Patient's question:
He is three and a half years old this year. His physique seems to be an excess of yang energy, making him prone to sweating easily. Especially at night, as soon as he falls asleep, he starts to swell, and the pillow gets soaked through with a large patch, while sweat forms layers on his back. We worry he might get cold, so we often have to change 2 or 3 back pads, and each one comes out completely soaked.What kind of assistance is needed: The child sweats a lot at night—what could be the reason?
Doctor's answer:
When supplementing calcium for children, attention should also be paid to refining. Eat some cod liver oil. Get more sun exposure. Infants and toddlers have a high metabolism, so they sweat more. Some babies may sweat profusely when just falling asleep or about to wake up. It can be said that sweating at night is normal for the vast majority of infants. If it's just sweating from falling asleep to after falling asleep in the first half of the night, it's considered normal. However, if sweating persists in the second half of the night, such as after 2 or 3 a.m., it can be inferred as sweating due to deficiency. You can use astragalus to make a soup and drink it to increase sweating due to deficiency.