In small doses it relieves pain, induces sweating, reduces inflammation.

It sends out signals that dilate outer blood vessels and induce sweating, which results in heat loss.

A thermoregulatory sweat test can evaluate the body's response to a thermal stimulus by inducing sweating through a hot box room, thermal blanket or exercise.

The impulses from these nerves signal the brain that the temperature has risen, which sets off a chain of physiological events that induce facial sweating.

Ten minutes of such practice is ample to induce profuse sweating in any place of a temperature of 17 Degree C or over.

It is also used for nausea, sunstroke, inducing sweating, and to reduce muscle spasms.

Ipecacuanha was also traditionally used to induce sweating.

Calamus is also used as a calming medicine (sedative), to induce sweating, and to treat rheumatoid arthritis and stroke.

It is also used to induce sweating, as a tonic, for improving immune function, and for reducing the side effects of cancer treatment (chemotherapy).