The key to addressing excessive body sweating is to know what causes it. For people with secondary hyperhidrosis (or the sweating is caused by another medical condition), the solution is pretty straightforward: deal with the bigger illness and the sweating will subside.

However, the picture gets a little complicated for those born with excessive body sweating (or primary hyperhidrosis). While the condition will not go away immediately, there are ways to effectively manage and reduce it:

Iontophoresis is a series of treatments that involves low levels of electrical impulses to block the sweat glands with water minerals. The procedure is currently used to treat sweating localized at the head, feet, hands and armpits.

Specialized medications, like Oxybutynin have been found to reduce the amount of perspiration. Also available in the market are antiperspirants with higher doses of aluminium chloride and especially made for excessive sweating.

Botulinum Toxin Type A, or Botox injections work by disabling the sweat glands for as much as nine months. This procedure is a common alternative for those suffering from excessive sweating in the face.

Surgical solutions often involve removing some of the sweat glands. Another procedure, known as Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) entails cutting a nerve that triggers the sweating.

Many are concerned with the side effects and cost of using medicines and surgery to reduce the sweating. For them, alternative and natural solutions show results in a longer period of time but they are proven to be safer.

These solutions include controlled breathing, meditation and other yoga techniques to help calm the body and reduce sweating. Homeopathy, or the use of special herbs, have certain solutions either taken as teas or included in the bathwater. Others also find that eating a balanced diet free from coffee, colas, alcohol and spicy food help reduce sweating.

Excessive body sweating may often be physically harmless but it can hamper one’s social life. However, there’s more than one way to manage and even cut down the perspiration.

Yoga helps in a number of ways. It relieves stress and gives mental peace. It keeps us fit and healthy. It also helps in improving lovemaking. Our great ancient yogis, sages and seers have recommended the sensible blending of sex and yoga to experience the divine ecstasy. There is no sex stimulant or aphrodisiac as efficacious and regarding as the yogasanas. For prolongation of sexual union and ecstasy the following asanas and bandhas are of special interest –

Padmasana (Lotus pose) – Read the rest of this entry »

Some people may seek a pill to overcome depression, adding to drug company profits. They could end up with a life long addiction to drugs for their effort. They also may not. While a lot of marketing goes into making drugs the first choice solution for depression and similar afflictions, little is written on the natural solutions, though they exist. There are many who have some kind of alternative remedy for depression. These alternative remedies can be as simple as starting with better diagnostic methods for patients, so as to locate the real cause of the problem. A reported trigger for depression is lack of proper body function, such as a disabled thyroid gland. Sometimes a depressed person’s body can be infected by parasites such as what mosquitoes transmit. Sometimes a bad diet can trigger it. Read the rest of this entry »

Depression can have a number of triggers, including a reaction to a stressful time in a person’s life, medical conditions or even hereditary illness. Because there are many different types of depression that can be experienced by sufferers, there are also many different drugs that can be taken to suppress the depression.

Drugs, however, are not the only method for coping with depression. Read the rest of this entry »

Emotional Freedom Techniques, or EFT for short, is an alternative procedure that can improve your health, happiness and lifestyle. EFT is an emotional version of acupuncture. There are no needles involved. You use a set of tapping sequences that are easy to learn. You use your fingertips to tap on various body points. The tapping stimulates meridian points, which can be very beneficial. Read the rest of this entry »