Common Cold Flashcards
The symptoms of common cold
Headache running nose Sore throat fever body achy Chills cough Malaise 心神不安 Laryngitis 喉炎
The introduction of common cold
Virus infection in the upper respiratory tract
All the treatment are the support treatment
Cold on the infant and senior are not good .
Etiology and pathology of common cold
Wind (leading factor) ,cold ,heat invasion
Flu VS cold
Flu: high fever , epidemic season ,whole family sick
Cold: fever normally not more than 39 degree
Wind cold VS wind heat
Exterior cold//exterior heat
Both have chill and fever
Chill aversion to cold (serious cold )//chill aversion to cold (mild cold)
Mild fever// serious fever
No sweating // little sweat or more sweating
Itching throat //sore throat
Light red tongue with thin white coating ,superficial ,rapid pulse //light red tongue with a little bit thin white or yellow coating superficial , rapid pulse .
Aversion to cold VS intolerance cold
EPF block the channel ,Wei qi fall to warm the body ,no matter how many blanket you put still cold —exterior
Yang qi deficiency fall to warm the body if you put blanket you will feel a little warm —interior
Cold with Xu constitution
Qi deficiency Yang deficiency (easy invasion by wind cold ) Blood deficiency Yin deficiency (easy invasion by wind heat )
Quality syndrome of cold
Wind cold (most common )
Wind heat (most common)
Summer heat
Dryness
Compare 1 Wind cold 2 wind heat 3 summer heat with damp (Interms of chill and fever)
- Severe chills ,mild fever
- Severe fever , mild chills
- mild chills and mild fever
Compare 1 Wind cold 2 wind heat 3 summer heat with damp (Interms of sweating)
- no sweating or with /mild sweating
- sweating
- mild sweating
Compare 1 Wind cold 2 wind heat 3 summer heat with damp (Interms of headache and body feeling )
- headache ,general aching or soreness of limbs
- distending or pounding headache
- heavy sensation in head or whole body
Compare 1 Wind cold 2 wind heat 3 summer heat with damp (Interms of respiratory tract)
- nasal obstruction ,sneezing ,clear nasal discharge ,itchy throat , coughing up thin white sputum , no thirst or with/slight thirst
- nasal obstruction white or yellow sticky nasal discharge , congested &sore throat ,coughing up white or yellow sticky sputum ,thirst or mild thirst .
- cough with sticky sputum ,dizziness ,irritability,stuffiness in chest ,poor appetite, no thirst ,abdominal distension and pain ,nausea,vomiting ,diarrhea with/foul smelling .
Compare 1 Wind cold 2 wind heat 3 summer heat with damp (Interms of treatment principles)
- relieve the exterior with acrid-warm herbs
- relieve the exterior with acrid-cool herbs
- clear summer-heat and remove damp to relieve the exterior
Sore throat
Wind cold /heat impair lung function
Fever
Wei qi and xie qi are fighting . Senior May not have fever coz zheng qi weak