Learn about the symptoms and treatment of night sweats

Night sweats are a disease in traditional Chinese medicine. It is a phenomenon of sweating a lot after falling asleep. Night sweats can be mild or severe. Mild night sweats involve very little sweat, while severe night sweats involve a large amount of sweat and the patient may also feel restless and irritable. They must be treated in a timely manner.

1. Light and heavy classification

1. Mild night sweats

Most patients with mild night sweats sweat easily when they are deep in sleep, at around 5 a.m., or 1 to 2 hours before waking up. The amount of sweat is small, and they only feel a little sweat all over the body or certain parts of the body after waking up, and no sweat will be secreted again after waking up. It is usually not accompanied by any discomfort.

2. Moderate night sweats

Most patients with moderate night sweats will sweat soon after falling asleep, and their sleeping clothes may even be soaked through. The sweat will stop after they wake up, and they will not sweat again after wiping the sweat off their bodies. This type of night sweats causes the patient to feel hot and sweat, and sometimes to feel dry mouth and throat after waking up.

3. Severe night sweats

Patients with severe night sweats sweat easily. Shortly after falling asleep or just closing your eyes and about to fall asleep, you will sweat a lot. You will wake up after sweating, and the sweat will stop instantly after waking up. Falling back to sleep may cause sweating again. The amount of sweating is large, and the sweat often has a light salty taste, or is mixed with sweat odor. Severe sweating can make the bedding soaked, and one cannot sleep well without changing sleeping clothes several times a night. Some seriously ill patients can make the bedding soaked. When the bedding is thin or a mat is used, sweat can leave sweat marks on the bed board. These patients often have a noticeable feeling of hotness, are irritable, have dry mouth and tongue after sweating, and prefer cold water. It may be accompanied by low fever or hot flashes, fever in the five hearts, red cheeks, dizziness, weight loss, fatigue, dark urine, small urine volume, and dry stool.

2. Medicinal diet for preventing and treating night sweats

1. Black bean and wheat soup

Ingredients: 50 grams of black beans, 30 grams of floating wheat, 15 grams of lotus rice, 10 red dates, and 30 grams of rock sugar.

Usage: First wash the black beans and floating wheat separately, put them in a pot with appropriate amount of water, cook over low heat until the black beans are cooked, remove the residue and take the juice, then use the above-mentioned medicinal juice to cook the washed lotus rice and red dates. When the lotus rice is cooked, add rock sugar to dissolve and it is ready to eat after removing from the pot. Take one dose per day, divided into 2 doses.

2. Astragalus and honey drink

Ingredients: 30 grams of astragalus, 30 grams of glutinous rice root, 15 grams of ephedra root, and 30 grams of honey.

Usage: Put the above three herbs in a pot, add 3 bowls of water and boil. When it boils to 1 bowl, remove the residue, add honey and dissolve it, then drink it in 2 times, one dose per day.

3. Lily and lotus seed drink

Ingredients: 20 grams of lily, 30 grams of lotus seeds, 30 grams of rock sugar.

Usage: Wash the lilies and lotus seeds first, put them in a pot with appropriate amount of water, and simmer over low heat until the lilies and lotus seeds are cooked. Add rock sugar and it can be eaten after it melts. Take it once a day for several days.

4. Ginseng and Poria porridge

Ingredients: Take 10 grams of ginseng, 20 grams of white poria, 10 grams of ginger, 100 grams of polished rice, and appropriate amounts of salt and MSG.

Usage: First add appropriate amount of water to ginseng, poria cocos and ginger and boil them, remove the juice and keep the residue for later use, then wash the japonica rice clean, add it to the juice and cook porridge over low heat. When the porridge is cooked, add salt and MSG and mix well. Eat it in two portions on an empty stomach, once a day.

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