Since I moved to my boyfriend’s house, I often catch colds. I recovered from my last cold, but my ears are inflamed again. Now my ears are healed, but I have a cold again! Or is it because it’s spring now?

1. Wind-heat cold is caused by the evil of wind-heat attacking the surface and causing the imbalance of lung qi. Symptoms include severe fever, mild wind, head bloating and pain, sweating, sore throat, cough, sticky or yellow phlegm, nasal congestion and yellow discharge, thirsty drinkers, red tip of tongue, thin white and yellowish coating. Wind-heat colds are more common in summer and autumn and are caused by exogenous wind-heat. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that wind-heat cold is a manifestation of wind-heat evil.

2. Wind-cold cold is a cold caused by wind and cold, and it occurs more frequently in autumn and winter. The symptoms include body aches, runny nose, and cough with phlegm. Both Western medicine and Chinese medicine can be used for treatment, as well as dietary therapy, which not only cures the disease but also provides health care. Preventive measures include keeping warm, strengthening physical exercise, improving immunity, and getting vaccinated in advance.

3. The main difference in terms of symptoms is that the cold with wind-cold will have obvious runny nose, cough, feeling cold, etc., while the cold with wind-heat will have sweating, yellowing of the nose, nausea, etc.