How to treat headaches caused by colds?

When you have a cold, there will be many different symptoms, such as headache, body aches, runny nose, fever, etc. The symptoms caused by wind-heat colds and wind-cold colds are different. The following methods can relieve headaches caused by colds.

1. When you have a cold and a headache, put a clean towel in a basin, soak it with an appropriate amount of hot water, wring out the water, fold it flat and press it on the patient's eyes, nose or Fengchi acupoints on the head and neck to relieve symptoms.

2, 5. Use musk analgesic ointment or musk wind-chasing ointment (shangshi analgesic ointment can also be used) to treat various colds. Method: Take two 5×5 cm musk ointment, and sprinkle a little powder from the quick-acting cold capsule evenly on the plaster, and stick them on the Yongquan acupoints on the soles of both feet respectively. Change once a day and massage for 2 to 3 minutes. Generally, a cold can be relieved or cured in 1 to 3 days.

3. Another massage method you can use is the Five Elements Combined Operation Method for the head, [divide the middle into five lines] and press from front to back. Rub [Baihui] [Taiyang] [Fengchi] [Fengfu], press 100 times each, and push the back from top to bottom. Press once and it will work immediately.

Cold

Colds can generally be divided into two categories: wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds. The causes, pathogenesis, symptoms, treatment principles and medications of these two types of colds are very different.

Colds are caused by the invasion of wind and cold evils and the failure of lung qi to flow freely.

Symptoms include: severe aversion to cold, mild fever, no sweating, headache and body pain, nasal congestion and runny nose, coughing and spitting thin white sputum, no thirst or thirsty and preferring hot drinks, and thin white fur. The treatment should be mainly based on relieving the exterior with pungent and warm herbs.

Ephedra, Schizonepeta, Saposhnikovia, Perilla Leaf and other antipyretic and cold-relieving drugs are often used. Representative prescriptions are "Congchi Decoction" and "Jingfang Baidu Powder". For Chinese patent medicines, you can choose cold and heat-clearing granules, Zhengchaihuyin granules, cold soft capsules, Chuanxiong Cha Tiao Powder, Tongxuan Lifei Pills, etc. After taking the medicine, you can drink some hot porridge or hot soup and sweat slightly to help the medicine dispel the wind and cold. People with wind-cold colds can also take the following prescription: 5 sections of scallion, 9 grams of light fermented black beans, 3 slices of ginger, decocted in water, once a day; or 30 grams of ginger, 30 grams of brown sugar, decocted in three times.