A lot of people have caught colds recently, and several of my family members have caught colds. This made me think, how many friends I have never met have caught colds? It is said that in many places, coughs can be heard one after another, and people from many units are asking for leave.
In fact, don’t underestimate the cold. I think a medical worker who can treat colds well is already very qualified.
So, how to deal with a cold? Let’s talk about it again today. In fact, I may have talked too much about colds in the past, but now I haven’t talked about it for a long time. On the contrary, many friends are not familiar with it.
In fact, the ancients believed that any factor that causes disorders in the operation of our meridians will lead to insufficient defense systems on our body surface and cause the invasion of external evils. These factors include stagnation of the meridians caused by lowering the temperature (this is called cold evil), and causing stagnation of the meridians due to rising temperature. Insufficient body fluid results in weak circulation of meridians (this is called heat evil), and too much moisture hinders the movement of meridians (this is called dampness evil). In addition, other wind, heat, dryness, etc. are all cooperating factors and follow the trend.
The problem in this season is mainly cold evil, or mixed with dampness evil.
When cold evil invades the body, it will be divided into several stages.
01The first stage: External cold invades the body surface
At this time, people will sneeze, runny nose, note that it is not yellow mucus, feel numb and cold, be afraid of wind, and choke.
At this stage, in fact, generally no drugs are used, only some simple methods can be used. But everyone must remember that you must seize the time and use these small methods as soon as possible, otherwise you will regret it if you miss it.
At this point, any method that can warm up the body is fine. For example, boiling water with perilla leaves for five minutes, and then drinking it as tea will make the meridians unobstructed and eliminate cold evil. So, what is the dosage at this time? I think you can boil a few more grams, such as six grams, and then drink it in a small cup instead of drinking it all, and then see if you sweat. If you sweat slightly, you don’t need to drink anymore. If you don’t sweat, you don’t need to drink it anymore. If you sweat, continue drinking until you sweat.
It should be noted that do not sweat excessively. If you sweat profusely, it will delay your condition. At the same time, don't sweat on an empty stomach. You should drink some hot porridge to help stomach gas.
There are many such methods among the people, such as using ginger and brown sugar water, using a hot water bottle to apply heat near Dazhui point, moxibustion on Dazhui point, soaking feet in hot water, etc.
Remember, any method to warm the body is acceptable. Some friends even turned on the car's seat heating device and sat on it for a while, which solved the problem.
At this stage, if you take medicine, I think the most appropriate one should be Tongxuanlifei Pills. Nowadays, there are not many traditional Chinese medicines that simply warm yang and dispel cold. In addition, there are Zhengbuihuyin granules and so on.
The time at this stage will be very short. In this season, I estimate that it only takes one day for the average person. It mainly depends on the physical condition. If you catch it, the problem will be solved quickly; if you fail to catch it, it will be over quickly.
Many parents, after their children have passed this stage, still drink Suye water. It has no effect. The children's throats are swollen and sore. They ask me if they should continue drinking it? I said the opportunity has passed, let’s move on to the next stage.
02The second stage: Cold outside and hot inside
Under normal circumstances, people who do not have a clear sense of the body or do not study Chinese medicine seriously may miss the first stage and enter the second stage, where cold and heat coexist. There will also be sneezing, clear and yellow runny nose, sore throat, yellow phlegm, body fever, red tongue, obvious external symptoms, body drowsiness, weakness, muscle aches, and a deep cough.
At this time, medicines used to treat cough alone will not work. It is recommended to use traditional Chinese medicine to dispel external cold, and use it together with medicines to clear away heat and detoxify, to regulate both cold and heat.
Recipe 1:
Six grams of Bupleurum, six grams of Fangfeng, six grams of perilla leaf, six grams of skullcap, nine grams of honeysuckle, twelve grams of forsythia, nine grams of dandelion, nine grams of reed root, fifteen grams of gypsum, and six grams of licorice.
Three pairs are enough, one pair per day. Boil water for drinking.
At this stage, if the throat swelling and pain are obvious, you can use white radish, slice it, boil water, drink radish soup, and eat radish slices during treatment.
If the sore throat is more obvious and other symptoms are less prominent, you can use the following prescription:
Recipe 2:
Nine grams of paeonol bark, nine grams of fried gardenia, nine grams of turmeric, nine grams of Shegan, nine grams of Poria, six grams of loquat leaves, and six grams of licorice.
Boil water and drink, usually two pairs are enough.
This is a prescription made by Mr. Geng Jianting, a famous laryngologist. It is very effective in treating laryngitis and can dissipate stagnation and detoxify.
If you are on a business trip, I think you can just buy an antiviral oral liquid. This prescription clears away heat and removes dampness, and it works well. It’s just that the name is more Westernized, but the prescription is actually good.
At this stage, if you see serious haze outside, you need to take Huoxiang Zhengqi water or pills together, which will increase the curative effect.
At this stage, it will be safer if there is a doctor's guidance.
At this stage, you must remember that methods such as steaming oranges with salt are used in conjunction. Some parents only use a steamed orange when their children are cold outside and hot inside. This is not allowed. While using drugs, Only those methods can be used.
03The third stage: the stage of both internal and external heat
At this time, the external infection is not under control and is the most serious stage. According to modern medicine, this is causing severe upper respiratory tract infection. The symptoms are high fever, sore throat, yellow phlegm and excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, chest resonance when coughing, and red tongue. If checked at this time, pneumonia may even appear.
Therefore, at this stage, do not take care of yourself, but go to the hospital in time to control the infection. At this stage, it must be left to the doctor.
At this stage, both Chinese and Western medicine can be used.
04The fourth stage: Return to the external cold stage
At this time, the heat evil has been basically eliminated, and only a little external evil remains at the junction of the nose and mouth. At this time, the nasal sound is heavy, the nose is runny, and occasionally the body feels a little cold, and a few sneezes occur. The rest of the symptoms are not obvious, and many People thought the battle was over. This is the fourth stage. At this stage, you can adjust it in your own way.
At this time, you can use the ancient anti-cough powder with added flavor:
Recipe 3:
Three grams of Nepeta, six grams of tangerine peel, six grams of platycodon, six grams of Pediculus, six grams of aster, six grams of coltsfoot, six grams of honeysuckle, and six grams of forsythia.
You can boil water, then use this water to rinse your mouth and drip it into your nose; if it is severe, you can also drink two small cups, three cups a day.
Many people ignore this stage. As a result, the child always has some external evil in the nasal cavity, snores at night, and the nose sound will always be loud. As a result, he finally went to the hospital for examination and developed various problems, such as sinusitis and adenoid hypertrophy. Wait, this is all because the external evils have not been eliminated. For such people, you can use this recipe:
Recipe 4:
Three grams of magnolia, three grams of angelica, three grams of Schizonepeta, six grams of honeysuckle, six grams of forsythia, and six grams of Houttuynia cordata.
Boil water for fifteen minutes, use this water, rinse your mouth; at the same time, inject drops into your nose, use an empty eye drop bottle, inhale the concoction, drip it into the nasal cavity, then pinch your nose to let the concoction rotate inside, and let it flow after a while. Take it out and use it several times a day, and the effect will be better.
Someone asked: Do children also have this amount? In fact, after this medicine is boiled out, even adults can’t use it up. It is estimated that after a few uses, there will still be some leftover. Children will also boil this amount and there will be more leftover. However, do not keep the leftovers in the refrigerator for a few days before using them. This stuff is best cooked now. If there is any leftover, it can be used for another day at most. Do not put it away anymore and just throw it away. But if I wrote a smaller volume, I guess the drug store might not catch me because it would be troublesome and not profitable.
05The fifth stage: Weak spleen and stomach
This is the final stage. The reason why you suffer from external factors must be due to insufficient righteousness. Therefore, auxiliary righteousness should be used throughout the entire process of regulating external factors. After the external evils are eliminated, the weakness of the spleen and stomach will become more obvious after a battle. Therefore, it is necessary to replenish the spleen at this time to assist righteousness.
Many parents make mistakes at this stage. Once their children have recovered from the cold and no longer have a fever, they go to kindergarten immediately. As a result, they soon catch a cold again. Why? This is because the righteousness has been depleted a lot after a big war, but if it cannot be replenished, it exposes itself to risks again, which is of course dangerous.
I always give an example: when the Japanese invaders came, we resisted, and we also had external help. For example, the Soviet Union and the United States were helping us, but they drove the Japanese away. Then, you have to send troops to occupy the Northeast. Otherwise, you will not have enough strength. , Northeast China does not send people to manage it, and it is left blank, then the external evil will come again soon.
My suggestion is to replenish the spleen.
You can use good Chinese yam, dry slices, 30 to 50 grams each time, boil water, and then drink it as tea. Drink this for three days. If you still have symptoms of cough, you can add three grams of burdock seeds. If you don't have a cough, you don't need to add it and just drink the yam water directly.
By replenishing the spleen in this way, the body will completely return to normal.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone that if pregnant women have a cold, they should seek medical treatment and do not take medicine by themselves.
