Health For Everone Q&A Men’s Health

What should men eat to get better from night sweats?

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Asked on:Mar 31, 2026 05:41 AM

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  • Adelaide Adelaide

    Mar 31, 2026

    Some people think that men's sweating while sleeping is caused by kidney deficiency. In fact, it is not. It is mainly affected by various factors, such as some diseases, poor sleep environment, and weak constitution, etc. We might as well take a closer look.

    1. What foods should boys eat when they have night sweats?

    People who sweat a lot should appropriately increase the amount of high-calorie foods in their diet, increase the intake of glycogen and protein to make up for the excessive consumption of body protein and perm, and ensure adequate intake of trace elements such as vitamins and carbonates. People with qi deficiency and night sweats should eat more foods that nourish qi and blood, such as honey, yam, lilies, red dates, rye, wheat, chestnuts, Taishan, grass carp, and perch; people with yang deficiency and night sweats should eat more foods that nourish yin and nourish the kidneys, such as wild turtles, black beans, white fungus, black mulberries, pigeon meat, goose meat, etc.

    2. What medicinal foods can cure boys’ night sweats?

    According to their own physical condition, people with night sweats should try their best to choose food and medicine with good taste and the effect of regulating night sweats, add certain conditioning ingredients, cook and take them according to the type of syndrome differentiation. Common Chinese medicinal materials for treating night sweats include skullcap, scutellaria baicalensis, parsnip, dried ebony meat, turtle shell, lotus seeds, wolfberry, lily, Schisandra chinensis, yam, ephedra root, calcined dragon bone, etc.

    3. Food therapy recipes for boys’ night sweats

    3.1. Tremella and red dates soup. raw materials

    30 grams of white fungus, 20 grams of jujube, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

    Method: First soak the white fungus in warm water, remove the stems, wash and break into small pieces. Wash and tear off the jujubes. Add the two herbs into a pot, add appropriate amounts of water, and simmer over low heat until the white fungus and jujube ingredients are cooked. Add in the rock sugar, melt and draw into pieces, then take it out of the pot and take it. Take each dose in 2 servings.

    Function: White fungus is suitable for people with yang deficiency and night sweats. It is a nourishing elixir that is nourishing but not greasy and stagnant. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen and appetizing, nourishing the blood and detoxifying the intestines, helping sleep, strengthening the stomach and digestion, strengthening the brain, nourishing yin and clearing heat, and moistening the lungs. It is an excellent tonic for patients with yin deficiency and fire exuberance who are not affected by moist and heat nourishing and health care such as ginseng antler.

    3.2. Astragalus porridge. raw materials

    20 grams of skullcap, 50 grams of ground rice, and appropriate amount of sugar.

    Method: Decoct the juice of Scutellaria baicalensis, cook the rice with the juice to make porridge, add sugar and seasoning and drink it warm.

    Effect: Scutellaria baicalensis is sweet in taste and slightly warm in nature. It is mostly used to treat night sweats caused by deficiency of qi and blood and weak surface qi. If the surface qi is malnourished and sweats, use Scutellaria baicalensis combined with Scutellaria baicalensis and Fangfeng to treat it. It will be effective after taking it for a long time. It has the effect of replenishing qi and blood and generating yang, replenishing qi and strengthening qi and eliminating sweating.

    What should boys do if they have night sweats?

    1. Men’s night sweats while sleeping

    Such people often have symptoms such as hot hands and soles of feet, restlessness, red and hot face, dry mouth and throat, etc., which are considered by traditional Chinese medicine to be manifestations of yang deficiency. In terms of diet, such people can choose yin-nourishing products such as lilies and pears, eat less hot foods such as mutton, onions, green onions, ginger, and garlic. They can also make tea with adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, Schisandra chinensis or Korean ginseng.

    2. Excessive sweating on the top of the head

    Generally, men experience excessive sweating on the head and face after overeating, as well as epigastric distension and pain, dry mouth, and loss of appetite. Indigestion is more common. You can reduce the amount of meals, eat light foods, or take some digestive medicines. If the body is heavy and fatigue, stomach discomfort, vomiting, general fever, and thick and yellow tongue coating are symptoms of cold and dampness in the intestines and stomach, you should pay attention to light foods.

    3. Men who sweat a lot during the day

    Such people often have characteristics such as physical weakness, low voice, poor appetite, and susceptibility to fevers and colds. Traditional Chinese medicine considers this to be a sign of Qi deficiency. In terms of diet, these people can choose yam, soybean milk, beef, mutton, etc. They can also use Codonopsis pilosula or skullcap to stew black-bone chicken or cavity bone to warm the spleen and body and relieve qi deficiency. You can also enhance resistance through postural relaxation and situational exercises, such as Tai Chi, Baduanjin, etc.