Traditional Chinese medicine believes that night sweats are mostly caused by deficiency of both qi and yin, which can not converge and fix sweat. If night sweats are not cured for a long time, it will be more harmful to qi and yin and endanger health. Using dietotherapy can not only prevent and cure, but also benefit qi and nourish yin and strengthen the body. Here are some therapeutic prescriptions for night sweats.
1, Longyan Ginseng Drink
Take 30 grams of longan meat, 6 grams of ginseng and 30 grams of rock sugar. Wash longan pulp first, slice ginseng, then put it in a bowl with rock sugar, add appropriate amount of water, steam it in a steamer for about an hour, take it out and cool it before eating. Take it twice a day, one dose a day, suitable for people with qi deficiency and night sweats.
2, tremella jujube soup
Take 30 grams of tremella, 20 grams of red dates and a proper amount of rock sugar. First, soak the tremella in warm water, remove the pedicle, wash it and tear it into small pieces. Wash and tear the red dates. Add a proper amount of water to the pot, simmer until the tremella and red dates are cooked, add rock sugar to melt and mix well, and then take out the pot. Take twice per dose, suitable for night sweats due to yin deficiency.
3. Ginseng porridge
Ginseng 10g, poria 20g, ginger 10g, japonica rice 10g, salt and monosodium glutamate. First, the ginseng, Poria cocos and ginger are decocted with proper amount of water, then the juice is removed and the residue is taken for later use, and then the japonica rice is washed clean, and then it is put into the medicinal juice to cook porridge with low fire. After the porridge is cooked, add salt and monosodium glutamate and mix well. Take it twice on an empty stomach, one dose a day, suitable for people with qi deficiency and night sweats.
4, lily lotus seed drink
20g of lily, 30g of lotus seeds and 30g of rock sugar. First, wash the lily and lotus seeds, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, simmer slowly until the lily and lotus seeds are cooked, add rock sugar to dissolve and eat them once a day for several days. It is suitable for people suffering from night sweats due to yin deficiency.
Friends who often have night sweats should seek medical treatment as soon as possible, and should not take medicine indiscriminately.
There are many reasons for night sweats. Some known conditions may cause night sweats:
1, menopause
Hot flashes accompanying menopause may occur at night and cause sweating. This is a common reason for many women's night sweats.
2. Idiopathic hyperhidrosis
Idiopathic hyperhidrosis is a kind of body that produces excessive sweat for a long time without any identifiable physical reasons.
3. Influence
Night sweats caused by tuberculosis are the most common infection. But bacterial infections, such as endocarditis, osteomyelitis (osteitis) and abscess, can lead to night sweats. Night sweats are also a symptom of HIV infection.
4. Cancer constellation
Night sweats are early symptoms of some cancers. The most common type of cancer is lymphoma, which can cause night sweats. However, a person diagnosed with cancer usually has other symptoms, such as unexplained weight loss and fever.
5. medicine
Taking certain drugs can cause night sweats. Antidepressants are a common drug that can cause night sweats. Night sweats occur when 8% to 22% people take antidepressants, and other antipsychotics are also accompanied by night sweats. Drugs used to reduce fever, such as aspirin and acetaminophen, sometimes cause sweating. Many other drugs can cause night sweats.
6. Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia can cause sweating. People are taking insulin or oral diabetes drugs, which may be accompanied by sweating at night.
7. Hormone disorder
Sweating or flushing may be several hormonal disorders, including pheochromocytoma, carcinoid syndrome and hyperthyroidism.
8, the situation of the nervous system
Rare, including autonomic nervous conditioned reflex disorder, posttraumatic syringomyelia, stroke, autonomic neuropathy may lead to increased sweating, which may lead to night sweats.
What about insomnia, dreaminess, night sweats and stagnation of liver qi? The fierce social competition and the great pressure of survival make the mood unable to relax, the liver loses its function of dispersing qi, which leads to stagnation of liver qi. This type is more common in cities, especially intellectuals with higher education level. It is characterized by insomnia and dreaminess, pain in chest and hypochondrium, unsteady walking, chest tightness, mild belching and sighing, bitter taste in mouth, or irregular menstruation, breast pain, thin and white tongue coating and thready pulse. Xiaoyao powder can be combined with Ziziphus jujuba seed soup: Bupleurum 12g, Paeonia lactiflora 15g, Angelica sinensis 6g, Poria 20g, Atractylodes macrocephala 10g, Glycyrrhiza uralensis 5g, Ginger 6g, Mint 6g, Ziziphus jujuba seed 15g, Anemarrhena rhizome 10g, Chuanxiong rhizome/Rhizoma. Chinese patent medicines can choose Xiaoyao Pill and Danzhi Xiaoyao Pill.
Phlegm-heat disturbance type is caused by improper diet, spleen and stomach damage, decreased transport and transformation function, phlegm turbidity, long-term fire, phlegm-fire interaction and internal disturbance to the mind. Symptoms include insomnia, upset, bitter taste, dizziness, nausea, belching, excessive phlegm, red tongue, yellow greasy fur and slippery pulse. Available Huanglian Wendan Decoction: 6 grams of Huanglian, 6 grams of dried tangerine peel, 20 grams of Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata12g, 20 grams of Poria, 5 grams of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, 0/2g of bamboo shavings10g of Fructus Aurantii10g. Chinese patent medicine can choose Wendan tablets, and if food accumulation is obvious, Baohe pills can be added.
Those with deficiency of the upper body and deficiency of the lower body, hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency, and physical weakness are emotionally stimulated or overworked, or after a long illness, resulting in kidney yin failure and water failure to supply the heart, resulting in restlessness and insomnia. Symptoms are insomnia, dreaminess, vexation and fever, night sweats, thirst, dry throat or erosion of tongue coating, less red tongue coating and rapid pulse. Available Huanglian Ejiao Decoction: Huanglian 6g, Ejiao 10g, Paeonia lactiflora 15g, Scutellaria baicalensis 10g, Wuji1g.. Chinese patent medicines can choose Tianwang Buxin Dan and Baizhi Dihuang Pill.
Fatigue, heart and spleen deficiency, sadness and blood consumption, or patients' physical weakness, or after major surgery, as well as the lack of qi and blood in the elderly, can all lead to insufficient qi and blood, which can not support the mind and lead to insomnia. Symptoms include difficulty falling asleep, or MUBI, and difficulty falling asleep after waking up, as well as palpitation, forgetfulness, dizziness, weakness of limbs, tasteless diet, pale face, pale tongue coating and thready pulse. Chinese patent medicine Guipi Pill can be taken orally.