With the weather warming up and the sun coming out, people usually go out to enjoy the spring season. Many people may encounter symptoms such as sniveling, sneezing and skin irritation that may resemble symptoms of the common cold; however, these are also symptoms of allergies.

According to Lee Hongtao, chief physician at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of XiangFan city, mild climates are agreeable for people going for a spring walk to enjoy the colorful flowers. However, the pollen of some beautiful flowers (e.g. gowan, dahlia, aster) and some trees (e.g. poplar, willow, elm, filbert, plane tree) as well as some common weeds (e.g. taraxacum) may trigger allergies, especially for those people with histories of allergies and respiratory diseases.  Therefore，once uncomfortable symptoms such as snuffling , sniffling, coughing, shortness of breath, skin redness and itching, goose pimples or hillock rash occur, victims should immediately go to  a hospital for examination and treatment. 

At the suggestion of Chief Lee, to prevent pollen allergies, people should wear breathing masks and buy some anti-allergic traditional Chinese medicine from standard hospitals for prevention when going out.