Pathological sweating of the head can be treated by clearing away heat and dampness, tonifying the qi, nourishing the heart and other Chinese medical treatments. Physiological sweating such as that caused by hot weather and strenuous exercise generally does not require special conditioning and treatment.
Clearing heat and removing dampness: If sweating is caused by eating or drinking hot food and is accompanied by heat in the hands and feet and a fear of heat and a preference for cold, the sweating is due to an excess of yang heat within the body, forcing fluids out, so it is possible to use Gentian Diarrhea and Liver Tang combined with Elsholtzia Powder to clear heat and remove dampness to stop the sweating.
Benefiting the qi and consolidating the surface: If the person is weak and sweats spontaneously (sweating involuntarily during the day, aggravated by a little movement), sweats when moving, and is prone to catching colds, then the lung qi is not consolidated, causing the sweat to go out, then the qi can be benefited to consolidate the surface and stop sweating (stopping sweating by consolidating the surface of the body), such as treating the case with Jade Screen Fung San.
Nourishing blood and nourishing the heart: Sweat is the fluid of the heart, if excessive sweating occurs, it will easily lead to insufficient blood in the heart, which will further lead to the inability of heart qi to consolidate the sweat, this kind of patient can be treated by nourishing blood and nourishing the heart, and the formula chosen is Gui Spleen Tang.
The adverse effects and contraindications of the above formulae are not clear.
Head sweating should seek medical advice, identify the cause of the disease, and be treated under the guidance of a physician, rather than using drugs indiscriminately.