Dear Patient, Last week I got my COVID booster shot. I knew what to expect—after my second dose months earlier I’d spent a miserable day in bed with chills, body aches, fatigue and headaches. This time was no different. Despite feeling awful, I took comfort in knowing that my body was going through the exercise of mounting a defense. The symptoms I experienced are classic signs of what we call an exterior wind-cold attack in Traditional Chinese Medicine—really just a metaphor for a pathogen invading the body from the outside.
Wind Pool
Wind Pool
Wind Pool
Dear Patient, Last week I got my COVID booster shot. I knew what to expect—after my second dose months earlier I’d spent a miserable day in bed with chills, body aches, fatigue and headaches. This time was no different. Despite feeling awful, I took comfort in knowing that my body was going through the exercise of mounting a defense. The symptoms I experienced are classic signs of what we call an exterior wind-cold attack in Traditional Chinese Medicine—really just a metaphor for a pathogen invading the body from the outside.