Since the weather has been relatively hot recently, I have put on less clothes for my child. What medicine should I take if I accidentally catch a cold? Please, thank you.

Based on the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment, traditional Chinese medicine divides colds into wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds, which are both internal and external, gastrointestinal type and summer-warm type cold. Only by applying appropriate medicine can a cold be cured, otherwise the disease will not be cured. , it will also aggravate the condition. (1) Wind-cold cold: The main symptoms are fever and cold sensitivity, headache, itchy throat, general discomfort, cough with lots of thin white phlegm, nasal congestion or runny nose, no sweat, thin white tongue coating, and floating pulse Tight or floating, etc. Beware Baidu Powder, Tongxuan Lifei Pills, Mahuang Zhisou Pills, Children's Four Symptoms 9 and Shensu Lifei 9 should be used. Use according to the instructions or as directed by your doctor. And use ginger and scallion decoction as the medicine. Note: Do not use Sangju Cold Tablets, Yinqiao Jiedu Tablets, Lingqiao Jiedu Tablets, Compound Cold Tablets, etc. (2) Wind-heat cold: Symptoms include mild aversion to cold, severe fever, head bloating and pain, sore throat, slight thirst, less sweating, coughing up yellow phlegm, thin white or yellowish tongue coating, red tip of the tongue, and floating pulse Count etc. You should choose Sangju Cold Tablets, Yinqiao Jiedu Tablets, Lingqiao Jiedu Tablets, Vc Yinqiao Tablets, Compound Ganmaoling Tablets, etc. Take it according to the instructions. If the condition is serious, you can double the dosage and reduce it for children. Avoid using Qianghuo Pills, Lifei (Shensu, Tongxuan) Pills, etc. (3) Both external and internal sensations (combined cold with wind-cold and wind-heat): Symptoms include high fever, aversion to cold, headache and dizziness, sore limbs, sore throat, dry stool, yellow urine, thin yellow tongue coating, and red tongue. Drugs that can relieve both internal and external symptoms and treat external symptoms should be used, such as Fangfeng Tongshengjiu (powder), Chongganling Tablets, Chonggan Tablets, etc. Note that it is not advisable to use Yinqiao Jiedu Tablets, Qiangqiao Yinqiao Tablets, Sangju Cold Tablets or Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets alone because the efficacy is not good. If you have influenza, you can take compound Daqingye granules, cold granules, etc. (4) Gastrointestinal cold and summer-heat cold: Symptoms include aversion to cold, fever, low fever, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, or heavy head and headache, no sweat, or tired limbs, white coating, floating pulse, etc. Huoxiang Zhengqi water, afternoon tea, Xianghuo powder, etc. should be used. People with gastrointestinal colds cannot take Baohejiu, Shanzhao Pills, Xiangsha Yangwei Pills, etc. Therefore, if you have a cold that is mainly characterized by cough and runny nose, accompanied by low-grade fever and body aches, you should choose Ganmao Qingre Granule. For mild cough with white phlegm, acute branch syrup is the first choice. If you have a severe cough, yellow phlegm, light runny nose, and no fever, and your symptoms have lasted for several days, you can choose Antelope Qingfei. When a cold starts and the fever exceeds 38 degrees Celsius, use Lingqiao to detoxify. Colds in winter are generally caused by accumulated heat inside and wind-cold externally, and patients often suffer from internal heat. For those with mild sore throat, you can use Xiling Detoxification or Ganmao Qingre Granules plus isatis root; for severe sore throats with dry mouth, thirst and a preference for coolness, low-grade fever, and dry stools, you can use Ganmao Qingre Granules plus bezoar supernatant. People with chronic cough with little phlegm, dry mouth and weak constitution should use Sichuan shellfish cough syrup. On the contrary, those with a lot of phlegm, strong constitution and symptoms of internal heat should not use it to avoid aggravating the condition.

When you have a heavy cough with excessive phlegm and chest tightness, you should go to the hospital to see a traditional Chinese medicine doctor and take decoction instead of any cough syrup