Summer can bring a host of pleasant smells: your neighbor’s dinner grilling in his backyard, freshly cut grass, and the earth after a thunderstorm. But summer heat can also bring smelly scents like sweat and body odor. Body odor masked by strong perfume can be especially pungent. Dr. Yu Yawen from Shangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine…

Although body odor is not a disease, unpleasant smells emitted from the armpits can be embarrassing and offensive. Here, a Taiwanese specialist provides prevention and treatment methods for readers of The Epoch Times. The human body has two types of sweat glands: small sweat glands and large sweat glands (also known as apocrine glands). Small…

When it comes to body odors, many people will first think of the smell of sweat. If a person’s sweat has an unpleasant odor, it may be related to his or her diet. Some people prefer to eat spices such as green onions and garlic, or strong-smelling plants like cilantro. This habit may cause the…

Six Causes of the “Old Person Smell” and Three Ways to Remove It Narrated by Dr. Chao Shaoming (Director of Dr. Chao Dermatology Clinic), written by Li Luming A Japanese study collected the shirts of 22 adults between the ages of 26 and 75, in order to assess their body odor. It was found that…