After beginning of winter, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and it is easy to catch a cold. However, wind-cold cold does not last long, and generally changes quickly, from the outside to the inside, to wind-heat cold. It will appear: obvious body heat, a little fear of wind, sweating but not easy to get out, dry throat, swollen tonsils, stuffy nose, yellow and turbid nose, sometimes accompanied by head pain, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, thirst, thin white and yellowish tongue coating, and red tongue edge.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) adopts the method of "Xin Liang San Feng Re Jie Biao" to treat wind-heat cold. There are seven kinds of Chinese patent medicines commonly used in pharmacies, namely: Sangju Ganmao Tablet, Yinqiao Jiedu Tablet, Qin Lan Oral Liquid, Shuanghuanglian Granule, Chaihuang Granule, Lingqiao Jiedu Pill and Lianhua Qingwen Capsule.

Mainly contains mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, forsythia suspensa, peppermint oil, bitter almond, platycodon grandiflorum, licorice and reed rhizome. In the prescription, mulberry leaves and chrysanthemums are cool and clear, dispelling wind and clearing heat, relaxing tendons and eliminating evil is king; Mint pungent disperses wind and heat, almond and platycodon grandiflorum declare lowering lung qi, resolving phlegm and relieving cough as ministers; Forsythia clears heart and heat, and Phragmites communis clears heat and produces fluid to quench thirst. Raw licorice has the advantages of clearing away heat and toxic materials, sweet and moderate taste, and clearing the throat with platycodon grandiflorum. The combination of various medicines has the effects of dispelling wind and cooling, dispersing lung qi and relieving cough. Mainly used for the first onset of wind-heat cold, headache and cough, dry mouth and sore throat.

Mainly contains honeysuckle, forsythia suspensa, mint, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, fermented soybean, Fructus Arctii (fried), Platycodon grandiflorum, Lophatherum gracile and licorice. This prescription re-uses honeysuckle and forsythia as monarch drugs, which not only has the efficacy of pungent cooling, relieving exterior syndrome, clearing away heat and toxic materials, but also has the efficacy of aromatic catharsis. While thoroughly resolving exterior syndrome, it also takes into account the characteristics of febrile diseases mixed with dirty qi. Mint and burdock are cool, which can dispel wind and clear heat, clear the head, detoxify and relieve sore throat; Schizonepeta tenuifolia and stir-fried soybeans are pungent and slightly warm, which is helpful for monarch drugs to disperse exterior evils and go out through heat. Although pungent and warm, pungent but not strong, warm but not dry. Combined with pungent and cool herbs, it can increase the efficacy of pungent and dispersing exterior, so it is a minister herb. Bamboo leaves clear away heat and dry heat, and platycodon grandiflorum spreads lung and relieves cough, all of which are adjuvant drugs. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is an auxiliary medicine, which can not only regulate other drugs, but also clear the throat with platycodon grandiflorum. The combination of various medicines has the effects of pungent cooling, relieving exterior syndrome and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Mainly used for wind-heat cold, characterized by fever, headache, cough, dry mouth and sore throat.

It mainly contains Radix Isatidis, Scutellariae Radix, Fructus Gardeniae, Cortex Phellodendri and Boat-fruited Sterculia. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving sore throat and relieving swelling. It is mainly used for sore throat, dry throat and burning throat caused by acute pharyngitis and lung-stomach excess heat syndrome.

Mainly contains honeysuckle, scutellaria baicalensis and forsythia suspensa. Auxiliary materials are sucrose, dextrin and β-cyclodextrin. Honeysuckle and forsythia in the prescription can not only dispel wind, clear away heat and relieve exterior syndrome, but also clear away heat and toxic materials and relieve sore throat. Adding bitter cold to Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi to clear lung fire, and relieving cough with excessive heat in upper energizer. The three herbs have the effects of relieving exterior syndrome, clearing away heat and detoxicating. The combination of various drugs has the effects of dispelling pathogenic wind, relieving exterior syndrome, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Mainly used for colds caused by exogenous wind-heat with symptoms of fever, cough and sore throat.

Mainly contains extracts of Bupleurum and Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials. Mainly used for upper respiratory tract infection, cold and fever.

It mainly contains antelope horn, honeysuckle, forsythia suspensa, mint, Schizonepeta spike, fermented soybean, Fructus Arctii (fried), Radix Platycodi, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Folium Bambusae and Glycyrrhrizae Radix. It has the effects of expelling wind, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Mainly used for wind-heat cold, aversion to cold and fever, dizziness and cough, sore throat.

Is mainly composed of Fructus Forsythiae, Flos Lonicerae, Herba Ephedrae preparata, Semen Armeniacae Amarum preparata, Gypsum Fibrosum, Radix Isatidis, Rhizoma Dryopteris crassipes, Herba Houttuyniae, Herba Agastaches, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Radix Rhodiolae, Mentholum and Radix Glycyrrhizae. Has the effects of clearing away pestilence and toxic materials, dispersing lung qi and clearing heat. It is mainly used to treat influenza, which belongs to the syndrome of heat toxin invading the lung. Symptoms are fever or high fever, aversion to cold, muscle aches, nasal congestion and runny nose, cough, headache, dry throat and sore throat, red tongue, yellow or greasy fur, etc.

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