Syndrome differentiation and treatment
The commonly-seen syndromes of acute rhinitis include wind and cold invading the lung as well as wind and heat invading the lung. The syndrome of wind and cold invading the lung is characterized by severer nasal obstruction, clear and thin nasal discharge with whitish colour as well as reddish nasal conchae. Treatment should be dispelling wind and dispersing cold. The syndrome of wind and heat invading the lung is marked by sticky and thick nasal discharge or with yellowish colour as well as reddish nasal conchae. Treatment should lie in dispelling wind and clearing away heat.

1. Syndrome of wind and cold invading the lung
Main symptoms and signs: Persistent and severer nasal obstruction worsened by cold and relieved by heat,clear and thin nasal discharge with profuse quantity and whitish colour, low speech, or complications of aversion to cold and fever, enlargement of inferior nasal conchae with edema of mucosa and pale colour seen during examination, reddish tongue with whitish thin fur as well as floating pulse.
Therapeutic methods: Dispelling cold and dispersing the lung, dispelling cold.

2. Syndrome of wind and heat invading the lung
Main symptoms and signs: Nasal obstruction is sometimes severe and sometimes mild. Nasal discharge is profuse, sticky and thick, with yellowish or whitish colour. The patient has headache, dry throat, cough, scanty and sticky sputum which is not easily expectorated, or with complications of fever and aversion to cold. Examination sees enlargement of inferior nasal conchae and edema of mucosa with reddish colour. The lingual margin is reddish with whitish and thin or yellowish and thin fur. The pulse is floating and rapid.   
Therapeutic methods: Dispelling wind and dispersing the lung, clearing away heat and removing obstruction of the orifice.