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3A. Sudorifics & Diaphoretics



Transpirers; Medicines to Promote Sweat

They are medicines promoting Sweat, or more properly, open the pores. They cut, attenuate and penetrate, exhale through the pores, carrying Serous Fluid and Vapors through the skin.

They are used to relieve Fever, and to through off diseases in the beginning, such as Colds, Influenza, Sinus, acute Headache. They are similar to Rarifying medicines in that they open the pores, and so some are also useful in some chronic disorders such as Arthritis and Rheumatism.

Diaphoretic medicines work several ways:
1. Stimulate sweat glands (Camphor)
2. Effect nerves of the Sweat Glands (Alcohol, Opium)
3. Dilate pores (rubefacients, external heat, hot bath etc.)

Diaphoretic treatments other than internal remedies

1. Application of Dry or Moist Heat–water bottle, hot bricks or stones, warm and wet towels etc.
2. Warm Air–various methods of applying warm air have been used to induce perspiration
3. Vapor or Steam Baths, Saunas
4. Warm Baths–a bath of 39–40 degrees C. warms the body and induces perspiration
5. Cold Wet-Sheet Wrap–wrapping in a cold, wet sheet then covering in layers of blankets was regarded as one of the most effective ways to promote perspiration
6. Hot Wet-Sheet Wrap–if the criculation is weak, the above method may be applied using a sheet or blanket wrung out of hot water.



                       Angelica
                       Juniper berry
                       Mint
                       Scordium
                       Burdock root
                       Calendula
                       Camomile flowers
                       Celery root
                       China root
                       Guaiacum
                       Butterbur
                       Myrrh
                       Clove
                       Bezoar
                       Viper
                       Sealed Earth
                       Sulphur


Blessed Thistle
Bay berry
Balm
Dittany
Yarrow
Saffron
Elder flowers
Parsley root
Sarsaparilla
Sassafras
Rue
Squill
Camphor
Musk
Burnt Deer horn
Cinnabar
Antimony Diaphoretic


Compounds
                       Vinegar of Calendula
                       Vinegar of Lavender
                       White Powder
                       Troches of Viper
                       Troches of Myrrh
                       Troches of Hedychroi
                       Aromaticum Nardium
                       Electuary of Eggs
                       Theriac
                       Diascordium
                       Bezoar Animale Cervii


Vinegar of Elder
Vinegar of Squill

Powder of Crabs Claw
Troches of Squill
Troches of Earth of Lemnos
Troches of Cypheos
Rosata Nouvelle
Diatessaron
Mithridate
Diaphoretic Tincture of Paracelsus
Bezoar Animale Viperii

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