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Sweating = Detox ?


๐’๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  = ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐จ๐ฑ?

Adequate sweating can indeed drain ๐™™๐™–๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ & ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™™๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ from our body to a certain degree.


๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ ๐š๐ข๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ?

From TCM point of view, we should aim to work out till our skin is merely slightly moist. Excessive sweating can lead to other problems.


๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐œ๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ?

No, if you sweat excessively & have other symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, shortness of breath, you might have ๐™ฆ๐™ž ๐™™๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ฎ and should seek treatment from a Chinese medicine practitioner.


Written by Eileen Lee, Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner

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