Sweating a lot during exercise and sweating a lot in the head and neck belong to the sweating syndrome of traditional Chinese medicine, mainly because sweating is obvious. Sweating a lot during the day is called spontaneous sweating, and sweating a lot at night is called night sweats.

There are several common reasons for sweating. Here, sweating can be summarized into three types:

(1) Camp is not in harmony with health.

There will be spontaneous sweating and night sweats. Usually sitting there during the day will be sweaty and afraid of the wind.

This kind can refer to Guizhi Decoction+Yupingfeng Powder+Oyster Powder.

There are Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, Os Draconis preparata, Concha Ostreae preparata, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Semen Nelumbinis, Fructus Rosae Laevigatae, Cornus officinalis, etc.

Guizhi decoction is: cassia twig, peony, licorice, jujube and ginger. Guizhi decoction is mainly a prescription for harmonizing ying and Wei, which comes from Treatise on Febrile Diseases and is called the first prescription of typhoid fever. It has a good function of reconciling the camp and the guard, which is good for this kind of spontaneous sweating.

Yupingfeng powder: Saposhnikovia divaricata, Atractylodes macrocephala, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Yupingfeng powder is a prescription for consolidating exterior and stopping sweating. It is better for those with insufficient superficial qi, large sweat pores and excessive sweating, and can shrink sweat pores and resist external cold.

Oyster powder: Oyster powder is a prescription specially designed for sweating. The medicines in it are all antiperspirants, with the emphasis on antiperspirants.

(2) yang deficiency is not solid

Yang deficiency is similar to disharmony between exterior and interior. The first situation is also yang deficiency, so the first situation needs to cooperate with warming yang and consolidating exterior.

If the tongue coating is uncomfortable and thick, Guifu Dihuang Pill can be added on the basis of the first case.

(3) yin deficiency and fire flourishing

This situation is characterized by sweating during the day, hot weather, severe sweating, especially in summer, easy to sweat, eat some rice and drink some hot water, sweat during exercise, sweat during sleep, difficulty in falling asleep, fever in hands and feet, drowsiness, fatigue and easy to catch a cold.

This will require a different approach.

You can always refer to the addition and subtraction of Danggui Huang Liu Decoction.

Danggui Huang Liu Decoction: Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Scutellariae Radix, Coptidis Rhizoma, Cortex Phellodendri, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, and Concha Ostreae preparata.

Here, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and Radix Angelicae Sinensis nourish yin and clear heat. Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Coptidis Rhizoma and Cortex Phellodendri can clear away heat and promote diuresis; Atractylodes macrocephala, Saposhnikovia divaricata and Yiqi to consolidate exterior; Schisandra chinensis and calcined oyster can converge and consolidate exterior, thus playing the roles of nourishing yin, clearing heat, invigorating qi to consolidate exterior and arresting sweating.