Common types of excessive sweating include spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by sweating with slight movement) and night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, sweating stops after waking up), which can be treated with Yupingfengsan, Gui Spleen Soup, and Angelica Luk Huang Soup.
Self-sweating refers to sweating during the daytime without the influence of external environmental factors, which is aggravated after activities. Night sweating is a condition in which sweating occurs during sleep and stops when waking up.
Jade Screen Wind Powder: The effect is to benefit qi and consolidate the surface to stop sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the muscular surface). It is suitable for spontaneous sweating due to deficiency of the surface (due to the weakness of the muscular surface and frequent sweating naturally), which is characterized by sweating and bad wind, spontaneous sweating, easy to catch colds in the patient’s usual way, and tiredness and fatigue. It should not be used for spontaneous sweating due to external sensation or night sweating due to Yin deficiency.
Gui Spleen Tang: Its effects are to benefit Qi and replenish blood, strengthen the spleen and nourish the heart (strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the heart and spirit). It is indicated for spontaneous sweating or night sweating caused by insufficient blood in the heart (insufficient blood in the heart), which may be accompanied by palpitations (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), hypersomnia, fatigue (lack of mental energy), shortness of breath, and lack of blushing of the complexion. It is contraindicated in patients with heat in the camp blood, deficiency of heart yin and phlegm-dampness obstruction.
Angelica Six Horns Soup: nourishing Yin and diarrhea of fire, stopping sweating by fixing the surface, suitable for night sweating due to Yin deficiency and fire exuberance (deficiency of Yin essence in the body and hyperactivity of deficiency fire), or spontaneous sweating, which may be accompanied by five heartburns and heat (heat in the hearts of the hands and the feet, and self-consciousness of being irritated by heat in the heart and chest), hot flashes with zygomatic flush, and dryness of the mouth and thirst. It is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, and those with little food and loose stools (thin and unformed feces).
It is recommended that patients should consult the Chinese medicine department of a regular hospital when they have relevant symptoms and receive symptomatic treatment after identification by a Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not use medication on their own.