Patient's question:
Temperature is 37.7 degrees, cough, with phlegm, slightly hoarse.Yesterday's treatment and effectiveness: Took Tylenol (Johnson & Johnson) and showed slight improvement. Additionally, I noticed on the instructions for Xiao'er Qingre Qingfei Granules that it is not suitable for wind-cold type fever...
Doctor's answer:
The following should be taken orally, Chinese medicine generally divides children's colds into two major categories: wind-cold and wind-heat. Wind-cold fever primarily manifests as clear nasal discharge, mild fever, and severe aversion to cold. Wind-heat cold primarily manifests as more severe fever, often accompanied by sore throat or red throat, and yellow nasal discharge. Due to children's fragile constitution, susceptibility to illness, and rapid disease progression, most children encounter wind-heat cold symptoms, while rarely experiencing wind-cold fever symptoms. Even if wind-cold fever symptoms reappear, such as nasal congestion and clear nasal discharge, they quickly develop internally into heat, showing a pattern of excess heat and deficiency of cold, rapid temperature rise, and pharyngeal congestion or redness. As a result, specialized Chinese patent medicines for treating children's wind-cold fever are rarely seen on the market.Recommendation: Among these, ephedra is an important herb for treating wind-cold external pathogens. However, when combined with raw gypsum, it can be used for both wind-cold and wind-heat conditions. Therefore, Xiao'er Qingfei Koufuye (Children's Clearing Heat and Lung Oral Liquid) has excellent effects for both children's wind-cold fever and wind-heat cold.