Why do you sweat when eating

There are many reasons for sweating while eating. The most common one is hot weather. If you eat fast and the food is hot, this phenomenon will occur. Of course, you should also be alert to some disease causes. From the perspective of Western medicine, there may be certain problems with the regulation of sweat gland function. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it may be caused by qi deficiency or yang deficiency.

Why do you sweat when eating?

●From the perspective of Western medicine

If frequent sweating is not caused by overheating during exercise or eating spicy and irritating foods, then you should be alert to problems with the regulation of sweat gland function.

Medical literature shows that excessive sweating (including sweating after eating) is more common in children with rickets and patients with hyperthyroidism, commonly known as hyperthyroidism.

This is mainly related to the endocrine imbalance caused by hyperthyroidism, so you must pay attention to related issues.

●From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine

There are five liquids in the human body. The so-called five internal organs transform into five liquids, which refers to the heart as sweat, the lungs as mucus, the liver as tears, the spleen as saliva, and the kidneys as saliva.

In other words, sweat, tears, and mucus are all produced by the normal "qi" of the human body. It refers to the five liquids produced from body fluids produced from water and food under certain conditions, including sweat.

Therefore, people who sweat as soon as they eat, or sweat frequently or suffer from night sweats are mostly suffering from "Qi deficiency or Yang deficiency" in the body.

People with qi deficiency are prone to sweating, whether they are active, nervous, or even just sitting still. People with qi deficiency will sweat while eating. Frequent night sweats are also a manifestation of yang deficiency.

Another situation is when there is a problem with the spleen and stomach, which causes sweating when eating, even profuse sweating. Traditional Chinese medicine has a name for this called "food sweat."

This situation is mostly caused by deficiency of body energy and stomach heat.

"Zhengzhi Huibu·Sweating Disease Chapter" states: "Sweating after eating or drinking is because the vital energy is empty and is overcome by the fierce energy from eating or drinking, so sweating occurs after eating."

In a word, we should pay attention to the conditioning of our physical condition. After the improvement, the problem of sweating will disappear.

Note: It is recommended to use oyster powder to regulate and stop sweating. In addition, you can eat some yam, lentils, lotus seeds, maltose, jujube, licorice, lean meat, Codonopsis, Astragalus, Polygonatum, Bristle Root, Atractylodes, etc. to replenish qi.