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For palmoplantar hyperhidrosis, 20% aluminum chloride hexahydrate in absolute anhydrous ethyl alcohol () is the most effective topical treatment. [4] Other topical treatments such as potassium permanganate, tannic acid (2 to 5 percent solutions), resorcinol, boric acid, formaldehyde, methenamine, and glutaraldehyde have yielded less than desirable results.
A curandero (Spanish: [kuɾanˈdeɾo], "healer"; f. curandera, also spelled curandeiro, Portuguese: [kuɾɐ̃ˈdejɾu], f. curandeira) is a traditional native healer or shaman found primarily in Latin America and also in the United States. [1]
Pasma" is thus very different from the Spanish term espasmo, which means "spasm." Aside from the traditional cause of "init" and "lamig," which is a traditional concept sufficiently intact in the contemporary Philippine psyche to be accepted, alone as a cause for pasma, some correlation has been noted with diseases already recognized by ...
Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition in which a person exhibits excessive sweating, [1] [2] more than is required for the regulation of body temperature. [3] Although it is primarily a physical burden, hyperhidrosis can deteriorate the quality of life of the people who are affected from a psychological, emotional, and social perspective. [4]
Although many consumers believe that herbal medicines are safe because they are natural, herbal medicines and synthetic drugs may interact, causing toxicity to the consumer. Herbal remedies can also be dangerously contaminated, and herbal medicines without established efficacy, may unknowingly be used to replace prescription medicines. [39]
Focal hyperhidrosis, also known as primary hyperhidrosis, is a disease characterized by an excessive sweating localized in certain body regions (particularly palms, feet and underarms). Studies suggest that this condition, affecting between 1% and 3% of the US population, seems to have a genetic predisposition in about two thirds of those affected.
Artificial skin capable of sweating similar to natural sweat rates and with the surface texture and wetting properties of regular skin has been developed for research purposes. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Artificial perspiration is also available for in-vitro testing, and contains 19 amino acids and the most abundant minerals and metabolites in sweat.
Homeopathic name Substance Common name Aconite [1]: Aconitum napellus: Monkshood, monk's blood, fuzi, wolf's bane Aesculus hippocastanum [1]: Aesculus hippocastanum