Sweaty feet and hands may be caused by hot weather, weak spleen and stomach, kidney deficiency and other reasons.
1. Hot weather: the sweat glands on the hands and feet are usually more developed than other parts of the body, if the weather is hot, it is easy to appear the phenomenon of sweaty feet and hands, which is a normal physiological phenomenon.
2. Weakness of the spleen and stomach: from the point of view of Chinese medicine, sweaty hands and feet are mainly related to the weakness of the spleen and stomach, which can’t fix (consolidate) the fluid. In addition to sweaty hands and feet, patients may also experience symptoms such as lower abdomen, difficulty in urination, cold limbs, loss of appetite, and weakness.
3. Kidney deficiency: Generally speaking, kidney deficiency will cause night sweating of the hands and feet or the whole body (sweating abnormally after going to sleep, and sweating stops after waking up), which is common in kidney yin deficiency. Patients are usually accompanied by heat in the hands and feet, afternoon hot flashes (a burst of heat), dry mouth, dry throat, insomnia, dizziness, tinnitus and other symptoms.
It is recommended that patients with sweaty feet and hands should go to a Chinese medicine hospital in a timely manner when the physiological phenomenon of hot weather is ruled out, so as to clarify the cause of the disease and receive treatment as prescribed by the doctor.