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39.    Abnormal Sweating (Han Zheng)

Definition:
Abnormal and excessive sweating that is not related to any environmental or physical influence. 

Classification:
1. Spontanrous sweeting
2. Night sweating
3. Localized sweating
4. Collapse (tuo) sweating
5. Shivering (zhan) sweating 
6. Yellow (huang) sweating

Relevant modern diseases:
1. Hyperthyroidism---A clinical condition encompassing several specific diseases, characterized by hypermetabolism and elevated serum levels of free thyroid hormones. 
2. Tuberculosis---a bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs (pulmonary TB), but can affect other parts of the body (extrapulmonary TB). 
3. Hypoglycemia--- also called low blood sugar, occurs when your blood glucose (blood sugar) level drops too low to provide enough energy for your body's activities. 
4. Prostration虚脱--- a state of extreme physical exhaustion, weakness or collapse.
5. Rheumatic diseases
6. Shock
7. Vegetative nerve functional disturbance

Etiology & pathogenesis
1. Deficiency of ling qi
2. Disharmony of protective qi and nutritive qi
3. Yin deficiency
4. Excess heat
5. Damp haet accumulation

Herbs review 
Ma huang gen
Fu xiao mai 
Duan long gu 
Duan mu li

Herbal treatment

1. Lung qi deficiency
Yu ping feng san
Huang qi---
Bai zhu---
Fang feng---

2. Disharmony of  protective qi and nutritive qi
Gui zhi tang
Gui zhi---
Bai shao---
Sheng jiang, Da zao, Gan cao---

3. Yin deficiency
Dang gui liu huang tang
Sheng di huang, Shu di huang, Dang gui---
Huang qin, Hung lian, Huang bai---
Huang qi---

4. Excess heat
Bai hu tang
Shi gao---
Zhi mu---
Gan cao, Jing mi---

5. Damp heat accumulation 
Long dan xie gan tang
Long dan cao, zhi zi, Huang qin---
Che qian zi, Mu tong, Ze xie---
Dang gui, Sheng di huang---

Acupuncture treatment
 
1. Excess
RN 14, LI 11

2. deficiency
RN 14, DU 20, KI 1

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