Wind heat : clinical syndromes include high fever with some chill, slightly dislike wind, some sweating, headache, cough, stuffy nose with some thick sticky phlegm, some case with sore swollen throat, thirsty and with desire to drink water, red tip and sides of tongue, thin and yellow fur on tongue, floating and rapid pulse.

Avoid eating food that may increase heat syndrome, like: meat of lamb, goat, dog, silky chicken, fish, shrimp,  silkworm pupae, and fruit like Chinese dates, longan, lichee, walnut, and cherries.

See formula sang ju yin for heat syndrome type of cold and flu.

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