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Why did the doctor say that you can't take cold medicine casually?

Cold is one of the most common diseases in daily life, which can happen all year round. Many Chinese patent medicines for treating colds are over-the-counter medicines, which can be purchased independently in pharmacies without a doctor's prescription. They have become essential drugs for ordinary people at home, and once they catch a cold, they will take them themselves. Some people take a lot of medicine, but their symptoms are not relieved, which may be because there is no dialectical medication.

In traditional Chinese medicine, colds can be roughly divided into two types: wind-cold type and wind-cold type. Different types of colds have different drug treatments. At the early stage of the disease, we must treat it according to our own symptoms and choose appropriate drugs for treatment. Cold cold is a type of cold caused by the invasion of cold pathogens, which mostly occurs in cold seasons. The specific symptoms are very cold, body cold, headache, body pain, stuffy nose, runny nose, white cough, thin phlegm, thin and milky tongue coating. The main treatment is pungent warming to relieve exterior syndrome, warming lung and dispelling cold.

Cold-wind-heat cold is a type of cold caused by low immunity, erosion of exogenous wind-cold-dampness evil and internal fire swing, which mostly occurs in summer and autumn. Influenza also belongs to exogenous wind-cold-heat syndrome, and its symptoms are fever, chills, hyperhidrosis or hypohidrosis, nasal congestion, runny nose, dry cough, yellow and thick phlegm, headache, dry throat and sore throat. The treatment is mainly pungent and cool to relieve exterior syndrome, dispelling wind, clearing heat and detoxifying.

We should also pay attention to the following aspects when using Chinese patent medicine to treat colds: avoid smoking, drinking and spicy food, cold food and high-calorie food during taking medicine; Not suitable for taking with nourishing Chinese medicine at the same time; Strictly follow the usage and dosage of drug information, and it is not advisable to overuse and use drugs for a long time, especially drugs with toxic and side effects. Ordinary people think that a cold is not a serious illness, so just take some Chinese patent medicine.

However, drugs should not be taken casually, and must be applied rationally and dialectically, accurately and effectively according to the condition. Try to rest during a cold to prevent fatigue. If the symptoms do not improve or worsen after taking the medicine for three days, you should see a doctor immediately for a definite diagnosis or further treatment.