Sweating is frequent in the summer, but excessive sweating is also a sign that your body is giving you about your health. For example, sweating easily during the day is a sign of Qi deficiency, which can be managed through diet and practicing Tai Chi; sweating profusely at night is often night sweats, which can be addressed with yin-nourishing foods like lily bulbs and snow pears; excessive sweating on the head and face is mostly due to Qi deficiency, and a light diet should be emphasized... Let's learn to identify abnormal sweating phenomena together for healthier summer living.
As the temperature continues to rise, sweating becomes more frequent. Experts remind us that sweating is a natural physiological phenomenon, but abnormal sweating without any apparent illness indicates that the body needs conditioning.
Situation 1: Sweating a lot from the slightest activity during the day
Sweating profusely even without activity or with only minor exertion during the day.
These individuals often have characteristics such as a general feeling of physical weakness, a low voice, poor appetite, and a tendency to catch colds. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this is considered a manifestation of Qi deficiency.
Suggestion: In terms of diet, you can choose foods like Chinese yam, soy milk, beef, and mutton. You can also stew chicken or pork bones with Codonopsis root or Astragalus root to replenish the body and alleviate Qi deficiency. Practicing Tai Chi or Baduanjin can also help improve physical fitness.
Situation 2: Sweating a lot at night
Sweating while asleep and stopping upon waking, which Traditional Chinese Medicine calls "night sweats."
Suggestion: You can choose yin-nourishing foods like lily bulbs and snow pears. Eat less of "heaty" foods like lamb, onions, scallions, ginger, and garlic. You can also soak herbs like Glehnia root, Ophiopogon root, Schisandra berry, or American ginseng in water to drink.
Situation 3: Excessive sweating on the head and face
Many people break out in a sweat on their heads as soon as they start eating. Older adults and postpartum women with weak bodies may also experience excessive head sweating, which is often due to Qi deficiency.
Suggestion: If accompanied by upper abdominal bloating, thirst, and loss of appetite, it is often due to food stagnation. You can reduce food intake and eat a light diet to relieve it. If accompanied by heavy limbs, stomach discomfort, nausea, body fever, and a thick, yellow, greasy tongue coating, attention should be paid to a light diet.
Situation 4: Sweaty palms and soles
In the summer, many people find their palms sweating easily. Typically, such individuals also have sweaty feet and armpits.
Suggestion: If sweaty palms and soles are accompanied by abdominal bloating and pain, and constipation, it is often a heat sign from accumulated stool in the intestines, and laxatives can be taken. If sweaty palms and soles are accompanied by a dry mouth, swollen and painful gums, etc., it is often due to stomach heat, and stomach-heat-clearing medicines like Niuhuang Qingwei Wan or Qingwei Huanglian Wan can be taken.