If night sweating is caused by high room temperature, no treatment is needed. If night sweating is caused by yin deficiency (sweating abnormally after going to sleep and stopping after waking up), then moxibustion can be used to nourish yin and restrain sweating by replenishing the body fluid (stopping sweating by replenishing the body fluid).
1. If sweating is caused by high indoor temperatures at night, it is a normal physiological phenomenon, and sweating can be improved by lowering the indoor temperatures, and no treatment is needed.
2. If the night sweating is caused by the deficiency of yin in the body, the internal growth of fire (the lack of yin in the body leads to the production of fire and heat), and the forced leakage of fluid, it is a pathologic sweating.
Moxibustion can be used to treat the main point Shen Que, applying ginger moxibustion. Mild moxibustion is applied to the supporting acupoints Foot Sanli, Sanyinjiao, Baihui, and Fuyao. The main and supporting points at the same time, in order to produce a local warm feeling, skin redness without blisters for the degree.
Moxibustion should be operated under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, do not operate on your own to avoid risks.