What is a wind-heat cold and what are its symptoms?

Everyone may catch a cold a few times a year. When we hear the word "cold", the first thing that comes to mind is the cold. In fact, colds are divided into two types: wind-heat colds and wind-cold colds. What are the symptoms of wind-heat colds?

What is Wind-heat Cold

Wind-heat cold is caused by wind-heat evil invading the surface and disharmony of lung qi. Symptoms include high fever, slight nausea, headache, sweating, red and swollen throat, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, nasal congestion and yellow mucus, thirst and thirst, red tip of tongue, and thin white and slightly yellow fur. Wind-heat cold is more common in summer and autumn, caused by exogenous wind-heat. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that wind-heat cold is a superficial symptom caused by wind-heat evil.

Wind-heat cold symptoms

(1) Sore throat, usually before cold symptoms appear, with phlegm usually yellow or black.

(2) Thick runny nose, usually yellow in color.

(3) The tongue coating is slightly yellow or white, and the tongue body is usually red.

(4) Constipation.

(5) Fever, thirst, and irritability.

(6) The pulse is usually rapid or surging, meaning that the pulse is faster than normal.