and cold; your tongue has no coating or a thin white coating, and your nose is stuffy and noisy. Sneezing, clear runny nose, aversion to cold, no fever or mild fever, no sweating, body aches, cough with thin white sputum, thin white tongue coating, and floating and tight pulse.

(1) Recipe: Mint, garlic, and ginger in equal parts. Usage: Mash all the medicines into a paste, apply an appropriate amount on the navel, cover with gauze, and secure with adhesive tape. Change the dressing once a day. You can eat hot porridge after applying the medicine, which will help the medicine work. It is better if you can sweat slightly. (2) The recipe includes 3 scallions and appropriate amounts of white wine and millet. Usage: Add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge, drink it hot to induce sweating. (3) Add 3 shallots to the recipe. Usage: Boil onions in water, soak your feet in hot water before going to bed, and then drink the onion soup while it is hot. Cover yourself with a blanket after taking it, it will be better if you sweat.

Diet therapy for colds

(1) Shredded Ginger and Radish Soup ① Recipe: 25 grams of ginger and 50 grams of radish. ② Preparation method: Cut the ginger into shreds and the radish into slices, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil for 10 to 15 minutes, then add appropriate amount of brown sugar and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. ③Effects: dispel wind, relieve cold and relieve exterior symptoms. ④Usage: Take once a day, hot. (2) Scallion and Fermented Black Bean Soup ① Recipe: 2 scallions, 10 grams of fermented black beans. ② Preparation method: Use 500 ml of water, add the fermented black beans and boil for 2 to 3 minutes, then add the scallions and seasonings and serve. ③Effects on relieving exterior symptoms and dispelling cold. ④Usage: Take it while hot and cover yourself with a blanket to prevent sweating after taking it. (3) Coriander and Scallion Soup: ① Ingredients: 15 grams of coriander, 15 scallions, and 9 grams of ginger. ② Preparation method: Wash the coriander, green onion and ginger separately, chop them, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water and boil for 10 to 15 minutes, remove the residue and drink the juice. ③Effects: dispel cold. ④Usage: Take twice a day for 2 to 3 days.