Nitric-acid [Nit-ac]
Foul-smelling foot-sweat, chilblains on toes, sweat smelling like urine and scenting the whole house; sweat on soles of feet makes them sore, copious night-sweats.
Nitrum [Kali-n]
DEBILITATING SWEAT FROM LEAST EXERTION; night-sweat most profuse on legs, morning-sweat most profuse on chest, (<) while perspiring, (>) after.
Nux-moschata [Nux-m]
WANT OF SWEAT, skin cold dry sweat RED OR BLOODY, with drowsiness and shunning to be uncovered; soreness of all parts on which he lies.
Nux-vomica [Nux-v]
Sweat after midnight and in morning;sour, offensive, odor of musty straw; one-sided or only on upper part of body; cold, clammy on face, hands cold and sweaty, with cold noise relieves pain in limbs; chill and again sweat, perspires when moving.
Opium [Op]
SWEAT ON UPPER PART OF BODY, cold sweat on forehead, sweat over whole body, which is burning hot; profuse hot morning-sweat, wants to be uncovered.
Petroleum [Petr]
SWEAT ON SINGLE PARTS OF BODY; foetid sweat in axilla; tenderness of feet, as if bathed in a more or less foul-smelling moisture; TENDENCY OF SKIN TO FESTER AND ULCERATE.
Phosphorus [Phos]
Sweat mostly on head, hands and feet, or only on forepart of body, with increased urine, PROFUSE CLAMMY NIGHT-SWEATS, (<) DURING SLEEP ( Sambucus, (<) when awake, no sweat when sleeping), without relief.
Phosphoric-acid [Ph-ac]
Sweat mostly on occiput and neck, with sleepiness during daytime; PROFUSE DURING NIGHT AND MORNING, SOON CEASING WHEN WAKING, clammy sweat; thirst only during sweat.
Plumbum [Plb]
Offensive foot-sweat; NO SWEAT EVEN AFTER EXERTION; sweat cold and clammy, with anxiety; sweat comes and goes as soon as he gets into bed.
Psorinum [Psor]
Profuse, cold, sticky sweat all over the body; palms of hands soft from sweat, especially at night; sweating of head and feet; sweats easily, which exhausts him.
Pulsatilla [Puls]
SWEAT ONE-SIDED (left), only on face and head, more at night and in morning, soon ceasing when waking; sour, musty at times cold; at night with stupid slumbers;pains during sweat.
Rhododendron [Rhod]
Profuse debilitating sweat, especially when moving about in the open air; offensive-smelling sweat in the axilla; formication and itching of skin with the sweat.
Rhus-tox [Rhus-t]
Sour, musty or putrid sweat, with violent itching of the eruption; SWEAT OF BODY, EXCEPT THE HEAD ( Silicea, the reverse).
Sabadilla [Sabad]
HOT SWEAT ON FACE, REST OF BODY COLD; heat interrupted by shivering and returning at same hour; frequent sweat during heat, in morning hours with sleep.
Sambucus [Samb]
DRY, BURNING HEAT DURING SLEEP, GIVING WAY IMMEDIATELY ON WAKING TO PROFUSE SWEAT, first on face and then extending over whole body, continuing more or less during waking hours; on going to sleep again the dry heat returns with cold hands and feet, but still he shuns uncovering; profuse, weakening sweat, day and night, lasts during the apyrexia.
Sanicula [Sanic]
Sweat and excoriation between the toes; foul sweat of feet in spite of washing; feet burn, especially soles and are hot to the feeling.
Secale [Sec]
Cold, clammy, colliquative sweat over the whole body, especially upper part.
Selenium [Sel]
Profuse sweat on chest, armpits and genitals; sweats from least exertion as soon as he sleeps;sweats stains linen yellow or white and stiffens it.
Sepia [Sep]
Free and sudden perspiration from a nervous shock or from exertion, the sweat coming out after the exertion is over the shock passed and when one is sitting quietly ( Calcarea, sweat during exertion). Night-sweat on chest, back and thighs, from above downward to the calves, smelling sour, offensive or like elder blossom; profuse morning-sweat after awaking; OFFENSIVE FOOT-SWEAT, causing cold heels and soreness of toes; every third night sour, offensive sweat, like elder-blossoms; crippled nails.
Silicea [Sil]
NOCTURNAL HEAD-SWEAT KEEPS THE CHILD AWAKE; profuse sweat of head, the body being dry or nearly so; copious, offensive foot- sweat, with rawness between toes and itching of soles driving to despair; periodical sweat; debilitating, sour and offensive night-sweats, mostly after midnight.
Spigelia [Spig]
Offensive sweat; heat of face and hands, with desire to uncover; clammy, cold sweat on hands.
Stannum [Stann]
Sweat comes on after he falls asleep, and as soon as he moves he is chilly on back and shoulders; often SEQUELA OF WEAKENING DISEASE; sweat smells mouldy, musty; most profuse on neck, especially night and morning; hectic fever, anxious heat, as if sweat would break out.
Staphisagria [Staph]
Sweat smelling like rotten eggs; cold on forehead and feet, with desire to uncover; yellowish excoriating leucorrhoea, with a disposition to polypi of womb.
Stramonium [Stram]
Cold sweat all over, oily, and of putrid odor, with impaired vision or shunning light.
Sulphur [Sulph]
Profuse sour- smelling sweat the whole night and in morning hours on nape and occiput; in evening most on hands; no sweat; skin hot and dry, cannot find a cool place in bed.
Sulphuric-acid [Sul-ac]
Excessive sweat, mostly on upper body;profuse at night from motion; and continuing after sitting down; lessened by drinking wine.
Tellurium [Tell]
Profuse perspiration during the night giving out the offensive odor of Tellurium, continuous sweat of the feet, especially anteriorly at the toes, somewhat foul-smelling; excessively foul flatus.
Thuja [Thuj]
Sweat, either of those parts alone which are covered (Belladonna, China, Spigelia) or of those alone which are uncovered, while covered parts are dry and hot; sweat most copious on upper part of body, except head; sweat on perineum; foetid sweat on toes, with redness and swelling of tips; nets of veins as if marbled, on soles of feet; nails crippled brittle or soft; SWEAT DURING SLEEP, BUT STOPS AS SOON AS HE AWAKENS; oily, foetid sweat; sweetish odor exhaling from skin, accompanying abdominal or pelvic disorders; suppressed foot-sweat.
Tilia-europ [Til]
Profuse hot sweat which gives no relief.
Veratrum-alb [Verat]
General cold sweat, (<) forehead, clammy, staining linen yellow, with deathly pale face.
Zincum-met [Zinc]
Feet are sweaty and sore about toes, also foetid; chilblains, (<) from scratching and friction : PARALYSIS OF FEET FROM SUPPRESSION OF FOOT-SWEAT; sweat profuse all night, wants to uncover;easy during day and during exercise; offensive; rhagades between fingers mostly bad even in mild weather.
Dr. Samuel Lilienthal was the author of many great books including “Homeopathic Therapeutics”. For many years, with the support of Dr. Constantine Hering, he was the editor of the North American Journal of Homeopathy. Dr. Lilienthal passed away on February 2nd 1891 in San Francisco.