What to do if you have chest tightness, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing due to a cold

Cold is a very common disease in life. After people catch a cold, they often experience symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath. So, what should we do if we have chest tightness, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing due to a cold?

Tongxuan Lifei Pills (tablets, oral liquid, etc.)

The main ingredients are perilla leaves, kudzu root, ephedra, peucedanum, apricot, fructus aurantii, tangerine peel, pinellia, poria, licorice, platycodon, and scutellaria. Function: Dispel cold and relieve exterior symptoms, promote lung function and relieve cough.

Cold and Heat Clearing Granules

The main ingredients are schizonepeta spicate, mint, siler, bupleurum, perilla leaf, kudzu root, platycodon, bitter almond, angelica dahurica, bitter herb, and reed root. Function: Dispel wind and cold, relieve exterior symptoms and clear away heat.

Shensu Lifei Pills

The main ingredients are perilla leaves, kudzu root, peucedanum, fructus aurantii, platycodon, costusroot, tangerine peel, poria, pinellia, codonopsis, licorice, and ginger. Function: Invigorate Qi and relieve exterior symptoms, dispel wind and cold, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough.

Yinqiao Jiedu Pills (Tablets)

The main ingredients are honeysuckle, forsythia, schizonepeta spicate, mint, light black beans, burdock, platycodon, light bamboo leaves, licorice, and reed root. Function: Soothe wind and relieve exterior symptoms, clear away heat and detoxify. There is also VC Yinqiao Tablets, which is made by adding some western medicine ingredients to the traditional prescription. Its efficacy is basically the same as Yinqiao Jiedu Pills.

Sangju Cold Tablets

The main ingredients are mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, mint, forsythia, almond, platycodon, licorice, and reed root. Efficacy: Disperses wind-heat, clears the lungs and relieves cough.