A common cold due to contraction of wind-heat. Wind-heat common cold is characterized by heat effusion, headache, slight aversion to cold, spontaneous sweating, nasal congestion without snivel (nasal mucus), scorching sore throat, cough with thick yellow phlegm, thirst, red tongue with thin slightly yellowish-white tongue fur, and a rapid floating pulse.
Medicinal therapy: Cool acrid exterior resolution. Use formulas such as Lonicera and Forsythia Powder (银翘散yín qiào sǎn). For nasal congestion without snivel, add xanthium (Xanthii Fructus, 苍耳子cāng ěr zǐ), Dahurian angelica (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix, 白芷bái zhǐ), mint (Menthae Herba, 薄荷bò hé), and houttuynia (Houttuyniae Herba, 鱼腥草yú xīng cǎo). For scorching sore throat, add belamcanda (Belamcandae Rhizoma, 射干shè gān), isatis root (Isatidis Radix, 板蓝根bǎn lán gēn), and scrophularia (Scrophulariae Radix, 玄参xuán shēn). For cough with thick yellow phlegm, add fritillaria (Fritillariae Bulbus, 贝母bèi mǔ), scutellaria (Scutellariae Radix, 黄芩huáng qín), apricot kernel (Armeniacae Semen, 杏仁xìng rén), and peucedanum (Peucedani Radix, 前胡qián hú). For thirst, add trichosanthes root (Trichosanthis Radix, 天花粉tiān huā fěn) and adenophora/glehnia (Adenophorae seu Glehniae Radix, 沙参shā shēn).
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on LU, LI, and TB. Main points: LU-10 (Fish Border, 鱼际 yú jì), GV-14 (Great Hammer, 大椎 dà zhuī), LU-5 (Cubit Marsh, 尺泽 chǐ zé), LI-11 (Pool at the Bend, 曲池 qū chí), ST-44 (Inner Court, 内庭 nèi tíng), GB-20 (Wind Pool, 风池 fēng chí), and TB-5 (Outer Pass, 外关 wài guān). For headache, add GV-20 (Hundred Convergences, 百会 bǎi huì), Greater yáng (tài yáng) (太阳tài yáng), and SI-3 (Back Ravine, 后溪 hòu xī). For spontaneous sweating, add LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ) and KI-7 (Recover Flow, 复溜 fù liū). For nasal congestion without snivel, add LI-20 (Welcome Fragrance, 迎香 yíng xiāng) and Hall of Impression (印堂yìn táng). For scorching sore throat, prick LU-11 (Lesser Shang, 少商 shào shāng) to bleed. For cough with thick yellow phlegm, add BL-13 (Lung Transport, 肺俞 fèi shù) LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), and LU-7 (Broken Sequence, 列缺 liè quē). Needle with drainage at all points. See wind-heat invading the lung.