Keeping the fever, instead of trying to eliminate it right away, will help you fight the virus that is making you sick. If you have a mild fever (up to 38 degrees), wrap yourself in a blanket and drink a cup of yarrow infusion (Achillea millefolium).
Prepare the infusion by putting 2 bags of yarrow or 2 teaspoons of dried yarrow 2 teaspoons in a cup of boiling water for 15 minutes. Reheat the infusion until it is very hot, and drink slowly. Your temperature can increase or decrease one degree when you begin to sweat. If your temperature is initially between 38.5 and 39.5 drinks the infusion but dispenses with the blanket.
Do not use this infusion with babies or children, or if you are pregnant.
Eight home remedies for the fever of babies and children
Remove clothes so heat can disperse: clothes have the ability to "catch" body heat and keep it, also preventing the outside air from touching our skin and cooling us down. When a child has a fever the ideal is that there are no clothes to avoid all this. The fresher they are the better, so the less clothing they wear the better.
Let it not heat where the child is: if it is winter and we are at home with the heating on, it may be interesting to lower the temperature of the house. In summer we must take into account the same, that they are in a ventilated room, but without being in air currents or under the "jet" of the air conditioning.
Bathe the baby or child, letting him soak for a long time: the other solution to steal heat from the body is to put it in contact with water that is at a lower temperature. The change should be gradual, avoiding cold baths (there are people who do that, put them in cold water), because they can be fatal. The ideal is to heat the water as always (34-36ºC) and let the time pass so that the water goes down in temperature (playing with it, explaining things, etc.).
Use cold compresses: this is very typical and very movies. We can take a small cloth or towel and wet it with cold water. They are applied to the forehead, nape and wrists and are changed as they stop working (it gets wet again). A similar effect, if the child is a little older, is to put a basin of cold water so that it reaches the hands and part of the arms. As the blood circulation goes through his hands and arms the body goes down a little temperature (which would be a resource not to spend all day completely immersed in water).
Make a liquid diet so that it rehydrates: if the child is sweating because of the fever it is advisable to go hydrating. Some children do not want to eat much if they have a fever and can better accept a liquid diet, which will help us to rehydrate them. Juices, water or broths are advised and, in the case of babies, oral serum or breast milk (artificial if not taken maternally).
Try to keep the child calm: if the child has a high fever, he or she will most likely not want to blink. If, on the other hand, you do not have a lot of fever, you may still have the strength to move (and move a lot) and there are many children who, even with fever, do not stop. It is not that you have to tie them to the chair so they do not move, but it is advisable to try to do with children quieter activities that do not increase their body temperature or sweat.
Give infusion of sunflower: one of the properties of sunflower is to help lower fever. Dry petals of the sunflower flower are used and an infusion is made with them. To do this, water is boiled, the petals are placed inside and left to rest for 10 minutes. The mixture is filtered and sugar or honey is added, something that gives it a little sweet taste. The child is given a couple or three of tablespoons every 8 hours.
Cool the child from the feet: this would be done by stealing the child's heat from below, from the soles of the feet. Many people take advantage of the summer to walk barefoot and, in contact with the cold ground (depends on the ground you have), the heat seems to decrease a little. In addition to making him walk barefoot or put his feet for a while in a tub with warm water throwing cold, we can put raw potato slices on the soles of his feet. When they get warm, we change them for others that should continue stealing heat from their feet.
Eight home remedies for the fever of babies and children
Remove clothes so heat can disperse: clothes have the ability to "catch" body heat and keep it, also preventing the outside air from touching our skin and cooling us down. When a child has a fever the ideal is that there are no clothes to avoid all this. The fresher they are the better, so the less clothing they wear the better.
Let it not heat where the child is: if it is winter and we are at home with the heating on, it may be interesting to lower the temperature of the house. In summer we must take into account the same, that they are in a ventilated room, but without being in air currents or under the "jet" of the air conditioning.
Bathe the baby or child, letting him soak for a long time: the other solution to steal heat from the body is to put it in contact with water that is at a lower temperature. The change should be gradual, avoiding cold baths (there are people who do that, put them in cold water), because they can be fatal. The ideal is to heat the water as always (34-36ºC) and let the time pass so that the water goes down in temperature (playing with it, explaining things, etc.).
Use cold compresses: this is very typical and very movies. We can take a small cloth or towel and wet it with cold water. They are applied to the forehead, nape and wrists and are changed as they stop working (it gets wet again). A similar effect, if the child is a little older, is to put a basin of cold water so that it reaches the hands and part of the arms. As the blood circulation goes through his hands and arms the body goes down a little temperature (which would be a resource not to spend all day completely immersed in water).
Make a liquid diet so that it rehydrates: if the child is sweating because of the fever it is advisable to go hydrating. Some children do not want to eat much if they have a fever and can better accept a liquid diet, which will help us to rehydrate them. Juices, water or broths are advised and, in the case of babies, oral serum or breast milk (artificial if not taken maternally).
Try to keep the child calm: if the child has a high fever, he or she will most likely not want to blink. If, on the other hand, you do not have a lot of fever, you may still have the strength to move (and move a lot) and there are many children who, even with fever, do not stop. It is not that you have to tie them to the chair so they do not move, but it is advisable to try to do with children quieter activities that do not increase their body temperature or sweat.
Give infusion of sunflower: one of the properties of sunflower is to help lower fever. Dry petals of the sunflower flower are used and an infusion is made with them. To do this, water is boiled, the petals are placed inside and left to rest for 10 minutes. The mixture is filtered and sugar or honey is added, something that gives it a little sweet taste. The child is given a couple or three of tablespoons every 8 hours.
Cool the child from the feet: this would be done by stealing the child's heat from below, from the soles of the feet. Many people take advantage of the summer to walk barefoot and, in contact with the cold ground (depends on the ground you have), the heat seems to decrease a little. In addition to making him walk barefoot or put his feet for a while in a tub with warm water throwing cold, we can put raw potato slices on the soles of his feet. When they get warm, we change them for others that should continue stealing heat from their feet.
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