I'm not sweating.
With the sun shining brightly and temperatures soaring above 30 degrees Celsius, you'll sweat even by walking slowly on the street, let alone engaging in strenuous exercise. Some people are bothered by excessive sweating, but sweating isn't inevitable; some individuals don't "break a sweat" even during intense workouts.
Sweat is one of the body's fluids, expelled through the skin after being propelled by "yang" energy, and is a result of the circulation of "qi" and blood. Those with "yang" deficiency lack sufficient "yang" energy to drive bodily functions, much like a machine that won't start, and thus cannot excrete sweat. The "Huangdi Neijing" (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) states, "He who loses blood has no sweat; he who loses sweat has no blood," indicating a close relationship between sweat and blood. Those with blood deficiency cannot sweat, while excessive sweating harms the blood. People with normal "qi" and blood can regulate body temperature through sweating, but profuse sweating can weaken the body and deplete its "yang" energy.
For those who don't sweat, a simple remedy is to prepare 5 grams of cassia twig and 5 grams of ephedra. After washing the ingredients, place them in a thermos and steep them with hot water for 20 minutes before drinking; boiling them directly yields even better results. This tea can help boost "qi" and elevate "yang," facilitating sweating.
Cassia twig has a pungent and sweet taste, a warm nature, and acts on the heart, lung, and bladder meridians. It harmonizes the "ying" and "wei" (nutritive and protective "qi"), promotes sweating to relieve muscle tension, warms the meridians to improve circulation, and assists "yang" transformation. Ephedra has a pungent and slightly bitter taste, a warm nature, and acts on the lung and bladder meridians. It promotes sweating to relieve exterior symptoms, disseminates lung "qi" to calm asthma, promotes diuresis to reduce swelling, clears nasal passages, promotes eruption of rashes, and relieves itching.
In summer, it's inevitable to use air conditioning and consume cold food to cool down. However, it's important to note that raw and cold foods can disrupt the body's self-regulation, suppressing its "yang" energy. Over time, this can affect bodily functions, making it difficult for sweat to be expelled.
Sweat is one of the body's fluids, expelled through the skin after being propelled by "yang" energy, and is a result of the circulation of "qi" and blood. Those with "yang" deficiency lack sufficient "yang" energy to drive bodily functions, much like a machine that won't start, and thus cannot excrete sweat. The "Huangdi Neijing" (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) states, "He who loses blood has no sweat; he who loses sweat has no blood," indicating a close relationship between sweat and blood. Those with blood deficiency cannot sweat, while excessive sweating harms the blood. People with normal "qi" and blood can regulate body temperature through sweating, but profuse sweating can weaken the body and deplete its "yang" energy.
For those who don't sweat, a simple remedy is to prepare 5 grams of cassia twig and 5 grams of ephedra. After washing the ingredients, place them in a thermos and steep them with hot water for 20 minutes before drinking; boiling them directly yields even better results. This tea can help boost "qi" and elevate "yang," facilitating sweating.
Cassia twig has a pungent and sweet taste, a warm nature, and acts on the heart, lung, and bladder meridians. It harmonizes the "ying" and "wei" (nutritive and protective "qi"), promotes sweating to relieve muscle tension, warms the meridians to improve circulation, and assists "yang" transformation. Ephedra has a pungent and slightly bitter taste, a warm nature, and acts on the lung and bladder meridians. It promotes sweating to relieve exterior symptoms, disseminates lung "qi" to calm asthma, promotes diuresis to reduce swelling, clears nasal passages, promotes eruption of rashes, and relieves itching.
In summer, it's inevitable to use air conditioning and consume cold food to cool down. However, it's important to note that raw and cold foods can disrupt the body's self-regulation, suppressing its "yang" energy. Over time, this can affect bodily functions, making it difficult for sweat to be expelled.