Traditional Chinese medicine divides sweating patterns into: less sweating, hyperhidrosis, sticky sweat, cold sweat, and heavy odor; the picture shows the situation. (picture taken from freepik)
[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report]The existing condition of the skin is bad enough, plus the summer heat wave hits, and as soon as you go outdoors, you will be sweating, drenched, and sticky, as uncomfortable as you can say, but “Sweat” is actually an important criterion used by Chinese medicine to evaluate a person’s health.
Alice, vice president of Xinhuaan Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic, posted on her Facebook page “Senior Sister Alice Chinese Medicine Dermatology Specialist“The article pointed out that Zhang Jingyue in the Ming Dynasty summarized the main methods of TCM consultation into ten items, called the Ten Questions Song, and asking Khan is the second item, which shows its importance. The 5 types of sweating are: less sweat, more sweat, sticky sweat, cold sweat, and strong smell.
5 types of sweating
●Less sweating: Excluding external influences such as hiding in an air-conditioned room in hot summer, drinking less water or exercising less, those who sweat less are related to our physique. People who sweat less are mostly “deficiency cold” constitutions. Because the body’s basal metabolic rate is relatively low, the utilization rate of various nutrients is not high, and the amount of muscle activity is also lower than normal levels. Clinically, it is necessary to adjust personal lifestyles and perform appropriate exercises to improve physical fitness.
However, if there are symptoms of hypothermia in the hands, feet, and extremities, Chinese medicine can be taken for conditioning. Sweating less will also lead to acidic metabolites accumulating in the body, making it impossible to detoxify. In addition to causing common skin diseases, it will also affect metabolism and cause an increase in body fat.
●Excessive sweating: Under normal circumstances, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, high blood pressure, tumors, etc. will cause abnormal sweating, accompanied by obvious corresponding symptoms. In this case, the condition must be controlled in time, and then the hyperhidrosis can be resolved.
Of course, more cases are abnormal sweating without obvious disease symptoms. For example, when you are inactive or lightly active during the day, you often sweat profusely. These people often have the characteristics of weak body, low voice, poor appetite, and easy to catch colds. Chinese medicine considers it a manifestation of qi deficiency, so it is necessary to prescribe prescriptions to relieve qi deficiency and enhance physical fitness.
Alice said that if it is night sweats at night, the constitution may belong to “yin deficiency”, and it is usually accompanied by “hot flashes” symptoms, which may be due to hormonal changes during menopause or other reasons; There is nowhere to release the heat in the body at night, so the sympathetic nerves are stimulated to sweat to regulate body temperature, so when you get up in the morning, you will feel weak and tired. You can take traditional Chinese medicine such as Jiawei Xiaoyaosan for conditioning, and you should also reduce eating spicy food and do moderate exercise to improve your physical fitness.
Sticky sweat: Generally, it means that the patient has a constitution with strong moisture, but sticky sweat may also be caused by excessive liver fire or spleen and stomach dysfunction, so in addition to the usual light diet, eat less fatty and greasy food Some fruits and vegetables. It is recommended to go to a Chinese medicine clinic to take targeted treatment to regulate the constitution.
●Cold sweats: The body often sweats. From the point of view of Chinese medicine, cold sweats are caused by the lack of yang qi. You can use traditional Chinese medicine to replenish qi and blood. However, if it is an emergency with severe abdominal pain, severe anemia, severe inflammation, or bleeding Other conditions will also occur with cold sweats, and you should seek medical treatment immediately.
●Heavy taste: it is caused by damp heat in the liver and gallbladder, damp heat in the spleen and stomach, etc. For damp heat in the liver and gallbladder, you can use Longdan Xiegan Decoction, and use Huoxiangzhengqi Powder for damp heat in the spleen and stomach. Especially in summer, many people have stomach flu and gastroenteritis caused by damp heat, so you can take it Huoxiangzhengqi Powder etc. are used for treatment.
But if there is an abnormal smell, it is mostly caused by endocrine system problems, and different body odors may correspond to possible diseases, such as early diabetes, urine and body will have a sweet smell, you need to seek medical attention as soon as possible.
Alice emphasized that there is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that blood and sweat are of the same origin, and excessive sweating will damage the blood, so sweat is also an indicator of physical health.
It’s okay to sweat profusely in the hot summer or during strenuous exercise, but it’s not good for your health if you do it for a long time. Conversely, many people have been hiding in air-conditioned rooms in summer without sweating, which can easily lead to “air-conditioning disease” and skin-related problems. Therefore, she believes that understanding sweating can control health, but there are many reasons for abnormal sweating, so don’t ignore it.
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2023-07-12 09:48:00
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