Introduction:
The body sweats at night while sleeping. Besides, indigestion, fever and tuberculosis due to excess of bile in the body may be the causes of this problem.
Use of various medicines in case of night sweats:-
1. Acetic Acid- If the T.B. patient has been suffering from sweating at night while sleeping and the whole body becomes wet; red marks appear on the left cheek, cold sweat, etc., Acetic Acid is very useful. This medicine should not be given frequently.
2. Calcarea-Carb- In symptoms like- Profuse sweating in the chest, neck and head (especially in children) at night during sleep; if sweat comes in a particular organ or in the whole body; glands are swollen; the condition of the patient becomes like rickets, etc., Calcarea-Carb 6x or 30 or 200 is very useful in such symptoms.
3. China- China 30 is very useful in symptoms like profuse sweating at night which causes weakness, especially the whole body becomes wet after a little work of one limb.
4. Merc-Sol- If the profuse sweating is due to bilious attack or indigestion in case of fever during night, but still, the fever does not subside, Merc-Sol 30 is very useful in such symptoms.
5. Pilocarpus- 30 potency of this medicine is beneficial in condition of sweating over entire face in all parts of the body. This medicine can also be given to T.B. patient in condition of sweating at night.
6. Picrotoxin- If sweating occurs at night due to fit or paralysis, 3 potency of this medicine is very useful at this time.
