Why do I keep sweating?

Sweating is an adaptive phenomenon of the human body in daily life. For example, we sweat when we are nervous and in hot summer. These are all very normal, but if we sweat too much, we should be alert because it may be caused by a problem in our body. So what is going on when the body sweats all the time?

1. Sweating has both advantages and disadvantages

First of all, we need to know that sweating is not a bad thing. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sweat can eliminate some metabolic waste and remove garbage from the body while lowering body temperature. When you have a cold and a fever, you often need to use sweating to detoxify and dissipate heat.

But from another perspective, sweat is a metabolic product of body fluids. Blood and sweat have the same origin. Excessive sweating will consume qi, damage body fluids and harm heart blood.

2. Sweating is a normal physiological phenomenon

Under normal circumstances, sweating is a normal physiological phenomenon. If you rarely sweat in the summer, your Qi and blood will not be fully developed, and your body's resistance to wind and cold will be weakened. Sweating in the summer is actually the body's way of cooling itself down. If you always stay in an air-conditioned environment and rarely sweat, you will be more susceptible to evil spirits in the autumn and winter, and will easily catch a cold and have a constant cough. Here are some normal sweating:

1. Thermal sweating

In hot weather, you will sweat profusely even when sitting still. This is thermal sweating. Thermal sweating is a way for the human body to self-regulate its central temperature caused by the increase in external temperature. The human body dissipates heat and regulates body temperature through sweating.

2 Exercise-induced sweating

When the human body exercises, blood vessels dilate and blood circulation accelerates, which consumes energy and generates a lot of heat. The human body lowers its body temperature by sweating, which is a normal physiological reaction.

3. Psychogenic sweating

When people are under the influence of mental factors such as tension, fear, and excitement, nerve impulses are transmitted from the cerebral cortex to the eccrine glands, and the concentration of norepinephrine increases, causing the secretion and excretion activities of the eccrine glands to increase rapidly in a short period of time, resulting in psychogenic sweating.

4. Gustatory sweating

Sweating is caused by eating certain irritating foods, such as chili peppers, garlic, ginger, cocoa, and coffee.

3. If you sweat too much, you should be alert!

If you sweat too much, you should be alert because there may be something wrong with your body. Excessive sweating will deplete Qi, damage body fluids and harm heart blood, and cause a large amount of Yang Qi to leak out, which can easily make people tired, weak, anxious and short of breath. However, sweating in different parts of the body corresponds to different health problems, so we must "prescribe the right medicine"!

1. Excessive sweating

If the head sweats too much and is accompanied by heavy and weak limbs, stomach bloating and nausea, fever, and thick, yellow and greasy tongue coating, it is mostly a manifestation of damp heat in the spleen and stomach. At this time, you should pay attention to a light diet, smooth bowel movements, and strengthen the spleen and remove dampness.

If you experience excessive sweating on your head and face after overeating, and feel bloating and thirst in your upper abdomen, it is mostly due to food stagnation, which can be relieved by reducing the amount of food you eat and eating a light diet.

In addition, the elderly and women who are weak after childbirth may also experience excessive sweating on their heads, which is mostly due to qi deficiency and can be treated according to the principle of tonifying qi.

2. Excessive sweating of palms and soles

Excessive sweating in the palms and soles of the feet accompanied by fever, dry mouth and throat, etc. is mostly due to yin deficiency and heat. You can eat some yin-nourishing foods, such as donkey-hide gelatin, motherwort, angelica, white fungus, poria, etc.

If accompanied by abdominal distension and pain, and constipation, it is mostly due to damp-heat syndrome caused by dry intestines and constipation. At this time, you can eat some gastrointestinal moisturizing foods, such as yam, codonopsis, atractylodes, and tangerine peel. If accompanied by dry mouth, swollen and painful gums, etc., it is mostly due to stomach heat. You can cook peas and rice together into porridge to regulate your body.

3. Excessive sweating in the heart and chest

It is more common in people who do mental work. This group of people is often accompanied by mental fatigue, loss of appetite, poor sleep, and frequent dreams. These are caused by excessive thinking and weak heart and spleen. Appropriate exercise, such as jogging, walking, and Tai Chi, can be used to relieve stress and regulate the mind and body.

4. Sweating all over the body

If you experience excessive sweating, thirst, dizziness, chest tightness, nausea, palpitations, weakness in the limbs, tinnitus, inattention, and increased body temperature, these are generally signs of heatstroke. It is recommended to replenish water in time and take a rest in a cool place. Don't wait until you are thirsty to drink water. When you are thirsty, it means your body is already very dehydrated.

4. Actively sweating is the way to maintain health

Whether it is sweating due to the heat or sweating from sauna, these are all sweating on the superficial layer of the human body and are not active sweating. Exercise is the real deep surface sweating, which means making people sweat from the inside out, which is active sweating. This kind of sweat is a self-regulation of the human body. Sweating not only makes people feel comfortable, but also has various benefits, such as excreting toxins, controlling blood pressure, promoting digestion, skin care and beauty, and weight loss...

So don’t stay in an air-conditioned room all the time just because you are afraid of sweating. Go out for a walk more often, exercise and make your body sweat, which is better for health! However, be careful not to exercise too vigorously in the summer.

It is best not to use air conditioning before the sweat has dried, especially to avoid direct blowing. If you enter an air-conditioned room after sweating, you should take off your wet clothes first and wipe off the sweat.