Grandmother's 6 Natural Fever Remedies.
Feverish? Feverish?
Rest assured, fever is a good sign. This shows that your body is still able to react against microbial attacks.
But we can give it a boost and help our natural immune defenses to bring the body temperature to around 37 °.
Fortunately, my grandmother knows the right reflexes to be quickly in good shape the next day.
Here are its 6 natural remedies to fight fever.
1. Medicinal herbal teas
For my part, I am a fan of herbal teas of all kinds.
When I am feverish, I put myself on a diet until improvement (less than a day, don't worry) and I only drink herbal teas or pineapple juice (organic) throughout the day, excellent against fever.
Here are my little tips:
a) 6 mint leaves and a small piece of ginger with boiling water
b) The juice of a lemon, a spoon of pure honey and boiling water (the same herbal tea recommended against colds)
c) An infusion of lime blossom.
And then, hop to bed. My body is hot and I'm going to push back the fever by sneaking under the duvet.
How it works ?
These herbal teas should be drunk as hot as possible to promote sweating and allow faster elimination of toxins.
Lemon has a sudorific action.
A good sweat? It's a good sign, your fever will subside!
2. The magic socks
Just before going to lie down warm under the duvet, taking care to have my feet already warm (thanks to a good hot foot bath or a hot water bottle), I put on my anti-fever socks.
It also works great for our children's fever.
I soak a pair of socks in cool water. By adding 1 glass of apple cider vinegar to this water, it is even more effective.
I wring out my socks and put them on. And there, I put on a second pair of very thick and dry woolen socks this time over (or a dry towel).
And hop to bed! And I start again as soon as my socks have become warm after 15 to 30 minutes. Attention girls, if you have your period, we avoid this treatment!
3. Reflexology
If anyone can help you, fever reflexology points are placed at the ends of our thumbs and toes.
Pressure on the thumbs or toes and the top of the foot in general should help with healing.
4. Poultices
And then as soon as I have a little fever, I make myself a cold clay poultice on the lower abdomen that I renew as often as possible until recovery.
Just mix fine powdered clay with a little water.
5. Take a bath
I also allow myself a bath of 15 to 30 minutes at the end of the day by adding a mixture of 5 drops of eucalyptus essential oil (radiata) mixed with olive oil or neutral liquid soap.
I start my lukewarm bath (around 35 °).
I then raise the temperature to 40-42 °. And again as soon as I get out of the bath, I dry off quickly and sneak under the duvet to sweat one last time before dark.
Please note, this treatment is not recommended for children.
6. The bonus tip
For children, it is the other way around. On our Facebook page, Nathalie tells us about her mother's reflex. She runs a bath 1 ° below the child's temperature, and lets her angel soak and splash around until the water reaches around 35 °.
Panties, a T-shirt and once in bed, little caresses from head to toe "to take the heat away".
One can save water by doing the same thing just on his legs and feet with the shower head by increasing the temperature of the water from lukewarm to hot.
WARNING, if with these treatments, your fever lasts more than 2 days, it may not be just a fever, consult a doctor!
Your turn...
And you, what are your reflexes to lower the fever? I would love to share your care in the comments. We can't wait to hear from you!
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