Night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping sweating after waking up) refers to the condition of sweating at night after going to sleep and stopping sweating after waking up, which can be categorized into cardiac and blood insufficiency, yin deficiency and fire exuberance, and qi and yin deficiency according to the identification of traditional Chinese medicine.
1. Cardiac blood deficiency syndrome: in addition to night sweating, there are palpitations, insomnia, dizziness, forgetfulness, shortness of breath, fatigue, tiredness, yellowish or colorless face, pale claws and nails, pale lips and mouth, pale tongue, thin moss, and weak or thin pulse.
2. Yin deficiency and fire: in addition to night sweating, there is also irritable heat (irritability and sultriness), thirst, dry throat, red lips, hot flashes in the afternoon, red cheekbones (cheeks and cheekbones are reddish in color), little urine, dry stools like goat’s poop, a red tongue with little fluids, little or no moss, and a fine pulse (the pulse becomes narrower and finer, and the rate is accelerated).
3. Qi and Yin deficiency: in addition to the symptoms of night sweating, there is also fatigue (mental exhaustion and physical weakness), shortness of breath and laziness, fear of cold, even worse after exertion, dryness of the mouth and throat, irritability, thirst and desire to drink, shortness of urine, dryness of stool, red tongue, thin white moss, and a fine pulse.
Regardless of the cause of night sweats, should pay attention to the emergence of night sweats to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the identification of professional doctors for treatment.