Sweating is a manifestation of sweat gland secretion. The body parts with relatively strong sweat gland secretion are the forehead, armpits, chest, back, palms, and soles of feet. In summer, you can always see some people sweat profusely. When you go to places with crowds, you can always smell a sweat.
In our inherent concept, sweating can only occur if we are tired and exercise. In fact, excessive sweating is also an abnormal symptom. In clinical practice, some patients sweat profusely even if they do not exercise.
What is normal sweating like?
. Weather factors
When the weather is hot, it is inevitable that the human body will sweat. Especially when the sun is very strong, even if you walk outside for a while, you will sweat a lot, and your clothes are even wet with sweat. Obviously, in summer, the way people can solve sweating is to blow air conditioners and fans.
2. Exercise factors
Exercise sweating is the most normal thing. Generally, people who love exercise know that whenever they sweat after exercise, their bodies will feel very comfortable. In fact, the main reason for sweating when exercising is that the body consumes a lot of energy during exercise, which prompts the skin to sweat.
Sweating does not mean detoxification
Detoxification can be performed by sweating, but sweating does not necessarily mean detoxification. Sweating is the form of water excretion of the sweat glands of the human body.
The phenomenon of people sweating in summer will be more obvious. Due to the high temperature, the human body feels unable to adapt to this temperature. It will discharge some water from the human body through the sweat glands and wait for the water to evaporate to cool down the body.
Generally speaking, ninety-nine percent of sweating in this situation is water, and there are some inorganic salts and other ingredients. Therefore, in this case, the detoxification effect is minimal, but this kind of sweating is also necessary, which is also the reason why the human body is kept at a relatively constant temperature.
Proper sweating is indeed somewhat beneficial to the skin. A large amount of sweat and sebum mixes to form sebum film , which is the most natural moisturizing agent for the skin.
These seven types of sweat are mostly related to diseases. Many people have the sixth type. Self-check
Night sweat
Night sweat
Have a nightmare and sweat all over when you wake up. I believe many people have experienced it, but this is not night sweat. If you have a long-term situation of sweating for no reason at night and don’t wake up, you have to pay attention.
Generally speaking, this is because yin deficiency, fire intensity, , qi and yin deficiency, , you can eat Chinese medicine Liuwei Dihuang Wan or Dabuyin Wan, or adjust it through diet, such as adding wolfberry, red dates, black sesame , etc. to your daily diet.
2, Spontaneous sweating
If you sweat frequently because of the stuffy weather, taking medications and other disturbing factors, it is called "spontaneous sweating". Spontaneous sweating is mostly caused by the leakage of body fluids and weak lung qi, so you often feel symptoms of yang qi deficiency such as fatigue, panting, and fear of cold.
Children with rickets and patients with hyperthyroidism will have the above symptoms.
3, head and face sweat
Head and face sweat is usually caused by internal deficiency and external solidity, and the yang energy is steamed on the head. If you experience excessive sweating on the head and face after overeating, and you feel bloating, thirsty, and don’t want to eat, it is mostly due to indigestion. If the limbs are heavy and weak, stomach bloating and discomfort, you want to vomit, your body is hot, and the tongue coating is thick and yellow and greasy, it is a sign of damp heat in the spleen and stomach.
Diet is enough for 80% full per meal. The diet should be relieved and avoid spicy and greasy. If it is a food indigestion, you can eat hawthorn slices or drink some fruit vinegar to relieve it.
4, chest sweat
Sweat on chest theoretically belongs to spleen and stomach discontent . The whole blood circulation in the human body is slow, and the delivery of oxygen is blocked, so sweating in the chest. Most of these people have physical weakness. You can take some Chinese medicine to regulate it.
also needs regular exercise in daily life to improve your immunity, pay attention to learning to release stress, regulate emotions, and keep your body and mind comfortable.
5, half body sweat
When the body is often sweating, you must be vigilant, especially for patients with hypertension or hyperlipidemia, you must pay attention to whether there are signs of hemiplegia in stroke.
Response: If this happens, you should go to the hospital's neurology department for corresponding examinations in time and do not delay.
6. Sweat in the soles of our hands and feet
Sweat in the soles of our hands and feet is sweating. Many people usually have this situation, but please note that if our hands and feet sweat slightly, this is generally a normal physiological phenomenon, but if the hands and feet sweat too much, it is pathological.
The most common cause of excessive sweating in the soles of the hands and feet is basically the same as Yin deficiency and internal heat The principle of fever in the soles of the hands and feet is basically the same. Both are caused by Yin deficiency and internal heat or by a stagnant heat in the body.
7, War sweat
means sweating after trembling throughout the body. It is a manifestation of the struggle between good and evil in the process of fever-induced disease. For example, after fighting sweat, the heat subsides after fighting sweat, the pulse is calm and the body is cool, which means that the evil is removed and the vital energy is restored. It is a good phenomenon. For example, after trembling and sweating, the fever subsides, which is a manifestation of the victory of the War sweat qi.
If the limbs are cold and irritable after sweating, it means that the right person cannot defeat evil. The positive energy will become weaker, which is a critical condition. Sweat is more common in the early and middle stages of various infectious diseases. You should go to the hospital for treatment in time.
Summary: Frequent sweating does not necessarily mean detoxification. If the above situations often occur, it is very likely that it means that there are problems with your health and need timely conditioning.
