In life, some people sweat during exercise, not because of the hot weather and high temperature, but because of their health and lack of breath. It belongs to "sweating" in Chinese medicine. Sweating is divided into spontaneous sweating and night sweats. Night sweats refer to the symptoms of falling asleep and sweating at night. Night sweats are mainly caused by yin deficiency and internal heat. People with yin deficiency have internal heat, which will force body fluids to be discharged, so people will sweat. Spontaneous sweating refers to sweating during light activities during the day. People who spontaneously sweat are generally accompanied by symptoms such as intolerance to cold, susceptibility to colds, chills, shortness of breath, fatigue and laziness. Spontaneous sweating is mainly caused by qi deficiency, and its clinical manifestations are sweating, aversion to wind, aggravated exercise, mental fatigue, lack of qi and laziness in speaking, pale face, pale tongue with thin white fur, weak pulse and so on. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the prevention and treatment of hyperhidrosis should start with invigorating qi and nourishing yin and regulating yin and yang.

1. Jujube and black beans with Astragalus membranaceus, nourishing qi and blood to treat hyperhidrosis.

As we know, jujube has a good effect of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, and it is one of the most commonly used foods and medicinal materials. Jujube can strengthen the stomach and is rich in protein, fat, sugar, carotene, various vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, adenosine cyclophosphate and other nutrients. It can relieve fatigue, dilate blood vessels and increase myocardial contractility, and is a good tonic for people who are deficient in qi and blood and are prone to fatigue. The following are two kinds of medicated diets for severe cold, which can tonify qi and blood, clear away heat and stop sweating, and are suitable for treating hyperhidrosis.

(1) Jujube black bean porridge. Take 20 jujubes, 50 grams of black beans and 30 grams of astragalus root, add appropriate amount of water to these ingredients, dissolve them in fire, simmer for 30 minutes, and pour out the medicine juice; Add water to boil again, and mix the two kinds of medicine juice, which looks like a bowl. This is the daily dose, and 10 day is 1 course of treatment.

Chinese medicine is used to treat night sweats.

Night sweats can be treated by applying traditional Chinese medicine. The following are several application methods.

The first usage is to grind Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis and Galla Chinensis respectively, take the same amount, and apply the powder to any point of Xinshu and Ganshu with Shangshi Zhitong ointment, once a day/kloc-0. This method is suitable for any patient with night sweats.

The second usage is to grind Cinnamomum cassia and Cornus officinalis respectively, take the same amount, and apply externally to Yongquan point with Shangshi Zhitong ointment, once 12 hours, once a day 1 time. This method is suitable for night sweats at any age. One thing to note: pregnant women are forbidden to apply Yongquan point.

3. Moxibustion at Shu Fei Shenque and other points, benefiting qi and consolidating exterior surface to treat hyperhidrosis.

Chinese medicine believes that endocrine disorders, physical weakness, mental factors and so on. Can lead to hyperhidrosis. Moxibustion on related acupoints can regulate endocrine, replenish qi and consolidate exterior, improve the body's disease resistance and improve hyperhidrosis.

(1) mild moxibustion with moxa sticks. Take Shu Fei, Xinshu, Pishu and Shenshu (located at the waist, below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, and open 1.5 inch Zusanli), and apply moxibustion in the order of acupuncture at the upper point and then at the lower point. Let the patient take the correct posture. The moxibustion practitioner directly burns one end of the moxa stick, holds the moxa stick, and aims the torch at the skin of the acupoint, which is 3-5 cm away from the skin, so that the skin at the acupoint of the patient has a warm feeling, but there is no burning feeling. Moxibustion at each point 15-20 minutes is appropriate, taking the patient's acupoint skin flushing as the degree. When applying moxibustion, the moxibustion practitioner should pay attention to avoid burning the skin when the moxa ash falls. 1-2 times a day.

(2) moxa stick moxibustion. Take Shenque point and Guanyuan point, let the patient lie on his back and expose the skin of the points. Moxibustion teacher lights the moxa stick, which is about 3 cm away from the skin of moxibustion point. Moxibustion practitioners hold moxa sticks and move or rotate back and forth around the acupoints, with a distance of about 3 cm, so that the skin at the acupoints has a warm feeling without burning pain. The moxibustion time of each acupoint is 10- 15 minutes, which is suitable for the skin at the acupoint. Don't excessively moxibustion, so as not to cause other uncomfortable symptoms.

4. A traditional Chinese medicine foot bath therapy for hyperhidrosis.

Besides dietotherapy, application and massage, soaking feet with traditional Chinese medicine can also treat hyperhidrosis. Here are some foot bath prescriptions:

(1) Huangqi antiperspirant decoction. Prepare 30 grams of Radix Astragali, 20 grams of Radix Saposhnikoviae, 0/5 grams of triticale/kloc-and 0/5 grams of Herba Ephedrae/kloc-. Put the medicine into a pot, add a proper amount of water, soak for 5- 10 minutes, decoct with water to get juice, put it in a bathtub, and soak your feet while it is hot, twice a day, each time for 10-30 minutes, every day for 5-7 days. This prescription has the effect of consolidating exterior and stopping sweating, and is suitable for patients with exterior deficiency, spontaneous sweating, night sweats and physical weakness who are prone to catching a cold.

(2) Peach leaf soup. Prepare 200 grams of peach leaves. Clean the peach leaves, put them in a pot, add a proper amount of water, soak them for 5- 10 minutes, decoct them with water to get juice, put them in a bathtub, soak their feet while they are hot, twice a day, each time for 10-30 minutes, every day for 3-5 days. This prescription has astringent and antiperspirant effects and is suitable for night sweats.