1, why do babies love to sweat Sweating is a means for the body to regulate body temperature. When the ambient temperature is higher than the body temperature, sweating becomes the body’s main heat dissipation response. In the hot summer, the body is through sweating to regulate the body temperature to maintain a normal body temperature. Infants and young children are in a period of rapid growth and development, and their body metabolism is very vigorous, while the microvascular distribution in the skin of infants and young children is widespread, and they sweat easily when excited or stimulated. If the baby is playing with a lot of exercise, or feeding too quickly, too fast, frightened, just fall asleep, etc. are prone to sweating, and the younger the baby, the more obvious this phenomenon. As the child’s nervous system gradually develops, this sweating phenomenon will gradually disappear. Chinese medicine believes that sweat is a kind of fluid discharged by the skin. Sweat can moisten the skin and harmonize the Ying and Wei. Children are more likely to sweat than adults in their daily lives because of their vigorous vitality and the development of clear yang. It is written in “The Play of the Young” that “children are pure yang bodies, the head is the meeting of all yang, the heart is fire, the head sweat is the sign of inflammation.” Therefore, most parents will find that their babies have a lot of head sweating. 2, many children love sweating, how to confirm whether it is normal physiological sweating or pathological sweating? Most of the sweating in babies is normal and medically known as physiological sweating. If the weather is hot and the baby sweats a lot, if the clothes are too warm, if the baby is fed too quickly, if the baby sweats a lot after running and jumping, or if the baby sweats on the head and neck when he or she first falls asleep and then sweats less after he or she falls asleep, the baby is generally well and has no other symptoms, it is physiological sweating and is not pathological. The sweating of the baby’s head will gradually improve as the child grows older and does not require special treatment. The “Young Branch Play” records: “Sweat is the liquid of the heart. …… Therefore, head sweating is a sign of clear yang hair over, no need to treat it.” But a lot of sweating will affect the balance of electrolytes in the body, therefore, for children with physiological sweating, they need to pay attention to drinking more water and replenish enough water in time. Pathological sweating is divided into spontaneous sweating and night sweating. Sweating during sleep and stopping when you wake up is called night sweating; if you sweat for no reason, regardless of whether you sleep or not, it is called spontaneous sweating. Night sweats are mostly yin deficiency, while spontaneous sweats are mostly yang deficiency. Pathological sweating is commonly associated with tuberculosis, rickets, hypoglycemia, hyperthyroidism, infectious diseases, etc. Pathological sweating generally has a history of morbidity and is accompanied by other symptoms, such as pediatric tuberculosis often has a history of exposure to tuberculosis, the family elderly, parents or nannies suffering from tuberculosis, accompanied by fever, cough, general weakness, wasting and other symptoms; active rickets has a history of little outdoor activity, no sun exposure, failure to add vitamin D supplements, calcium supplements in a timely manner, often accompanied by night crying, the back of the head occipital hair loss circle (occipital baldness) The symptoms of hypoglycemia include a history of eating less, mostly cold sweats on an empty stomach, pallor, and cold extremities; infectious diseases can have symptoms related to fever, poor mental health, and poor appetite. Pathological sweating, each disease, in addition to excessive sweating, there are a variety of other disease manifestations, parents need to pay attention to observe, if necessary, take the baby to the hospital for further relevant examination. 3, family self-care (1) baby sweating, the first should be clear cause If the baby is physiological sweating, parents do not need to worry too much, as long as the external factors that cause baby sweating can be removed. If the clothes are not too warm, the windows should be opened frequently to ventilate the hot weather, and more outdoor activities should be carried out to enhance physical fitness. If your infant has active rickets and sweats, you should go to the hospital and take vitamin D supplements and calcium supplements under the guidance of your doctor, and pay attention to more sunlight. If the child eats poorly and suddenly appears to sweat profusely on an empty stomach, without fever, pale, depressed and cold limbs, the possibility of hypoglycemia should be considered, and sugar water can be fed at home first, then go to the hospital immediately for further examination. (2) Sweaty baby, need to pay attention to replenish water Baby sweaty, especially in the summer, should pay attention to replenish water, preferably feed light salt water. Sweating not only loses water, but also a certain amount of sodium, chloride, potassium and other electrolytes. Feeding your baby light salt water can replenish water, sodium, chloride and other salts, maintain the electrolyte balance in your body, and avoid dehydration that can lead to deficiency. In addition, after the baby sweats, it is necessary to dry the sweat and change the wet clothes in time to avoid getting cold and sick. (3) Sweating is caused by a variety of reasons, and should be regulated differently Qi deficiency sweating: often manifested as excessive sweating, especially after activity, weakness, usually repeatedly suffering from colds and flu, etc., can be used Yu Ping Feng granules punch. Yin deficiency sweating: mainly night sweating, night sweating, emaciation, hand and foot fever, thirst and constipation, etc., can be taken orally with raw pulse drink. Recipe: ① raw astragalus 15g, prunus ginseng 10g, floating wheat 10g, licorice 5g, decoction of water for tea. ② 30g of glutinous rice root decoction, add ice sugar to drink as tea.