In summer, babies might have a cold due to either wind-heat or wind-cold invasion. Generally, the type of cold does not correlate directly with the season but is rather determined by the symptoms displayed by the child. Most commonly, it's wind-heat cold, caused by the invasion of wind-heat.

Babies with wind-heat cold usually exhibit symptoms like fever and headache, and they might have yellow nasal discharge. Their tongues tend to appear red. Some children may experience poor appetite and constipation among other symptoms. In cases of wind-cold cold, the fever symptoms are not very prominent, and the nasal discharge is clear. The tongue coating is primarily white. Treatment involves prescribing specific Chinese herbal medicines based on the child's clinical symptoms combined with tongue and pulse diagnosis.