Sweating after cerebral infarction belongs to the category of “sweating syndrome” in Chinese medicine, which is mostly related to factors such as lung and guardian’s lack of solidity, yin deficiency and fire exuberance, etc. When regulating the disease, you can choose the medicines that can benefit qi and solidify the epidermis, nourish yin and reduce fire and stop sweating according to the identification, such as Yubingfeng Granules and Angelica Six Yellow Soup.
1. Yubingfeng Granules: This medicine is composed of Astragalus, Atractylodes Macrocephala, Fenghuang and so on, which has the efficacy of benefiting qi, consolidating the epidermis and stopping sweating. It can be used for those who have deficiency of the epidermis (the epidermis of the muscle is weak and leads to the sweat going out abnormally), spontaneous sweating (sweating involuntarily during the daytime, and sweating is aggravated with a slight movement), and those who have a weak and easy to feel the wind evils. It should be noted that greasy food should be avoided while taking the medicine.
2. Angelica Six Yellow Soup: This medicine belongs to Chinese medicine prescription, which is composed of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Radix Scutellariae, Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix Scutellariae Scutellariae and so on, and it has the efficacy of nourishing yin and lowering the fire, fixing the surface and restraining the sweat.
It can be used in the treatment of night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping sweating after waking up), hot flashes, five heart-heat (heat in the heart of the hands and feet, and self-consciousness of the heart and chest), and heart-quietness and sleeplessness (heart-quietness and heat and insomnia) caused by yin deficiency and fire exuberance. It should be noted that spicy, stimulating and greasy food should be avoided while taking the medicine.
Patients with excessive sweating after cerebral infarction are advised to go to regular hospitals for consultation and treatment under the guidance of professional physicians for evidence-based treatment.