How to deal with a cold caused by deficient fire?

Written by Zhang Shu Kun
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Updated on December 08, 2024
00:00
00:00

Deficiency fever colds are generally caused by congenital insufficiencies and bodily weakness, leading to pathogenic yin. It may also result from imbalances between yin and yang, or dysfunction of the spleen. For this type of cold, there is no need to panic, as it can be managed with traditional Chinese medicine. Colds relating to deficiency fever typically manifest with symptoms such as oral sores, dizziness, headaches, irritability, and insomnia. Effective improvement can be achieved by taking medicine that reduces deficiency heat. Alternatively, maintaining a light and simple diet can effectively help improve gastrointestinal digestion. (Medicine should be used under the guidance of a professional doctor.)

Other Voices

doctor image
home-news-image
Written by Hu Bai Yu
Pulmonology
1min 18sec home-news-image

Can I eat mutton if I have a cold and cough?

It is best not to eat lamb during a cold with coughing, as lamb is a kind of warming and tonifying food. Eating lamb can facilitate the production of phlegm by promoting internal heat, which may worsen the cough. Therefore, during a cold with coughing, it is advisable to avoid lamb and eat a light diet, avoiding spicy, greasy, raw, or irritating foods. However, it is important to note that during the recovery phase from a cold with coughing, it is appropriate to consume some lamb to replenish proteins and calcium, enhance resistance, and facilitate quicker recovery from the illness, so everyone is advised to pay attention to this. Additionally, it is also important to consume it in moderation, not in large quantities at once, as the digestive function is also reduced during a cold with coughing. Eating too much lamb at this time can lead to indigestion and increase the burden on the intestines. At the same time, it is recommended to maintain a light diet, consume more fresh fruits and vegetables to supplement vitamins, and improve resistance during a cold with coughing.

doctor image
home-news-image
Written by An Yong Peng
Pulmonology
1min 10sec home-news-image

How to distinguish a viral cold from a cold caused by exposure to cold weather

A cold caused by getting chilled can often present the same symptoms as a viral cold. This type of cold refers to a situation where, after exposure to cold, an individual's immune system becomes weakened, allowing pathogens residing in the respiratory tract to proliferate rapidly and thus cause a cold. In many cases, a cold from getting chilled is also viral in nature. Symptoms commonly seen in individuals with colds may include runny nose, sneezing, nasal congestion, sore throat, coughing, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, and sometimes a mild fever. However, sometimes a cold due to chilling may also lead to infection by other pathogens, such as bacteria, which can present clinically differently from a viral cold. In such cases, patients might not exhibit typical symptoms like clear nasal discharge or sneezing; instead, they might only show nonspecific upper respiratory symptoms. It is also possible for them to experience high fever, obvious sore throat, and swelling of the tonsils, which are signs of acute purulent tonsillitis, a specific type of bacterial cold.

doctor image
home-news-image
Written by Hu Bai Yu
Pulmonology
59sec home-news-image

Symptoms of cold include weakness in the limbs.

If you experience weakness in your limbs during a cold, it is important to consider that this may be caused by the invasion of bacteria or viruses, leading to muscle soreness and weakness. There may also be accompanying symptoms such as mild fever, chills, or fatigue. It is advised to pay attention to these signs and visit a hospital for a routine blood test to identify the cause of infection. Subsequently, take the appropriate anti-inflammatory and anti-infection medications to treat and alleviate symptoms. During this period, it is crucial to rest adequately, avoid overexertion, maintain a positive mood without too much stress, avoid staying up late, and cooperate actively with medical treatment to ease symptoms. If you notice an increase in body temperature, you should use physical cooling methods or take fever-reducing medication to lower your temperature.

doctor image
home-news-image
Written by Wang Chun Mei
Pulmonology
59sec home-news-image

Symptoms of a heat cold

Heat colds are very common clinically and often occur in the hot summer. The so-called heat cold is mainly from the perspective of Chinese medicine, which divides cold types into heat colds and cold colds. Typically, patients with a heat cold exhibit symptoms such as fever and chills, and during the fever, they may experience headaches and fatigue in their limbs. Some patients may also have nasal congestion, a runny nose, sneezing, often with yellow mucus, as well as sore throat and cough, where the cough usually involves yellow phlegm. These are very common symptoms of a heat cold seen clinically. Therefore, when these symptoms appear in patients, as long as a timely and clear diagnosis is made and some heat-clearing and detoxifying medicines are administered for symptomatic treatment, the discomfort caused by the heat cold can generally be quickly improved.

doctor image
home-news-image
Written by Xia Min
Traditional Chinese Medicine
46sec home-news-image

Can you eat mutton if you have a cold caused by wind-heat?

Wind-heat cold is a common clinical condition, its clinical manifestations include fever, slight aversion to wind, inhibited sweating, severe headache, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, sore throat, thin white slightly yellow tongue coating, red tongue tip and sides, and a floating and rapid pulse. It is mainly caused by the evil of wind-heat. Generally, medicines that release the exterior with pungent and warm properties are used for treatment, and mutton is considered a strongly pungent and hot substance, used for nourishing kidney yang. Therefore, it is not suitable for patients with wind-heat cold to eat mutton.