Whenever we catch a cold, the first thing we need to analyze is whether we belong to the category of wind cold cold or wind heat cold. Due to the different symptoms of wind cold cold and wind heat cold, the treatment methods are also different. Wind heat colds are often accompanied by coughing, sore throat, tonsillitis, and other symptoms. And wind cold colds are more likely to cause runny nose and sneezing. Next, the encyclopedia will take you to understand the difference between wind cold cold and wind heat cold?
Wind cold cold, often occurring in cold seasons such as winter, late autumn, and early spring, is a disease caused by feeling cold pathogens. The symptoms of wind cold cold include mild fever, severe aversion to cold, no sweating, headache and body pain, clear nasal discharge, cough, no redness or swelling in the throat, light red tongue, and tight pulse. Wind heat cold, which often occurs in warm seasons such as spring, early summer, and early autumn, is a disease caused by the feeling of wind heat and evil qi. The symptoms of wind heat and cold include severe fever, mild aversion to cold, sweating or lack of sweating, headache and nasal congestion, sore throat, red tongue, and rapid pulse rate. The two more intuitive comparisons are as follows:
1. Cause: Fatigue - wind cold, constipation - wind heat. Wind cold and cold are usually caused by fatigue, lack of rest, and exposure to wind or cold. Wind heat cold is usually caused by constipation. The usual situation is that after two days of constipation, there is a sore throat for one or two days, and then cold symptoms appear. This is called wind heat cold.
2. Sweat: No sweat is wind cold, while sweat is wind heat. The symptoms of wind cold include fever (not very high temperature), headache, joint pain, and body aches. The symptoms of wind heat cold include fever (high fever), sweating, bad wind, and chills.
3. Phlegm: Clear and sparse - wind cold, thick and turbid - wind hot. Clear and thin ones are usually wind cold, while thick and turbid ones are usually wind hot.