What medicine should I take for a cold in autumn? Identify the type of cold before taking medicine

Although the weather in autumn is not as cold as in winter, it is still easy for children to catch a cold. Moreover, in some areas, many people still wear thin clothes in autumn, which increases the risk of catching a cold. After catching a cold in autumn, you definitely need to take medicine for treatment. So what medicine is good for autumn colds?

Clear nasal discharge, thin sputum, and fear of cold:

If you have a stuffy nose with runny nose, sneezing, and itchy throat but no pain, and you also have cough, thin white sputum, chills (fear of cold, which cannot be completely relieved by wearing more clothes), no sweating, headache, and body aches and pains, the cause may be wind-cold. At this time, you can choose Chinese patent medicines containing nephrite, perilla leaf, scallion, ginger, saposhnikovia, and notopterygium. For example, Ganmao Qingre Granules, Jingfang Chongjie, Ganmao Soft Capsules, and Shangfengting Capsules.

Thirst with sticky phlegm and nasal discharge:

If you feel a fever (not necessarily a high temperature), feel a little chilly or not, have a headache, stuffy nose, runny nose, dry mouth and thirst, like to drink water, yellow urine, red and swollen throat, and coughed up sputum that is white, sticky or yellow, the cause may be wind-heat. At this time, you should take the method of relieving the exterior with pungent and cool herbs and clearing the lungs and expelling evil. You can choose Chinese patent medicines containing ingredients such as honeysuckle, Lianshao, Isatis root, light bamboo leaves, mint, burdock, reed root, and scutellaria. For example, Yinshao Jiedu Granules, Lingshao Jiedu Pills, Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid, Compound Shuanghua Oral Liquid, Qingrejiedu Oral Liquid, Isatis Root Granules, Chaiyin Oral Liquid, etc.

Combined type of cold on the surface and heat inside:

There are wind-cold symptoms such as chills, no sweating, headache and body pain, and can also manifest as irritability, thirst, sore throat, cough, white and sticky or yellow sputum, yellow urine, dry stool and other internal heat symptoms. It may be a combination of cold on the surface and heat on the inside, which is very common. This type of patient initially shows symptoms of a cold due to cold. After a few days, the cold enters the body and turns into heat, but the cold on the surface has not been completely dispelled, which can form cold on the surface and heat on the inside. People who usually have a hot body can also show cold on the surface and heat on the inside when they feel the cold. To treat this type of cold, it is necessary to both dispel the cold and clear the heat inside. While taking cold-clearing granules and other wind-cold-dispersing medicines, you can appropriately use some Isatis root granules, Shuanghuanglian oral liquid, etc. to clear the accumulated heat in the body.