Common Cold Flashcards by Amanda Zoethout

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

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Cold Syndromes

Wind Cold
Wind Heat
Summer-Heat with Damp

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Wind Cold Tongue and Pulse

T: Normal,Thin, white coat
P: Superficial, tense or soft

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Wind Cold POT

Relieve exterior with acrid warm herbs

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Wind Cold Points

GV 16
UB 12
GB 20
LU 7
LI 4

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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

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Wind Heat Tongue and Pulse

T: red tip, thin white, dry or thin yellow coat
P: Superficial rapid

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Wind Heat POT

Relieve the exterior with acrid cool herbs

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Wind Heat Points

GV 14
LI 11
SJ 5
LI 4
LU 10
LU 11

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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

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Summer-Heat with Damp Tongue and Pulse

T: red tip, thin or thick yellow sticky coat
P: superficial rapid, slippery or soft

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Summer-Heat with Damp POT

Clear summer heat

Remove damp to relieve the exterior

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Summer-Heat with Damp Points

GV 14
LI 4
SJ 5
ST 36
SP 9
CV 12

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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

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Cold Definition

Contagious virus of the upper respiratory tract

Upper: nose, mouth, throat
Lower: lungs

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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

Wind Heat Syndrome

Wind Cold Syndrome

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