Summer is here, and now many places are starting to heat up. Every time this season comes, some friends will complain: "I'm sweating profusely in summer, what's going on?" Some friends also have such questions: "Is it bad for your health to sweat a lot?"
Let's talk about Khan today!
Sweat is a fluid secreted by sweat glands. When the outside temperature rises or the heat production in the body increases, the human body will sweat in order to regulate the temperature. Sometimes mental stress also causes sweating. The sweating center is distributed in various parts of the central nervous system. Normal people evaporate about 600-700 ml of water unconsciously within 24 hours.
Chinese people have a very early understanding of sweat. For example, the ancient silk book "Moxibustion Classics on the Eleven Channels of the Foot and Arm" unearthed from Mawangdui Tomb No. Yang disease north (back) is like flowing soup, death". "Yangmingmai Death Time" said: "Sweat is like silk, if it is passed on but not flowed, the blood will die first."
In the "Huangdi Neijing", there are also a lot of content about sweat. However, our traditional Chinese medicine does not regard sweat as a liquid that only regulates body temperature. On the contrary, we believe that sweat is very important.
Chinese medicine believes that sweat is one of the five fluids in the human body, and the body fluid in the human body comes out of the interstitial joints, which is called sweat. "Plain Questions Commentary on Fever Diseases" said: "Those who sweat have essence." There are also sayings in Chinese medicine, such as "sweat is the fluid of the heart", "blood and sweat come from the same source" and so on.
So, why does Chinese medicine have such a unique understanding? Is Khan a waste or a good thing?
In fact, I think Chinese medicine has a profound understanding of sweat.
First of all, we ask you a question, is "water" a good thing or a bad thing?
Everyone's answer will be different. In fact, water itself is neither good nor bad. It is used by our body and becomes a part of blood and body fluid. It is good for the body; if it is not used by the body and the stagnation overflows inside the body, it becomes water. The evil of dampness.
The same is true for sweat. The essence of sweat is actually water. In the body, they constitute blood and body fluid. Therefore, Chinese medicine says: "Blood and sweat come from the same source", and their sources are the same.
However, we must not think that sweat is water. When water is drunk into the human body, it needs to be transformed by the human body. Under the action of righteousness, it can be transformed into body fluid.
Therefore, some people lack righteous energy. Although they drink a lot of water, the water becomes more and more wet, and the body fluid, qi and blood are insufficient. This is the reason, and they have not been able to complete the transformation.
At this time, the liquid that has been converted into body fluid and blood is turned into sweat and excreted from the body when the body needs it. What is discharged at this time is not simply liquid, but a part of body fluid. It's even part of the blood.
How do I make this analogy?
For example, it is all wood, piled up on the street, and some wood is taken, carved, and turned into exquisite furniture.
At this time, the weather suddenly became cold, so wood was burned for heating. At this time, the wood piled on the street and the wood carved into furniture could be used for burning, but the value of burning was different. up.
When I say this, I don’t know if you can understand it?
Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine believes that the heart is blood in the veins, and sweat in the body fluid.
To sum up, excessive sweating can lead to the following problems:
01 body fluid is affected
Body fluid comes out of the interstitial skin as sweat. When body fluid is insufficient, excessive sweating will damage the body fluid. For example, it is said in "Lingshu·Determination Qi Chapter": "Those who lose their body fluid, the interstitial muscles will open, and the sweat will be vented profusely." Symptoms such as thirst, desire to drink water, and dysuria are common in clinical practice.
02 blood affected
"Lingshu·Ying Sanitary Association Chapter" says that "those who take blood have no sweat, and those who take sweat have no blood". , is a clinical taboo. Sweating hurts the blood, and clinical symptoms such as body pain, numbness, tetany, palpitation, and dizziness are common. Therefore, for people with blood deficiency, sweating profusely in summer is not good for the body. At this time, the thing to do is to nourish the blood, which is the most important thing.
03 Breathing out with sweat
The formation of sweat can only be completed through gasification, and the interstices are vented. If there is excessive sweating, the body's qi will also leak out with sweat. "Suwen Ju Pain Theory" says: "Jing will open the interstitial muscles, Rong Weitong, and sweat profusely, so the Qi will be vented." On the other hand, when a person is deficient in qi, especially when the heart qi is insufficient, once the weather is hot, he tends to sweat profusely. This is because the heart qi cannot be guarded internally. Sweating profusely at this time is not good for the body. For such people, I suggest taking Shengmaiyin, which nourishes the heart qi, nourishes both qi and yin, and is especially suitable for people with qi deficiency in midsummer.
In addition, people with heavy heat and humidity will also sweat profusely in summer. For such people, the sweat is often a little yellow, for example, it will appear on the shirts they wear. At this time, the heat and humidity need to be cleaned up to make the body normal.
In this way, as we said earlier, it is okay to sweat profusely temporarily, but if it is often the case, it is not conducive to health for people with slight physical disorders.
But, on the other hand, many people have been hiding in air-conditioned rooms in summer and have not sweated. Is this okay?
The answer is that this is not good either.
Because in summer, the pores are open, the skin is loose, and the body’s yang energy is outside. This is the rhythm arranged by nature for people. Our human body has long adapted to this rhythm. In summer, various external conditions such as sunlight The reminder will make our body enter this state immediately, but at this time you are hiding in an air-conditioned room without sweating at all, which will lead to stagnation of Qi and blood. I went to Singapore, where it was very hot outside and the indoor air conditioner was very cold. As a result, many friends asked me about my skin problems, which were caused by local stasis of the skin.
Therefore, sweating in summer is good, it can dredge the body surface, expel the accumulation in the body, and promote the smooth flow of Qi and blood.
However, it is not recommended to sweat profusely. I think it is not good for the body.
And once you find yourself sweating profusely even without strenuous exercise in summer, you have to reflect on your body. Is there any problem, such as qi deficiency? Hot and humid? If you can take this opportunity to recuperate your body, it will be of great benefit to your body!
Okay, that's all for today. In fact, there is still too much content to talk about this sweat, such as sweat on various parts of the body, what is the sweat on the head? What's the matter with the sweat on the chest? Sweating all over? Qian Yi, an imperial physician in the Song Dynasty, treated three children, all sweating, but prescribed three different prescriptions. Why? In the future, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely talk about these contents with you!
