At present, it is the season of respiratory diseases, and some people are too lazy to go to the hospital. When they have a fever, they take some heat clearing and detoxifying medicine on their own, and when they cough, they take some autumn pear ointment... However, doctors say that this practice of taking medicine indiscriminately is not advisable. Even the above-mentioned common drugs need to be taken according to the symptoms in order to take effect. Not all fever can be treated with heat clearing and detoxifying drugs. Some people think of taking some heat clearing and detoxifying drugs to dispel "toxic fire" when they have a cold and fever. Regarding this, Fan Maorong, chief physician of Xiyuan Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, introduced that this approach is not entirely correct. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the use of heat clearing and detoxifying drugs is only effective in cases where wind heat invades the lungs or heat toxins are present. At this time, patients often have symptoms such as sore throat, cough, yellow phlegm, dry stool, red tongue and yellow coating while having a fever. It is not wrong to use heat clearing and detoxifying drugs for this group of people. But if the wind cold caused by catching a cold invades the lungs, accompanied by fever, nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, fear of cold, and lack of sweat, it is better to cook a bowl of ginger and Su Ye soup to dispel the wind cold and reduce fever. It should be reminded that patients who have weak spleen and stomach during normal times and are prone to diarrhea by eating cold foods should pay attention to protecting their spleen and stomach even if they need to take heat clearing and detoxifying drugs. While taking heat clearing and detoxifying drugs, we can boil porridge with poria yam Congee, dispel dampness and strengthen the spleen, and protect our spleen and stomach functions. Director Fan Maorong introduced that Autumn Pear Cream is effective for this type of dry cough. When encountering dry cough, it is customary to drink Autumn Pear Cream to moisten the lungs and relieve cough. However, this practice is not entirely correct. The cough suitable for Autumn Pear Cream is mainly due to Yin deficiency and dryness. This type of cough usually has no phlegm or very little phlegm, and some people may even cough violently with a small amount of blood streaks. At the same time, the patient also has symptoms such as restlessness and heat in the five hearts, dry mouth and tongue, and red tongue with little coating. In this case, taking Autumn Pear Cream is not a problem. But it is not necessary to use Autumn Pear Cream to moisten the lungs and relieve cough when encountering dry cough. Dietary therapy should also be based on syndrome differentiation. For example, in winter in the north, the weather is cold and the wind is strong. If coughing is caused by wind pathogens invading the lungs, it is recommended to drink Su Ye and Fangfeng boiled water to help disperse wind pathogens and relieve cough. Coughing caused by wind pathogens invading the lungs is paroxysmal, characterized by the urge to cough when the throat itches. Acupoint moxibustion helps smooth breathing. Chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and bronchiectasis in winter are prone to recurrent attacks and even progressive exacerbations. Director Fan Maorong introduced that moxibustion at Guan Yuan point (three inches below the navel) and Dazhui point (the depression under the spinous process of the seventh cervical spine) can warm the kidneys, promote yang, drive away cold and stabilize the surface, thereby reducing the frequency of recurrent attacks or exacerbations in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. During moxibustion, it is important to use the suspended moxibustion method, with 10-15 minutes of moxibustion each time, twice a week. It should be noted that not everyone is suitable for this moxibustion method. For example, people with a hot constitution who have sticky stools or Yin deficiency and dry lungs, such as dry cough, no phlegm, dry stools, and red tongue, are not suitable for moxibustion. (New Society)