Objective To provide reference for the clinical treatment based on the literature study of ten famous doctors on sweating syndrome since Sui and Tang Dynasties. Methods Collected 133 prescription and discussion on sweating syndrome of 10 doctors including LIU Wansu

ZHANG Congzheng

LI Dongyuan

ZHU Zhenheng

SUN Simiao

ZHANG Jingyue

WANG Qingren

YE Tianshi

ZHANG Yuansu

WU Jutong

and respectively input them into Microsoft Excel 2007 to establish the database according to the title of the work

doctors name

clinical symptoms

cause of disease and pathological mechanism

pattern differentiation

treatment

medication and so on; adopted the frequency analysis method with SPSS 17. 0 to make the statistics of the frequency on the cause of diseases and pathological mechanism

pattern differentiation

prescriptions and medications

and clinical symptoms. Results The exogenous evil and body weakness are the main causes and pathological mechanisms; insecurity of lung-defense

fire excess from yin deficiency

and damp-heat stagnating and evaporating are the main patterns. Medicinals with higher frequency are licorice

astragalus

ginseng

angelica

cassia twig

white atractylodes. Symptoms with higher frequency are spontaneous sweating

night sweats

while yellow sweat

shock sweating and shiver sweating are of lower frequency. Conclusion exogenous evil and body weakness are the two main factors causing sweating syndrome

insecurity of lung-defense being the most common. Huangqi and Guizhi Decoction and Yupingfeng Powder are the most frequently used prescriptions; medicinals on tonifying yin and consolidating exterior are most commonly used.