Cold

Question 1

What is the difference between common cold and the flu?

Answer 1

Common cold has more local symptoms such as nasal obstruction and cough. Flu has an acute onset and severe general symptoms such as fever, headache, and joint pain.

Question 2

What are the five patterns of cold?

Answer 2

Early stage exterior disorder, wind-cold, wind-heat, summer heat and dampness, and cold with weakness (qi deficiency and yin deficiency).

Question 3

Which pattern includes mild fever and slight chills without sweating, headache, stuffy nose, a thin, white tongue coating, and floating pulse?

Answer 3

Early stage exterior disorder.

Question 4

What is the tx principle for early stage exterior disorder?

Answer 4

Unblock Wei Qi and induce sweating.

Question 5

What is the formula for early stage exterior disorder?

Answer 5

Cong chi tang (cong bai and dan dou chi).

Question 6

Which pattern includes nasal obstruction, itchiness in the nose, sneezing, clear and white running rose, itchiness in the throat, cough with clear and white sputum, no thirsty or thirsty but likes warm drinking, aversion to cold, a little bit fever, no sweating, soreness and pain in the body, thin white coating, floating and tight pulse?

Answer 6

Wind-cold.

Question 7

What is the tx principle for wind-cold?

Answer 7

To disperse lung qi and expel cold.

Question 8

What is the formula for wind-cold?

Answer 8

Jing fang baidu san.

Question 9

Which points are used for wind-cold?

Answer 9

LI 4, DU-16, UB-12, GB-20, LU-7.

Question 10

Which pattern includes fever, a little bit aversion to cold, or with sweating, headache or distension in the head, red face and eyes, thirsty, likes cold drinking, dry or sore throat, cough with yellow and sticky sputum, sometimes with difficulty in expectorating, chest stuffiness, nasal obstruction with yellow and sticky discharge, thin and yellow coating, floating and rapid pulse?

Answer 10

Wind-heat.

Question 11

What is the principle for wind-heat?

Answer 11

To disperse wind and clear heat.

Question 12

What is the formula for wind-heat?

Answer 12

Yin qiao san.

Question 13

What are the ingredients in yin qiao san?

Answer 13

Jin yin hua, lian qiao, jie geng, niu bang zi, bo he, dan dou chi, jing tie, dan zhu ye, lu gen, gan cao.

Question 14

What are the points for wind-heat?

Answer 14

LI-4,11, DU14, TW-5, LU10,11.

Question 15

Which formula is seen in summer, aversion to cold, fever, cough, red tongue and greasy coating?

Answer 15

Summer heat and dampness.

Question 16

Which is predominant when there is a hot sensation in the whole body, no relief even after sweating, irritability, thirst, dark and scanty urine, yellow coating and rapid pulse?

Answer 16

Summer heat.

Question 17

Which is predominant when there is distension in the head seems like it is wrapped, a heavy sensation in the body, chest stuffiness, nausea, tastelessness, and a sticky feeling in the mouth?

Answer 17

Dampness.

Question 18

What is the tx principle for summer heat and dampness?

Answer 18

To clear heat and remove dampness.

Question 19

What is the formula for summer heat and dampness?

Answer 19

Hou po tai ling dan.

Question 20

What are the points for mild summer heat?

Answer 20

DU-14, P-6, LI-11, UB-40.

Question 21

What are the points for severe summer heat?

Answer 21

DU-26, DU-20, Shi Xuan, P-3, UB-40.

Question 22

Which pattern includes low voice, SOB, fatigue, weak and floating pulse?

Answer 22

Qi deficiency.

Question 23

What is the tx principle for qi deficiency cold?

Answer 23

Nourish qi and relieve exterior syndrome.

Question 24

What is the formula for qi deficiency cold?

Answer 24

Gui zhi tang.

Question 25

What are the ingredients in gui zhi tang?

Answer 25

Gui zhi, bai shao, sheng jiang, da zao, zhi gan cao.

Question 26

What is an alternative formula for wind-cold?

Answer 26

Ma huang tang.

Question 27

What are the ingredients in ma huang tang?

Answer 27

Ma huang, gui zhi, xing renn, zhi gan cao.

Question 28

Which pattern includes night sweating, dry throat, hot sensation in the 5 centres, dry cough, less sputum, red tongue, thready and rapid pulse?

Answer 28

Yin deficiency.

Question 29

What is the tx principle for yin deficiency?

Answer 29

To nourish yin and relieve exterior syndrome.

Question 30

What is the formula for yin deficiency cold?

Answer 30

Jiajian wei rui tang.

Question 31

When should you call 911 for a cold?

Answer 31

If fever is over 40.5 C or lasts three days at 38.5 C or in immunocompromised patients or if there is severe throat pain/discharge for more than 7 days or if there’s cough leading to vomiting or unusual severe symptoms.