Is night sweats a serious illness?

According to traditional Chinese medicine, night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping sweating after waking up) is mainly a symptom caused by the imbalance of yin and yang in the human body, which manifests itself as sweating during sleep and stopping sweating after waking up, and it is not possible to determine whether night sweating is a serious illness through simple night sweating, and it should be treated by medical doctors actively, and the cause of the illness should be clearly identified and treated. Night sweating is mainly caused by the imbalance of yin and yang in the human body, mostly due to yin deficiency and internal heat, and can be treated with medications under the guidance of a physician, such as Ginseng Pine Nourishing Heart Capsules and Anshen Pellets, which can be used for the treatment of night sweating due to insufficient blood in the heart (insufficient blood in the heart); and Zhibai Di Huang Pills and Turtle Gum Nourishing Yin Pellets, which can be used for the treatment of night sweating caused by deficiency of yin and fire (deficiency of yin and essence in the body, and the emergence of hyperactive fire in the deficiency). The adverse reactions and contraindications of Anshen Pellet and Zhibai Di Huang Pill are not clear; Ginseng Pine Nourishing Heart Capsules may cause gastric distension and other adverse reactions after taking the drug, and the contraindications are not clear; Turtle Gum Nourishing Yin Pellet’s adverse reactions are not clear, and it is forbidden to take it for patients with weak spleen, little food, abdominal distension, and loose bowel movements (thinning of feces and lack of shape) and diabetes mellitus. If night sweats recur or seriously affect the patient’s daily life, should consult a doctor in time, not blindly use drugs.