What's wrong with the heavy sweating on the forehead

Sweating is the body's function of self-regulating body temperature. Expelling sweat through the pores can take away excess heat from the body and protect the normal operation of internal organs. Therefore, it is normal for the human body to sweat in hot weather. However, if you sweat a lot on your forehead when the weather is not hot, it is a sign of health problems and people must pay attention to this situation. So, what is the reason for excessive sweating on the forehead?

Excessive sweating on the forehead is limited to the head, which is mostly caused by evil heat in the upper burner, or damp heat in the middle burner, and is more common in Yangming heat syndrome and damp-heat syndrome. If it occurs after a serious illness, or in the elderly with shortness of breath and sweating on the forehead, it is mostly a symptom of deficiency. If a person suddenly breaks out in forehead with profuse sweat at the end of a serious illness, it is a dangerous sign that the yin is rising, the yin deficiency cannot attach to the yang, and the yin fluid is lost along with the qi. However, children often sweat on their heads when they sleep. If there are no other symptoms, it is not a sign of illness.

When the temperature is high, the body's metabolism speeds up, and sweating to dissipate heat is a normal instinctive reaction of the body, which is called physiological sweating. Abnormal pathological sweating reflects various abnormal conditions of physical health and should be treated with caution and as soon as possible. During the day, if you are not active and sit quietly, you will still sweat, and if you move, you will sweat profusely. This is called "spontaneous sweating". At night, if you sweat unconsciously while sleeping and stop sweating when you wake up, this is called "night sweats". These are the two most common types of sweating disorders. Whether spontaneous sweating or night sweats, they are all pathological sweating, and it is necessary to distinguish between yin and yang, deficiency and excess. Generally speaking, sweating syndrome is more common in deficiency syndrome, but when it is caused by the accumulation of evil heat such as liver fire, damp heat, etc., it is an excess syndrome.

Specifically, different people have different symptoms, and some people even have a mixture of deficiency and excess. They should consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to determine what the "disease" is, and then adjust their diet or use syndrome differentiation and treatment.

It is said in ancient times that "sweat is the fluid of the heart" and is transformed from essence and energy, so it should not be excessively released. Chen Xiuhua said that there are four common types of sweating syndrome:

1. The lung defense is not solid. Weak constitution, physical weakness after illness, or long-term coughing that damages the lungs, insufficient lung qi, weak exterior defense, open pores and cause spontaneous sweating;

2. The Ying and Wei disharmony type. People with superficial deficiency are affected by wind evil, and the Ying and Wei are out of harmony, and the Wei is out of control, which leads to spontaneous sweating.

3. Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire type. Excessive fatigue can cause the evil heat to injure the yin, causing internal fire to be generated, and the yin fluid can be disturbed, so it cannot be stored and leaks out as sweat;

4. Evil-heat stagnation type. Emotional discomfort, excessive liver fire, or a preference for spicy and greasy food, or excessive dampness and heat in the body, etc., can lead to excessive liver fire or dampness and heat in the body, stagnation of evil heat, and leakage of body fluids, resulting in increased sweating.