Slight night sweating can be regulated by taking the formula of Gui Spleen Soup or Angelica Six Yellow Soup Plus Reduction according to the type of symptoms.
In Chinese medicine, night sweating belongs to the category of sweating syndrome, which is mostly caused by the disharmony between Ying and Wei (a disease mechanism in Chinese medicine, which is often manifested as spontaneous sweating on the surface), and insufficiency of heart and blood. Night sweating is clinically categorized into two types: heart-blood insufficiency and yin deficiency and fire exuberance.
1. Insufficiency of heart blood manifests as forgetfulness and dizziness, mental fatigue, shortness of breath, and lack of color. Treatment should nourish the heart and replenish blood, and the formula is to use Gui Spleen Tang plus subtractions.
2. Yin deficiency and fire exuberance is mainly manifested as less sleepiness and deficiency annoyance (annoyance caused by deficiency heat in the body), sweating during sleep, five heart-heat (heat in the hearts of the hands and feet, and self-consciousness of being hot in the heart and chest), and emaciation, etc. The treatment should be lowering and nourishing Yin. The treatment should be to reduce fire and nourish yin, and the formula is to use Angelica sinensis and Six Yellow Tang plus subtractions, in addition, according to the etiology and mechanism of the disease, the use of Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan or Artemisia sinensis and turtle turtle shell soup and other formulas.
After the occurrence of night sweats, one should go to a regular medical institution in time to clarify the cause of the disease and treat the symptoms, and it is not recommended to regulate the disease on one’s own, so as not to make a mistake.