What is night sweats?

Night sweats are a phenomenon that many people will encounter. It means that people sweat unconsciously after falling asleep at night, and the sweating stops consciously after waking up. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is said that it is mainly caused by yin deficiency and internal heat, and patients usually also have symptoms such as hot hands and feet, irritability and dry mouth.

1. When people sweat after sleeping at night and the sweating stops after waking up, it is called night sweats. It can often be seen in people's daily life. Night sweats are mostly caused by yin deficiency and internal heat. Patients will experience symptoms such as night sweats, hot hands and feet, irritability and dry mouth, and a red tongue with little coating. What is night sweats? Yin deficiency night sweats. Causes of night sweats. Baishitong recommends that friends who often sweat at night should drink milk and honey before going to bed. The reason is that sweating will cause loss of nutrients, so milk and honey will provide certain supplements.

2. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that night sweats are a disease caused by imbalance of yin and yang and loose pores, which leads to abnormal sweat leakage. This disease is not affected by changes in the external environment or physical activity and emotions, that is, extraordinary sweating, also known as abnormal sweating.

3. Night sweats can be effectively treated with diet therapy (but some people believe that taking medicine is more effective), because night sweats are mostly caused by yin deficiency and internal heat, it is appropriate to eat more foods that have the effects of nourishing yin and cooling blood, reducing fire and moistening dryness, and promoting fluid and quenching thirst. Therefore, you can often eat foods that replenish qi and nourish the kidneys, such as yam (which is a traditional Chinese medicine itself), cashews, animal kidneys, etc., and eat more fresh vegetables that nourish yin and clear heat, so that the secretory function of the sweat glands can be restored firmly on the basis of body health. Avoid eating spicy and warm foods such as pepper, cinnamon, dog meat, mutton, sparrow meat, etc., and do not drink alcohol.