The causes of sweaty chest can be divided into physiological factors and pathological factors. Physiological factors are mostly caused by hot weather, exercise sweating, etc. Pathological causes are mostly caused by qi deficiency, dampness and heat fumigation.
1. Physiological factors: This condition is mostly caused by sweating due to hot weather or the body’s natural heat dissipation after strenuous activities. This condition generally does not require special treatment.
2. Pathological factors: Chinese medicine believes that sweating on the chest is mostly caused by qi deficiency, dampness and heat fumigation.
Qi has the function of fixing and regulating fluids. When the body has a deficiency of qi, the fixing and regulating function is out of order, and the fluids are not restrained, leading to sweating. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that the chest is more related to the spleen and stomach in the middle jiao, when the dampness and heat trapped in the middle jiao, depressed and transformed into heat (evil qi too long stay will be transformed into heat), so that the heat compulsion of fluid leakage and lead to sweating in the chest.
Patients with excessive sweating of the chest are advised to go to a regular hospital for treatment under the guidance of a professional physician.