Causes and prevention of wind-heat cold

Cold is a symptom we often encounter. In traditional Chinese medicine, we divide colds into three types: one is wind-heat cold, one is wind-heat cold, and the other is summer-dampness cold. Wind-heat cold is a common type of cold. So how should we deal with it? We need to understand the cause of wind-heat cold, so that we can prevent it better.

The occurrence of wind-heat cold brings great trouble to everyone, so we must do a good job in preventing wind-heat cold. Of course, we must first figure out what causes the occurrence of wind-heat cold.

Wind-heat cold is generally caused by constipation, and in many cases it is a Yangming meridian syndrome. Under normal circumstances, after two days of constipation, you will have a sore throat and then cold symptoms will appear. This is the so-called wind-heat cold.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lungs and large intestine are exterior and interior to each other. If bowel movements are not smooth, the large intestine will affect the lungs and cause cold symptoms.

Secondly, due to the influence of summer heat and humidity, irregular diet, daily life, excessive fatigue and other dual factors, the body's positive energy is damaged, resulting in wind-heat evil invading the surface and lung qi being out of harmony, leading to wind-heat cold.

Wind-heat cold is caused by the invasion of wind-heat evil and the disharmony of lung qi. The general symptoms are severe fever, headache, sweating, slight aversion to wind, accompanied by sore throat and cough, sticky yellow sputum, runny nose, feeling thirsty, red tip of the tongue, thin yellowish tongue coating.

Wind-heat colds are more common in summer and autumn and are caused by exogenous wind-heat. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that wind-heat cold is a superficial symptom caused by the wind-heat evil.

Causes of Wind-heat Cold

Environmental factors

There are various reasons that can lead to a decrease in the body's or respiratory tract's local defense, such as catching cold, getting caught in the rain, excessive fatigue and other inducing factors. Wind-heat colds are more common in summer and autumn and are caused by exogenous wind-heat.

Environmental factors

Weak immunity

When the systemic or local respiratory defense function is weakened, viruses and bacteria originally present in the upper respiratory tract or invading from the outside can multiply rapidly and cause illness, especially in the elderly, the young and the weak.

Disease factors

Generally, patients with chronic respiratory diseases such as sinusitis and tonsillitis are more likely to suffer from this disease.

Prevention of Wind-heat Cold

1. Pass

After getting up in the morning, open the windows in time to breathe fresh air outside while keeping the indoor air circulating.

2. Wash

Wash your face with cold water in the morning and soak your feet in hot water at night. Doing this for a long time can promote blood circulation and improve your body's resistance.

Wash your face with cold water in the morning

3. Move

After getting up every morning, jog for a quarter of an hour and do morning exercises to strengthen your physical fitness and increase your body's immunity.

4. Rinse

Rinsing your mouth with light salt water and tea every morning and evening can kill the cold virus in your mouth and keep your mouth clean and hygienic.

5. Wear

Add clothes in time according to the seasonal climate and weather forecast, and don't force yourself.

6. Smell

In summer, prepare a bottle of aged vinegar or white wine, open the lid and smell it frequently, which can refresh your mind and effectively prevent colds.

7. Smoked

Heat the aged vinegar, close the doors and windows, and fumigate the room every two weeks to effectively kill cold viruses and microorganisms.

Above we introduced what wind-heat cold is. We know that wind-heat cold is a type of cold. Wind-heat cold brings harm to the patient's body, so we must treat wind-heat cold in time. The above article introduces the causes of wind-heat cold in detail. Based on these causes, we can take effective measures to prevent wind-heat cold.