How to bring down the temperature of folk remedies

In the medicine cabinet of modern man there is a thousand and one remedies for fever. Traditional analgin and acetylsalicylic acid, "Ibuprofen" and "Panadol" in a few minutes will relieve the heat and related symptoms. But synthetic drugs hit the liver, stomach and kidneys, change the composition of the blood. A safer option from the heat is folk remedies that help the body fight infection, but do not harm health.

Healthy berries

At elevated temperatures, heavy drinking is recommended. Warm teas and decoctions save the body from dehydration and stimulate sweating. Antipyretic and antibacterial properties have:

• berries of viburnum;
• cranberry;
• dried fruits, for example, dried apricots or raisins;
• berries and raspberry leaves;
• black and red currants;
• Strawberry.

Dried berries are brewed with boiling water for 10-15 minutes, and then they drink fruit tea with the addition of honey. Raspberry or strawberry jam, which is diluted with hot water, is also suitable. Fresh berries of cranberries or viburnum are ground with sugar and eat, washed down with currant or chamomile broth.

Dried fruits are steamed for 20-30 minutes, and after that they use both compote and raisins with dried apricots.

Lemon lowers temperature and supports immunity. Citruses are added to tea, eaten with sugar or honey, a febrifuge is prepared from them:

• Squeeze juice from one or two yellow fruits
• Add warm water
• Put some buckwheat or linden honey.

Important: Lemon juice should not be diluted with boiling water. Vitamin C evaporates at high temperatures, and the drink loses its beneficial properties.

Herbal decoctions from the heat

Is there no berries or citruses in the house? It's time to check out your first-aid kit. Perhaps there is a package:

• daisies;
• linden blossom;
• aspen or birch buds;
• St. John's wort
• thyme or mint.

Herbs relieve inflammation and destroy the infection, absorb toxins and enhance perspiration. You can make medicinal tea from one plant or mix several.

In a glass of boiling water, take 20-30 g of dry ingredient. Cover the cup with infusion with a saucer or a lid; you can wrap a towel. Wait half an hour, add 1-2 tablespoons of honey and drink in small sips.

You can bring down the temperature in an adult with the help of cognac or vodka:

• Drink 150 ml of herbal decoction.
• After 40-50 minutes, take a glass of alcohol.
• Drink a cup of infusion with honey.
• Wear cotton pajamas, woolen socks and crawl under the covers.
• Sleep for at least a few hours.

Alcohol will soothe and help relax, and herbs will cleanse the body of infection and toxins. Just one procedure, and a cold with all the attendant symptoms will recede.

Water treatments for fever

If you have a fever, it is recommended to take a cool bath. Water temperature should be 38–40 degrees. If fever is accompanied by drowsiness and fatigue, add 4-6 drops of essential oil:

• eucalyptus;
• thyme;
• menthol;
• grapefruit;
• lavender.

Sea salt has a tonic effect, and if you pour a little vinegar, sweating will intensify and the temperature will normalize much faster.

Take a bath with additives and essential oils for no more than 20 minutes. Warm water increases the load on the patient's cardiovascular system, and a person may feel dizzy or have a heart attack.

Important: Sometimes there are recommendations to wrap a patient’s body with a cold, damp sheet during fever.Low temperatures inhibit the immune system and slow recovery, so the infection continues to spread throughout the body, and the heat only intensifies.

Instead of bathing, you can take foot baths. Pour water at room temperature into the basin, keep feet for 15–20 minutes.

Compresses and rubbing

Vinegar is a powerful diaphoretic. A nine percent table or apple option will do. Dissolve a tablespoon of vinegar in a liter of cool water, moisten a terry towel or a piece of cotton cloth in the liquid.

Undress the patient to underwear. Treat the lower and upper limbs with vinegar, put a compress on the forehead and change every 2-3 minutes. Does the thermometer show that the temperature has risen above 39 degrees? In the solution, moisten cotton socks and put on for 30–40 minutes.

Adults are recommended rubbing with vodka. Dilute alcohol with water, proportion 1 to 1. Treat the armpits, elbows and wrists with a rag soaked in the product. You can put a compress of alcohol on the ankles.

Important: Acetic and vodka grindings should not be used if a person has cold limbs. The heat provoked a spasm of blood vessels in the arms or legs, and such methods only worsen the condition of the patient.

Potato and onion against fever
Wash raw potatoes under the tap, grate on a fine grater. Add a teaspoon of vinegar to the resulting slurry, mix thoroughly. Put the mass on a soft cloth, apply a potato compress to the temples and forehead, wrists and bends of the elbows.

Potatoes can be cut into several thick slices and attached to the feet. Wrap slices of vegetables with plastic wrap, put on woolen socks. A onion is used in a similar way.

Means for internal use

If the cause of the fever is a cold or flu, it is recommended to consume a lot of citrus fruits:

• oranges;
• grapefruit;
• lemons;
• tangerines.

Useful blue honeysuckle jam and fresh strawberries. The lemon-honey mixture copes well with the infection:

• Wash citrus, grind with peel;
• add a few spoons of honey to a cup or bowl with lemon;
• mix the ingredients for 5-10 minutes to get a homogeneous paste;
• eat the medicine at a time.

Drink lemon with chamomile broth or regular warm tea, cover yourself with a thick blanket and sweat.

Antibacterial and antipyretic properties have a drink that is prepared from:

• glasses of hot milk;
• a few tablespoons of honey;
• chopped garlic cloves.

Mix the ingredients, drink in small sips. The tool is suitable for adults and children and is considered one of the safest ways to lower the temperature.

If you have a fever, it is useful to use a salad made from onions, honey and apples. Products should be taken in equal proportions. Grate vegetables and fruits or finely chop, season with honey. Eat a tablespoon of apple and onion paste three times a day.

General recommendations

1. The temperature in the room in which the patient is located should be within + 20-23 degrees. If the room is stuffy, it should be aired.
2. Do not use humidifiers. They worsen perspiration and create favorable conditions for the multiplication of infections and viruses.
3. Need to drink plenty of fluids. Decoctions of rose hips and elderberry flowers, dried fruit compotes and mineral water, green and black tea are recommended.
4. It is difficult for an exhausted body to fight infection, so you should sleep a lot, move less, try not to watch TV and do not stay at a computer.
5. No need to wrap yourself up much. One blanket or warm pajamas is enough. When the body is hot both inside and out, the temperature does not decrease, but may, on the contrary, increase.

You should not only fight the heat, but also find its cause.Sometimes a common cold is to blame, but the temperature can rise due to tuberculosis or gout, dangerous infections and diseases of the nervous system. Therefore, with a fever that lasts several days in a row, it is recommended not to engage in amateur activity, but to consult a doctor.

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