What is the reason for sweating on the head

When summer comes, many people will experience sweating on their heads. What is going on? In fact, this is mainly caused by physical qi deficiency. Generally speaking, Chinese medicine believes that qi deficiency cannot consolidate the skin surface, so sweating is likely to occur. To improve this situation, we need to replenish blood and nourish yin. Today we will look at it from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. Let me introduce to you the pathogenesis of night sweats.

Qi deficiency cannot consolidate the skin surface, so the patient sweats easily. For diseases such as spontaneous sweating, fatigue, colds, recurrent respiratory tract infections, coughs, etc. caused by qi deficiency, you can take Chinese patent medicines such as Yupingfeng Granules to regulate your body. It has the effects of replenishing qi, stopping sweating, strengthening the surface, improving qi deficiency, and enhancing immunity. It is also effective in preventing colds. In addition, you should pay more attention to exercise in your daily life, but avoid strenuous exercise as it can easily consume energy. Eat a healthy diet to improve your immunity and strengthen your physical fitness.

Sweating, called spontaneous sweating and night sweats in traditional Chinese medicine, is a symptom caused by imbalance of yin and yang and loose pores, which leads to the leakage of sweat. Sweating during the day without being affected by the external environment and getting worse with activity is called spontaneous sweating. Sweating during sleep and stopping after waking up is called night sweats, also known as sleep sweats. The "Inner Canon of Medicine" has already had some understanding of the physiology and pathology of sweat. "Suwen Xuanming Wuqi": "The five internal organs transform into fluids, and the heart turns into sweat." "Lingshu Jueqi": . The pores are opened and sweat comes out like qin qi, which is called body fluid. "It points out that sweat is produced by blood and is closely related to the heart. There is a saying that "sweat is the fluid of the heart". Regarding the cause of sweating, the "Inner Canon" believes that it is caused by the steaming of yang qi against yin qi. At the same time, it also talks about abnormal sweating symptoms such as excessive sweating, night sweating, flooding sweating, and no sweating.'

Etiology and pathogenesis

Sweat is the fluid of the heart, transformed from essence and energy, and should not be excessively released. The causes and pathogenesis of spontaneous sweating and night sweats can be summarized into the following aspects.

1. Deficiency of the exterior due to invasion of evil

People with a weak exterior have loose skin and flesh, and are occasionally affected by wind-evil, which lingers and causes imbalance of the Ying and Wei systems, and spontaneous sweating due to impaired defense function.

2. Lung and spleen deficiency

If one is physically weak after an illness, or has insufficient constitution and weak lung and spleen qi, the skin and pores will be loose and the fur will be uneven, leading to spontaneous sweating.

3. Heart and spleen blood deficiency

Thinking too much or suffering from blood disease for a long time may cause the blood in the heart to be consumed secretly, resulting in the loss of body fluids, causing spontaneous sweating or night sweats.

4. Yin deficiency and excessive fire

Improper living habits, overwork, deficiency of essence and blood, internal generation of virtual fire, disturbance of yin fluid, inability to store it and leaking out as sweat.

5. Evil Heat Stagnation

Emotional discomfort, stagnation of liver qi which turns into fire, or craving for spicy and greasy food which causes heat accumulation in the stomach and intestines, or dysfunction of the spleen which causes dampness and turbidity in the middle of the body which turn into heat over time. Pathogenic heat accumulates and body fluids leak out, causing spontaneous sweating or night sweats.

Generally speaking, spontaneous sweating is caused by weak Qi, which can be attributed to deficiency of the Lung and Spleen Qi or disharmony between the Ying and Wei systems. Night sweats are caused by failure to store heart fluid, which can be attributed to deficiency of Yin and fire or deficiency of both the Heart and Spleen. If the evil heat pursues the patient and the body fluids are leaked out, it is a positive syndrome. However, for patients with a long course of illness or severe conditions, the symptoms may turn from real to virtual or become a mixture of virtual and real.

treat

Deficiency syndrome should be treated by invigorating Qi and strengthening the exterior, replenishing blood and nourishing Yin, and harmonizing the Ying and Wei systems; excess syndrome should be treated by clearing the liver, relieving depression, transforming dampness and clearing heat. For those with a mixture of deficiency and excess, appropriate consideration should be given to both depending on the priority of the symptoms. Since spontaneous sweating and night sweats are both caused by loose pores and leakage of body fluids as the basic pathological changes, astringent products such as ephedra root, floating wheat, glutinous rice root, schisandra chinensis, dragon bone, and oyster should be selected as appropriate to enhance the antiperspirant effect.