What is the difference between wind-heat cough and wind-cold cough?

Wind-heat cough and wind-cold cough are different in pathogenesis, symptoms and treatment methods.

1. Pathogenesis

Wind-heat cough is cough caused by wind-heat anti-lung. Wind-cold cough is cough caused by exogenous wind-cold, which makes lung lose its circulation and qi reverse upward.

2. Symptoms

Wind-heat cough is dry cough or a small amount of mucus at the beginning. With the development of the disease, there will be symptoms such as cough with yellow sputum, yellow discharge, thirst, headache, thin yellow tongue coating, etc. Wind-cold cough will cough white thin sputum, accompanied by clear discharge, limb soreness, cold fever, thin white tongue coating and other symptoms.

3. Treatment methods

Wind-heat cough treatment is mainly to clear away wind, commonly used drugs are Sangju Yin, Sangju Cold, Qiangli Pipa Lu, etc. Wind-cold mixture is mainly used to dispel wind and cold, commonly used drugs are Sanao Decoction, Feng-cold cough granules, Xiaoqinglong granules, etc.