In the view of modern medicine, it is difficult for sweat steam to play the role of detoxification. Sweating mainly plays the role of sweating through high temperature. Sweat is mainly composed of water and generally does not carry toxins. The so-called toxins in sweat may refer to urea and uric acid, which are metabolic wastes produced by normal physiological activities of human body. However, the amount of urea and uric acid excreted through sweat is very small, which can not play a role in detoxification.

For the human body, the main detoxification organs are liver and kidney, and the main metabolic channel is urine. The main purpose of sweating is to regulate body temperature, not to detoxify. The highest concentration of uric acid in sweat can reach 35.7 μ mol/L. Assuming that the maximum amount of perspiration per day after strenuous exercise and sweating can reach 5L that ordinary people can't reach, the uric acid excreted through sweat is only 178.5 μm ol, which is very small and almost negligible. Usually, the amount of uric acid excreted through urine every day is about 65,438+0,500-500 μ mol, which is 65,438+0-30 times that excreted through sweat. Therefore, the effect of excreting metabolic waste through sweat is minimal.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, for patients with cold and dampness pathogens in the body, steaming can play a role in dispelling cold and dampness, which can be simply understood as detoxification, but this method is not suitable for everyone, and it is not toxins but pathogens. The specific effect cannot be determined. Therefore, if you feel unwell, it is suggested that under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine, treatment based on syndrome differentiation should be adopted, and Chinese medicine prescriptions and acupuncture should be used for treatment.