Chinese herbal formulas for fixing sweating and astringency include Gui Zhi Tang, Yu Ping Feng San and Oyster San.
1. Gui Zhi Tang is composed of Gui Zhi and Paeonia lactiflora, etc. It has the efficacy of relieving the muscle and releasing (using sweating and other methods to make the evil qi trapped in the surface of the muscle to go out), regulating the camp and defense (making the internal and external qi of the human body to be smooth and in its proper order), and it is often used in diseases such as malignant wind and fever, sweating out, headache and so on, so it can have the effect of fixing sweating and convergence.
Note that Gui Zhi Tang for external wind-cold surface deficiency (a type of evidence, manifested as fever, chills, sweating, fatigue, etc.) and set up, where the external wind-cold surface solid evidence is prohibited, if accompanied by fever and thirst, sore throat, pulse or chest tightness, yellowish greasy moss, slippery pulse, evidence of the first signs of warm disease, or wet temperature (feel the dampness of the heat of the temperature caused by the disease) for the patient, prohibit the use of this formula.
2. Yupingfeng San: composed of Fenghuang and Atractylodis Macrocephalae, it has the efficacy of benefiting qi, consolidating the surface and stopping sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the surface of the muscle) and is often used in the conditions of spontaneous sweating due to weakness of the surface of the muscle and frequent sweating naturally and sweating out of the evil winds.
Note that this formula should not be used in cases of external infections in deficient people with more evil than deficiency, and night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping sweating after waking up) in cases of yin deficiency and fever.
3. Oyster San: composed of astragalus and ephedra root, it has the effect of astringing yin and stopping sweating (astringing yin fluid to reduce sweating), benefiting qi and consolidating the surface, and is often used in spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by sweating with a little movement), night sweating, etc. It is not recommended to use this formula. Note that this formula is not suitable for night sweating caused by yin deficiency and fire exuberance.
The above medicines should be used under the guidance of professional medical practitioners for diagnosis and treatment, and should not be used on one’s own to avoid affecting health.