Sweaty Palms (Hyperhidrosis)

"Sweaty Palms (Hyperhidrosis)" Issue / Symptom Connections

Below you will find various relationships to, and potential clinical treatment approaches for sweaty palms (hyperhidrosis).

Content Related to Sweaty Palms (Hyperhidrosis)

It is critical to appreciate that in Chinese Medicine, treatment for "sweaty palms (hyperhidrosis)" is rarely focused on the symptoms exclusively. Alternatively, a practitioner is looking at the factors that led to the development of "sweaty palms (hyperhidrosis)" - i.e. the "cause(s)".

For non-practitioners, we recommend reading treating the "cause" and not the "symptoms" for more on the overall approach and the importance of the TCM diagnostic system in formulating treatment approaches.

• View EX Huatuojiaji at T4 (Sides of Spine at T4)
  
      .5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous processes of T4
  
      T4 innervates the breast and influences the sweat glands and hair follicles, important point for breast cancer in the tam healing system, excessive, irregular or lack of sweat, inability to control body temperature and many skin problems, …
• View EX Huatuojiaji at T7 (Sides of Spine at T7)
  
      .5 cun lateral to the lower border of the spinous processes of T7
  
      T7 (Left) innervates the spleen and is an important point for any blood related issues - both in terms of circulation but also in terms of disease.  Due to the role in body fluids and blood a range of issues that are more prominent at nigh…
• View HT 8 (Lesser Mansion)
  
      When a loose fist is made where the tip of the little finger rests between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones.
  
      HT Fire effecting the SI effecting the UB, heat descending to the lower jiao - incontinence, difficult urination, fungal infections, genital itching. Channel issues, sore throat, tongue stiffness, pain along the ulnar aspect of the arms. …
• View SI 2 (Front Valley)
  
      When a loose fist is made, at the ulnar end of the crease, distal to the 5th metacarpophalangeal joint at the junction …
  
      Local point for pain, swelling, numbness of the fingers.  As the water point it will remove heat - febrile disease, hot palms, darker urine. Clear heat from the opposite end of the channel, tinnitus, headache, sore throat, neck, ear and/o…