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hello. I’m Dr. Sangchul Hwang, who studies and treats autonomic nerves. “I’ve heard that I’m a noisy person, but why do I sweat so much?”, “Hyperhidrosis is caused by a lot of heat, but I’m cold, so why is this happening?” Today, I’m going to talk about noisy hyperhidrosis, a condition where the body is cold but sweats a lot.
Hyperhidrosis is all about the “heat
Hyperhidrosis is basically caused by the body’s production of heat. The principle is simple, but it’s where and how that heat comes from that matters. This is because the nature of the heat is completely different depending on your constitution.
Hyperhidrosis in Oxymorons and Taiyin is a ‘real fever’
People who are a Yang and Taiyin constitution are born with a high-performance stove inside their bodies. They have a strong energy output, a fast metabolism, and are naturally hot. The hyperhidrosis that occurs in this constitution is actually sweating caused by a strong surge of heat, so it takes a long time to cool down and calm down, and is difficult to treat.
Noise Hyperhidrosis is a ‘Fake Fever’
They have a cold, energy-conserving, introverted structure, and when they sweat a lot, it’s not normal heat, it’s a lack of energy, and they’re out of control. In the clinic, many of the people who say, “My hands sweat even in winter,” or “I get cold sweats even when it’s not hot,” or “I get sticky sweats when the air conditioner blows,” are Noisy people.
Noise sweating is “qi hee jiazhan” and “heated hyperhidrosis
In Chinese medicine, hyperhidrosis in noisemakers falls into the categories of qi hee jia han or yang hee jia han, and heat hyperhidrosis. This is not sweating due to heat, but rather uncontrolled sweating due to lack of energy, which results in night sweats as the energy leaks out.
Turning down the heat at this point will only make things worse
Treating noisy hyperhidrosis with fever-reducing treatments, such as those for generalized hyperhidrosis, can actually make you feel colder, have less energy, and weaken your immune system and resilience. What you need is a treatment that lifts your energy and warms you up, not brings down your fever.
Chinese Medicine and Treatment Options for Noisy Hyperhidrosis
In this case, the combination of onbo-type formulas such as Bojung-ikki Tang, Huang-geji-tang, and Sagunji-tang, along with acupuncture to strengthen the energy, will not only reduce sweating, but also improve fatigue, improve gastrointestinal function, deepen sleep, and relieve cold hands and feet.
A case of hyperhidrosis that is real noise
A female patient in her mid-30s complained that her hands were sweaty, making it embarrassing to hand over documents and stressful to shake hands. After diagnosing her constitution, we found that she was a typical noisy person with low energy and cold body, so we combined herbal medicine and acupuncture treatment, and her sweaty hands decreased and her overall condition improved.
So hyperhidrosis, which is a noise, is actually very treatable.
Since the sweating of a Noisy Person is not due to actual heat, but rather to heat and qi, it is relatively quickly controlled by restoring energy and body temperature. This is the main difference between this type of hyperhidrosis and that of the Yang and Taiyin types.
If you’re cold and you’re sweating, remember
If you’re cold but sweaty hands, feet, and face, tired easily, and have weak digestion, it’s not just hyperhidrosis, but your body’s way of telling you that you’re “low on energy”. In this case, forcing the sweat glands to shut down, or using forced treatments like lasers, can further disrupt your immune and autonomic balance.
Recapping today’s content
Hyperhidrosis is basically caused by heat, but it can take a long time to cure because Shaoyang and Tae-yin people have an innate heat constitution, and Noisy people have a weak heat constitution, so there are many cases of hyperhidrosis caused by false heat and qi deficiency, but it improves quickly if you strengthen your energy and immunity.
