Common Cold Flashcards
Wind Cold Symptoms
Severe chills, mild fever, no sweating or mild sweating, headache, general aching or soreness of limbs, nasal obstruction, sneezing, clear nasal discharge, itchy throat, coughing up thin white sputum, no thirst or with slight thirst
Cold Syndromes
Wind Cold
Wind Heat
Summer-Heat with Damp
Wind Cold Tongue and Pulse
T: Normal,Thin, white coat
P: Superficial, tense or soft
Wind Cold POT
Relieve exterior with acrid warm herbs
Wind Cold Points
GV 16 UB 12 GB 20 LU 7 LI 4
Wind Heat Symptoms
Severe fever, mild chills, sweating, distending or pounding headache, nasal obstruction, white or yellow sticky nasal discharge, congested and sore throat, coughing up yellow or white sticky sputum, thirst or mild thirst
Wind Heat Tongue and Pulse
T: red tip, thin white, dry or thin yellow coat
P: Superficial rapid
Wind Heat POT
Relieve the exterior with acrid cool herbs
Wind Heat Points
GV 14 LI 11 SJ 5 LI 4 LU 10 LU 11
Summer-Heat with Damp Symptoms
Mild chills, fever, mild sweating, heavy sensation in head or whole body, cough with sticky sputum, dizziness, irritability, stuffiness in chest, poor appetite, no thirst, abdominal distension and pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea with foul smelling stools
Summer-Heat with Damp Tongue and Pulse
T: red tip, thin or thick yellow sticky coat
P: superficial rapid, slippery or soft
Summer-Heat with Damp POT
Clear summer heat
Remove damp to relieve the exterior
Summer-Heat with Damp Points
GV 14 LI 4 SJ 5 ST 36 SP 9 CV 12
Cold Etiology
EPF Invasion —> HEAT- Summer Heat –>Skin:
Abnormal
functioning of pores
Mouth/nose: Impair lungs dispersing and descending
COLD- Damp —> Spleen: abnormal transportation/
transportation
Stomach: Adverse ascending of ST Qi
Cold creates deficiency constitution: Qi Deficiency
Yang Def
Blood Def
Yin Def
Cold Definition
Contagious virus of the upper respiratory tract
Upper: nose, mouth, throat
Lower: lungs
Cold Main Symptoms
Runny nose Nasal congestion Sneezing Headache Fever Sore throat Chills Cough Body aching/malaise
Cold Bacterial infection signs and symptoms
Yellow/green sputum
Sore throat
Swollen glands
Common EPFS of common cold
Wind
Cold
Heat
Explain cold symptoms in TCM terms:
fever, chills, body aches, nausea/vomit/diarrhea
Fever: xie Qi and Wei Qi fighting
Chills/aversion to cold: EPF invasion blocking Wei
Body aching: EPF blocking taiyang channel
Nausea/vomiting/diarrhea: invasion of damp in spleen and stomach
COLD POT
Expel EPF or xie Qi to relieve the exterior
Wind cold: Acrid warm—-> ginger, warm, spicy
Wind Heat: Acrid cold—-> mint
Common Cold Pattern Differentiation: (w-c VS w-h)
Wind cold vs. Wind heat
Look at : chills, fever, sweating, throat, tongue and
pulse
Aversion to cold vs Intolerance to cold
Aversion to cold: Pores blocked so Wei Qi can’t move and cold won’t go away no matter how much you try and warm up ( Ext. Pattern)
Intolerance Cold: Yang Deficiency (Interior), sit by fire and warm up
Cold Points?
- Don’t tonify a cold!
Cold: SJ 5 ( release the exterior)
GB 31
GB 20
UB 12/13
LI 20
DU 14
LI 4
LU 7
Moxa
Heat: DU 14
LI 11
LU 11 ( sore throat)
LI 1
LI 4
LU 10 ( yingspring)
Bleeding
Dampness: ST 36
SP 9
Ren 12
Neck pain–> UB 12/13 follow with cupping
Cold Education
1) Rest
2) Increase fluid intake
3) Eat fresh food (easy to digest, no meat)
4) Vit C
5) Herbal tea
6) Keep warm
7) Dress appropriately to the weather conditions
8) Stay active/exercise - good for Zheng Qi
9) boil vinegar
Cold Prevention
-Stay warm
-Stay away from sick people
-Boil vinegar
-Acupressure to LI 4(tword bone), GB 20, LI 20
-Rub hands together and wash over face with hands
-Rub ears
-Put piece of tissue in nose to cause sneezing and it brings all the Wei Qi to the surface and prevent a cold but if there’s a fever don’t do it
-Take herbal: Guan Zhong 10G
Zi Su 10G
Jin Jie 10 G
Gan Cao 3G
-Dampness in summer: Huo Xiang 5G
Pei Lai 5 G
Bo He 3G
- more common to get sick when temperatures quickly rise and fall
Alternative Cold tx?
Auricular: nose, throat, sanjiao, ear apex
Ear seeds
Gua sha Du and UB meridian
Cupping: start at DU 14 to Du 9 and go up and down 7 times till the area turns red and them leave cups on Du 14 for 5 minutes. If severe you also aid UB meridian
Heat- bleed cupping Du 14
- Get consent before doing cupping and gua sha
Cold chief pathology?
dysfunction of wei Qi (pores)
COLD VS FLU
cold= mild fever, individual, wei level (surface), cold disease
flu= severe fever, epidemic, moves interior, warm disease
Cold basic points?
LI-4, GB-20, UB-12/13 (expell wind)
W-C herbs (cold)?
1) Ma huang tang
2) Gui zhi tang
w-h herbs (cold)?
1) yin qiao san
2) sang ju yin
S-H with dampness herbs (cold)?
1) Xin jia xiang ru yin
What is the Chinese name for common cold?
Gan Mao
Severe fever, mild chills, sweating, distending or pounding headache, nasal obstruction, white or yellow sticky nasal discharge, congested and sore throat, coughing up yellow or white sticky sputum, thirst or mild thirst
Wind Heat Syndrome
Severe chills, mild fever, no sweating or mild sweating, headache, general aching or soreness of limbs, nasal obstruction, sneezing, clear nasal discharge, itchy throat, coughing up thin white sputum, no thirst or with slight thirst
Wind Cold Syndrome
Mild chills, fever, mild sweating, heavy sensation in head or whole body, cough with sticky sputum, dizziness, irritability, stuffiness in chest, poor appetite, no thirst, abdominal distension and pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea with foul smelling stools
Summer Heat with Damp Syndrome
Differentiate common cold, COLD disease VS Warm disease:
Cold Disease Vs. Warm Disease
Chills no fever High fever
Pulse better* Pulse stays rapid*
Responds well to TX Fever changes but
comes back
Stays in Wei level Quickly goes from Wei
level to Qi level to blood
