What is Fever?
The rise in body temperature is termed as fever. The average human body temperature is 36°C or 98.6°F but may slightly vary in individuals.
Causes:
Fever is not an independent disease but your body's response to underlying health conditions. Fever can be caused by numerous factors.
- Infections like tonsillitis, flu, pneumonia, chickenpox, etc.
- Dehydration
- Nicotine or alcohol withdrawal
- Medicational side effects
- Exposure to rain or cold winds
Home Remedies:
Curing the underline illness that caused fever in the first place is the best way to treat fever.
- Black Myrobalan, Fennel Seeds & Milk
- Prepare Black Myrobalan (Chebulic Myrobalan, Harro) and Fennel Seeds (Saunf) in powder form separately
- Mix ½ teaspoon of each and consume it with warm water thrice a day
- Prepare syrup of Wood Apple (Bel) leaves. Consume 3 teaspoons of syrup at once three times a day.
- If the temperature is very high, prepare a paste of Sandalwood (Shrikhand) and apply it to the forehead. This method is more effective than applying cold water or an Ice cube.
- If the patient is not sweating, have him/her drink warm water.
- If the patient is disquieted, 20-30ml of Castor (Andir) Oil with warm milk helps ease the discomfort.
- If the cause of fever is cold wind or by being wet in the rain
- Add 5 Holy Basil Leaves (Tulasi Patta), 2 pieces of Cloves (Lwang), 3 pieces of Black Pepper (Marich) & few pinches of Stone Salt (Sidhenun).
- Boil the mixture in a glass of water.
- Drink as tea.
- Repeat three times a day.
- If the cause of fever is cold wind or by being wet in the rain
- Mix 5 pieces of Dry Dates (Chohara) in Milk. Boil the mixture.
- First, consume the Dates. Then drink the milk warm.
- Repeat two times a day.
- If the fever is also giving headaches
- Massage your head with a mixture of Ghee and Camphor (Kapoor) Power for quick relief. Or
- Massage your head with False Daisy (Bhringraj) Oil for quick relief.
- Consume the mixture of Black Myrobalan (Chebulic Myrobalan, Harro) in powder form with Honey.
