Home Remedies for Fevers - Best Natural, Herbal Homemade Remedies for Fevers
Fevers Home Remedies
This section provides a list of effective home remedy for fevers.
Some general remedies that are beneficial in fever are:
1. Fenugreek tea: , Boil some fenugreek seedswith a cupful of water. Let the mixture be cooled down. It will help in reducing the unpleasant body odour associated with some fevers and also make your taste good.
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Take 10 grams (one-tablespoon) raisins and 10 grams (one tablespoon) fresh ginger. Crush and put in 200-ml. water for one hour. Boil this decoction till the water reduces to 50 ml. Strain and drink while warm.
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Drink as much water as you can in order to replace fluid loss. It will also help to bring down body temperature.
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When you have fever do not take any supplement containing either iron or zinc. Taking iron causes great tension in a body that is fighting infection; and zinc is not absorbed by the body when you have fever.
5. A Paste of mint leaves with peppers and ginger is also very helpful in fever.
6. Mild sweating: this helps to digest the toxins. Lie on a bed covered with a blanket, for 15 to 20 minutes. Drinking a hot liquid also helps.
7. The best and safest home remedy to redue the fever is to use cold packs; they may be applied to the whole body in the case of high temperatures like those of malaria and typhoid fever, to the chest in case of pneumonia and to the throat in the case of diptheria fever.
Some other effective and commonly used homemade remedy/ Treatment for Fevers are listed below:
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Take cool bathes, fill a bath tub, submerge and lay down for 5' approximately. Repeat as needed until the fever is down.
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Avoid eating solid foods until the fever is gone. You can replace the foods by drinking plenty of distilled water and/or juices.
** In high fever, the application of cool sandalwood paste on the forehead brings the temperature down, just like a cold compress does.
** Herbal teas are good to lower fever. The best teas are:
- Linden
- Willow Bark
- Black Elder
** A sponge bath can cool off and lower the fever. Armpits and groin are usually the hottest, so you should pay special attention to these areas.
The home remedies for the treatment of fever provided above are not a substitute for medical treatment. If you have high fever, please consult to your doctor. These remedies for fever are just few thing you can adopt to calm the fever.
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