Common Cold

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

发热,恶寒,鼻塞,喷嚏,头痛,身痛,鼻流清涕,口不干,舌苔薄白

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Fever, or a feeling of chills and shivering
  • Nasal congestion, sneezing, and clear, watery nasal discharge
  • Headache and generalized body aches
  • No dry mouth, not overly thirsty
  • Thin white coating on the tongue

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

辛温解表,宣肺散寒

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Using warming and aromatic herbs or methods to help induce gentle sweating and expel external wind-cold
  • Regulate the lung qi, dissipate internal cold, and relieve discomfort such as nasal congestion, cough, chills, and body aches caused by cold exposure

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

发热,恶寒,鼻塞,喷嚏,头痛,身痛,鼻流黄涕,口干,咽痛,舌苔薄黄

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Fever with chills and shivering
  • Nasal congestion, sneezing, and yellow, thicker nasal discharge
  • Headache and generalized body aches
  • Dry mouth, desire to drink water, and sore throat
  • Thin yellow coating on the tongue

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

辛凉解表,疏风清热

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Using cooling and pungent herbs or methods to help induce gentle sweating and expel external Wind-Heat
  • Clear heat and disperse, relieving fever, headache, sore throat, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, and other Wind-Heat symptoms

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

发热,恶寒,鼻塞,喷嚏,头痛,身痛,唇鼻干燥,咽干甚则咽痛,干咳,舌尖红,舌苔薄白干或薄黄,脉浮或浮数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Fever with chills and shivering
  • Nasal congestion and sneezing
  • Headache and generalized body aches with a sense of heaviness
  • Dry lips and nose
  • Dry throat, which may become sore in severe cases
  • Dry cough with little or no sputum
  • The tongue tip is reddish, with a thin, dry white coating, or a thin yellow coating
  • The pulse is superficial and slightly rapid

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

辛凉宣透,润燥生津

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Using cooling and slightly pungent therapies to help release internal heat from the exterior and relieve symptoms such as fever, headache, sore throat, and nasal congestion
  • At the same time, moisten dryness and replenish body fluids to relieve symptoms like dry mouth, dry throat, and dry cough with scant sputum

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

发热,恶寒,鼻塞,喷嚏,头痛,身痛,恶心,腹胀,腹泻,舌苔厚腻

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Fever with chills and shivering
  • Nasal congestion and sneezing
  • Headache and generalized body aches
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Abdominal bloating and discomfort
  • Diarrhea
  • Thick, sticky tongue coating

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

解表化湿,理气和中

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Gently promote sweating to dispel external dampness, and relieve discomfort such as heavy head and body, nasal congestion, profuse phlegm, a sticky sensation in the mouth, and diarrhea
  • Regulate qi to promote smooth gastrointestinal function, relieve stomach bloating, nausea, belching, poor appetite, and abdominal discomfort, and make the appetite more comfortable

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

发热,恶寒,鼻塞,喷嚏,头痛,身痛,乏力,气短,懒言,舌淡苔薄白

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Fever with chills and shivering
  • Nasal congestion and sneezing
  • Headache and generalized body aches
  • Fatigue and listlessness
  • Slight shortness of breath, easily becoming breathless with activity
  • Reluctance to speak, and a low voice
  • The tongue is pale, with a thin white coating

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

益气解表,调和营卫

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • First, gently tonify qi to enhance physical strength and resistance, help induce a light sweat, and expel the external cold pathogen
  • Then harmonize the balance between the nutritive (ying) and defensive (wei) functions to improve fatigue, easy sweating, aversion to wind, and help reduce recurrence

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