Common Cold - Influenza

Question 1

Sx: Chills/fever (feel more hot than cold), sweating (maybe no sweat), pain - HA (mostly along GB channel - temple area - distending sensation) usually no joint pain, mostly HA, nasal congestion, runny nose (thicker than WC discharge, can be a little yellow), slight cough
phlegm - slightly yellow and slightly sticky, sore throat - even swollen.
Tongue: red sides and tip /
Pulse: floating, rapid (only will float for first day, or three days)

Answer 1

Yin Qiao San

common cold - Gan Mao - WH Invasion

Question 2

Sx: slightly chilled but more hot, sweating (maybe no), HA - damp headache, body aches.
Pulse: soggy, rapid (?) /
Tongue: yellow greasy coat (?)

Answer 2

Xin Jia Xiang Ru Yin

Common Cold in the summer, or in the rainy season of a tropical climate. Summer Heat - Summer Damp Invasion

Question 3

Sx: HA, Fever, sl aversion to wind/cold, absence of or sl perspiration, coughing w thick sputum difficult to expectorate, irritability, dry throat, thirst.
Pulse: rapid /
Tongue: red body

Answer 3

Jia Jian Wei Rui Tang

Yin Def + Common Cold (usu WH)

Question 4

Increasing fever and descending chills, Headaches, No sweats, Stiffness of neck and extremities, body ache, dry nose (maybe orbital and eye pain) and eyes, insomnia, irritability- Sx of WH and WC together.

Answer 4

Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang

WC or WH (Sx of both) w severe body/head aches

Question 5

High Fever, severe chills w shivering, no sweat (sweat stuck in body), pain/stiffness of head/neck, focal distention, fullness in chest, heavy head, mucus in nose, cough w phlegm, bloating.
Pulse: floating, soggy /
Tongue: thick white coat (greasy)

Answer 5

Ren Shen Bai Du San
Qi Def + Common Cold
Ren Shen + Jing Fang Bai Du San (maybe minus Jing Jie and Fang Feng)

Question 6

Sx: High Fever, Fatigue, Severe HA, Body Ache, sore throat. Severe and Epidemical

Answer 6

Yin Qiao San + Da Qing Ye, Ban Lan Gen and Shi Gao.

Flu - Severe and Epidemical WH

Question 7

Sx: chills and fever, sweating or no sweating, Headache/body ache (HA along the UB channel, stiff neck and shoulders - also joint pain),nasal problems - congestion or discharge, clear (thinner than WH), slight cough, clear phlegm, scratchy throat.
tongue: pale w thin white coating /
Pulse: floating - tight

Answer 7

Jing Fang Bai Du San

Gan Mao - Common Cold - WC Invasion