EXCESSIVE SWEATING- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Yoga & Pranayama

Excessive sweating is also known as hyperhidrosis. Here unusual sweating occurs with or without a triggering factor.

 

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • CAUSES OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • DIAGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • TREATMENTS FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • PROGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • COMPLICATIONS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • EXCESSIVE SWEATING AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING
  • YOGA FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING

 

 

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Sweating without a triggering factor like hot environment, exercise etc.
  • Sweating particularly occurs in hands, feet, face.
  • Night sweating
  • Sweating on smaller exertion

CAUSES OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Fiebre
  • Infection
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Certain medications
  • Neurologic disease
  • Tuberculosis
  • Malaria
  • Adrenal tumour
  • Menopausia
  • Leukaemia
  • Hypoglycaemia

 

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING

In the excessive sweating hyperfunction of sweat glands occurs due to the autonomic neuronal dysfunction.

DIAGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Proper history taking by the physician
  • Thermoregulatory sweat testing
  • Laboratory investigation is done to find out the underlying medical condition

 

TREATMENTS FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Treatment of underlying pathology.
  • Antiperspirants
  • Nerve blocking medications

 

PROGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • El pronóstico se basa en la causa de la enfermedad, la duración y el estado del paciente

COMPLICATIONS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Social and emotional problems
  • Increased chance for skin infections
  • Body odour

EXCESSIVE SWEATING AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda, excessive sweating is considered as a symptom of aggravated pitta dosha.
  • Atisweda (excessive sweating) is a premonitory sign of skin diseases.

 

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Excess consumption of hot, acrid, sour food items
  • Excessive physical exercise
  • Exposure to the sun for a long period
  • Daily intake of kulatha (dolichos biflorus)
  • In summer season
  • Sthoulya (obesity)

 

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Unusual sweating with or without triggering factor

 

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Due to the causative factors pitta dosha get aggravated in the whole body and atisweda (excessive sweating) manifested.

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Excessive sweating – Atisweda
  • Sweating in midnight – ardharatri

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Sadhya – curable

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING

Ayurvedic local treatment for EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Lepa application – cools the body (chandana, ramacha)
  • Application of pindataila o whole body

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Intake of ghrita preparations
  • Guluchyadi kashayam
  • Drakshadi hima
  • Dhanyaka hima
  • Avipathi churnam
  • Trivrit lehyam
  • Kanchanaraguggulu – thyroid problems

 AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Virechana - purgación

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING

Administración interna

 

HOME REMEDIES FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Staying in the home during sunny days
  • Body washing with water prepared by ramacha, chandana

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Avoid food items which produce pitta dosha imbalance like acrid, sour foods. Because pitta imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
  • Consume alimentos de fácil digestión, leche de vaca
  • Evite los ejercicios pesados que agravan aún más las afecciones.
  • Descansa adecuadamente.
  • Drinking an adequate quantity of water

 

YOGA FOR EXCESSIVE SWEATING

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind and gets relief from excessive sweating

 

El paciente tiene que estar sentado en postura de meditación con la cabeza y la columna vertebral erguidas, con el cuerpo relajado. El paciente tiene que cerrar una fosa nasal (por ejemplo, la fosa nasal izquierda si utiliza la mano derecha y viceversa) con el pulgar y exhalar completamente por la otra fosa nasal. De nuevo, tendrá que inspirar profundamente por la otra fosa nasal mientras la fosa opuesta sigue cerrada con el pulgar.

 

  • Sheethali pranayama – provide a cooling effect to the body