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Spontaneous sweating occurs without exertion or heat; night sweating occurs during sleep and stops upon waking. Spontaneous sweating is usually attributed to qi or yang vacuity, while night sweating is typically attributed to yin vacuity with internal heat.
Key differentiation: Spontaneous sweating from qi vacuity shows sweating with wind aversion; night sweating from yin vacuity shows tidal heat with malar flush.
@misc{bencaodian-zi-han-dao-han,
author = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
title = {Zi Han Dao Han 自汗盗汗 (Spontaneous and Night Sweating)},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
url = {https://bencaodian.org/en/conditions/zi-han-dao-han},
urldate = {2026-04-17},
note = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}© Bencaodian Editorial · Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0