Excessive sweating may be a physiological phenomenon caused by excessively hot weather, generally no treatment is needed, and can be relieved by staying in a cool environment. Pathological sweating is mainly caused by yin deficiency, heart and blood insufficiency, etc., and Chinese medicine believes that it can be treated through medication, acupuncture and moxibustion.
Physiological phenomenon: Excessive heat, high temperature, body surface temperature will also rise, may cause excessive sweating, no special treatment, stay in a cool environment can be relieved.
Yin deficiency and fire: manifested as five heart heat (two hearts and two feet of the heart heat, and conscious of the heart and chest heat), two cheekbones red, night sweating (sleep sweating abnormal, wake up sweating to stop) or self-sweating (daytime involuntary sweating, sweating aggravated by the slightest movement), you can orally take Angelica six yellow soup to regulate, or choose to acupuncture kidney, Taixi and other acupoints.
Insufficient blood in the heart: manifested by night sweating, palpitations, fatigue, shortness of breath, and a less florid complexion, etc. It can be regulated by taking GuiShu Tang (归脾汤), which contains Chinese medicines such as Jujubae Ren (酸枣仁), Atractylodes macrocephala (白术), and Radix et Rhizoma Codonopsis (党参), which is beneficial to qi, tonifying the blood, strengthening the spleen, and nourishing the heart.
If you feel unwell, please consult a doctor in time. Proprietary Chinese medicines should be treated under the guidance of a doctor’s diagnosis, and the clinical treatment operation of acupuncture and moxibustion needs to be carried out by a professional physician, so don’t take medicines and acupuncture on your own, so as not to cause damage to the organism.