There are two different types of cold in TCM: Wind-Cold and Wind-Heat. Wind-Cold is characterized by chills, stiffness (especially in your neck), headache, sneezing and possibly cold feet. This typically is the first stage of a cold and can last a couple hours or a few days.

What does wind mean in Chinese medicine?

Wind is celebrated in poetry and song. Wind In Chinese Medicine. Chinese Medicine describes illness in terms of climates which either invade our bodies from the outside or are internally generated due to a weakened immune system. Wind that is out of balance in our bodies is called pathogenic Wind.

How do you treat wind-cold TCM?

Eat plenty of broth-based soups and rice. Drink warm liquids. If your symptoms are more “wind-cold,” add ginger, cinnamon, green onion and garlic to your foods. If your symptoms are more “wind-heat,” drink lots of peppermint tea and eat cooling fruits, like oranges and other citrus fruits.

What is a wind-cold?

• Wind-Cold Pattern Symptoms include a severe aversion to cold; a slight increase in body temperature; no sweating; running nose with clear nasal discharge; chest congestion; sneezing; an itching throat; cough with clear mucus.

What is wind cough?

A Wind-Heat cough is generally a loud and harsh cough accompanied by heavy breathing and thick yellow phlegm that is difficult to expectorate. The person usually has a fever, an aversion to cold, a dry mouth or sore throat, yellow nasal discharge, a headache and general aching.

How do you get rid of wind in your body?

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1. Let it out. Holding in gas can cause bloating, discomfort, and pain.
2. Pass stool. A bowel movement can relieve gas.
3. Eat slowly.
4. Avoid chewing gum.
5. Say no to straws.
6. Quit smoking.
7. Choose non-carbonated drinks.
8. Eliminate problematic foods.

What does liver wind mean?

The symptoms and signs of Liver-wind are characterized by constant movement and quick change. Because the Liver controls the tendons, symptoms such as tremors or spasms of the limbs, severe dizziness, tingling or numbness of the limbs, and loss of balance in standing or walking appear.

How did the Chinese treat the common cold?

For thousands of years, Chinese people have treated the wind-cold type common cold with natural herbs, some of which were quite simple, effective, widely used by folk ordinary people, and were called folk prescriptions.

What is Gan Mao Ling used for?

(“Common Cold Effective Remedy”)- A modern Chinese herbal formula used to treat (or prevent) early stages of colds, flu, sore throat, headache, etc.

What Chinese food is good for colds?

Chinese doctors believe that there are two main types of cold. The ‘hot wind’ type is accompanied by a fever, chills, a sore throat and a yellowish tongue. Yin foods such as peppermint and chrysanthemum tea, chilled tofu, and Chinese cabbage (napa) are recommended.

What is wind illness?

A focus group suggested that at one time the term “having wind illness” might have been synonymous with the terms “illness, sickness, or fever.” The informants defined wind illness as: 1) not a physical wind, or air but rather a state of illness when the body was out of balance from overwork, lack of food and sleep,

What are the symptoms of yin deficiency?

What is Yin deficiency and how can we Tonify our Yin?

• dryness: such as dry throat, dry cough, dry lips, dry eyes, dry mouth.
• thirst with desire to drink in small sips.
• Low grade fever.
• Feeling hot, especially in the afternoon.
• Hot palms, soles and chest.
• Red face, especially the cheeks.
• Constipation with dry stools.
• Insomnia.

What can I eat to get rid of dampness?

Foods to resolve dampness include;

• Grains. Corn, barley, basmati rice. Vegetables.
• Asparagus, celery, Chinese cabbage. Fruit. Blueberry, cranberry.
• Button mushroom, olive mushroom, watercress. Nuts. Almonds, walnuts.
• Seaweed, radish, water chestnut. Fruit.
• Mustard leaf, onion, scallion. Herbs and spices.

What kind of cough do you have with Covid?

What Kind of Cough Is Common in People With the Coronavirus? Most people with COVID-19 have a dry cough they can feel in their chest.

What is the cough like with Covid?

This is usually a dry (unproductive) cough, unless you have an underlying lung condition that normally makes you cough up phlegm or mucus. However, if you have COVID-19 and start coughing up yellow or green phlegm (‘gunk’) then this may be a sign of an additional bacterial infection in the lungs that needs treatment.