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MENTAL MODEL · M1310

Thief Sweat / Night Sweating

Thief Sweat / Night Sweating
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Sweating secretly while asleep, stopping upon waking. Mostly due to yin deficiency with internal heat; during sleep, defensive qi retreats inward, leaving the body surface unguarded, and internal deficiency fire steams body fluids out.

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Nighttime leakage. The body is like a pressure cooker with a worn-out sealing ring (yin deficiency). During the day, when awake (defensive qi at the surface), the lid can still be held down; once asleep (defensive qi withdraws), steam leaks out secretly.

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Sweating during sleep, stopping upon waking, mostly due to yin deficiency with internal heat and failure of defensive yang to consolidate. Opposite of spontaneous sweating.

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