Home Remedies for Fever

Fever is viral infection and it is complicated with other diseases. There are many types of fever. If you are having continuous fever over a period of time then the temperature should be regularly taken and marked on a temperature chart which helps in diagnosis.

Type of Fever

Constant or continuous fever, when the temperature remains high and varies not more than two degree Fahrenheit between night and morning, e.g. in typhoid, fever, and pneumonia.

Remittent fever: The temperature varies more than two degree Fahrenheit between morning and evening but does not come down to normal, e.g. septicemia.

Intermittent fever: The temperature varies from normal or subnormal to high fever and back at regular intervals. The intervals may be a few hours or up to three days. This is called swinging temperature, e.g. malaria.

Relapsing fever is one in which periods of fever are followed by one or two days of normal temperature.

Inverse fever is one which is higher in the morning than in the evening.

Irregular fever is one which is not like any of the above types.

Fever ends in one of two ways:

By Crisis, when the temperature falls suddenly to normal and does not rise again and By Lysis, when the fall is gradual.

Home Remedies for Fever

Avoid all high-protein foods and eat as little as possible.

Roast and grind coriander seed, cumin seeds, tulsi (basil) leaves, turmeric and salt into powder. Put the powder in a glass of water and boil it. The decoction should become half a glass. Drink the decoction three times a day to give relief from fever.

Soak dry grapes in water, crush the dry grapes in the same water and drink it.

Dry ginger powder adding with tea is helpful for fever.

Drink a glass of hot milk with a teaspoon of turmeric powder, black pepper powder dissolved in it. Drink this milk thrice a day to get relief from cough and fever.

Drink a lot warm water and other fluids to reduce temperature.

Placing raw onions on the feet and wrapping them in warm blankets can break a fever.

Boil hibiscus in water, add sugar according to taste and drink the decoction formed three times a day. If you did not like the taste of this decoction you can add milk and drink it. It gives good relief for fever.

Avoid overexposure to the sun, overexertion and cold.

Cut ladyfinger into pieces; put it in a pint of water to get a decoction. Inhale the steam issuing from the decoction to relieve throat irritation, dry cough during fever.

Avoid drugs for lowering the temperature. Prefer physical methods by cooling the skin by tight clothing, fan, or air condition, sponging the whole body by tap or cold water, icepacks on forehead and free flow of air into the room.

If you are suffering with fever, avoid taking medicines but some cases you should take medicines, mostly try to take care of all the home remedies given above, within three days certainly you can get rid of fever.

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