TREATMENT OF UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION BY QIGONG——Selected from A Practical English-Chinese Library of Traditional Chinese Medicine

摘要

An upper respiratory tract infection is acatarrhal inflammation of the upperrespiratory tract caused by viruses or bacte-ria.The chief clinical manifestations arestuffy nose,nasal discharge,sneezing,coughing and sore-throat,as well as aver-sion to wind,fever and headache.Tradi-tional Chinese medicine calls it“gan mao(common cold)”.