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Fevers in children, while often a sign of the body fighting infection, can be a source of concern for parents. While medical advice is crucial, especially for high fevers or additional symptoms, natural remedies can help manage mild fevers and ensure your child's comfort.

Understanding Fever in Children: Causes and Symptoms

A fever, typically indicated by a body temperature above 100.4°F (38°C), can result from various causes such as infections (viral or bacterial), immunizations, or overheating. Symptoms accompanying a fever may include sweating, chills, headache, muscle aches, and dehydration.

Gentle and Natural Approaches to Managing Fever in Children

Egg Whites

Egg whites applied to the feet are a popular home remedy for reducing fever in children on Earth Clinic. This method involves soaking clean cloth or cotton pads in egg whites and placing them on the soles of the child's feet, then covering them with socks. The egg whites are believed to draw heat away from the body, aiding in lowering the fever.

Sliced Raw Potatoes

Sliced potatoes on the feet is another popular folk remedy for reducing fever in children. This involves cutting a raw potato into thin slices and placing them on the soles of the child's feet, securing them with socks. The potato slices are thought to absorb heat and toxins from the body, thereby helping to lower the fever.

Adequate Hydration

Ensuring your child stays hydrated is crucial during a fever. Offer plenty of fluids like water, herbal teas, or electrolyte solutions to prevent dehydration.

Lukewarm Baths

A lukewarm bath can help lower body temperature and provide comfort. Avoid cold baths, as they can cause shivering, which might raise body temperature.

Light Clothing: Facilitating Heat Release

Dress your child in light, breathable clothing to help the body release heat. Overdressing can trap body heat and worsen the fever.

Herbal Remedies: Natural Fever Reducers

Herbs like elderflower, yarrow, and catnip can be used as teas to gently reduce fever. These herbs are known for their diaphoretic properties, helping the body sweat and naturally lower temperature.

Apple Cider Vinegar: Folk Remedy for Fever

A compress of diluted apple cider vinegar on the forehead or calves can be a traditional method to help reduce fever. The vinegar is believed to draw heat away from the body.

Conclusion

While fevers in children are a normal response to illness, natural remedies like adequate hydration, lukewarm baths, light clothing, rest, herbal teas, apple cider vinegar compresses, and light meals can offer safe and effective ways to manage mild fevers. Always monitor the child's condition closely and consult a healthcare professional if the fever is high, persistent, or accompanied by other concerning symptoms. These natural approaches can help your child feel more comfortable and support their recovery process.

Continue reading to learn which natural remedies worked best for Earth Clinic readers, and please let us know which one you tried!

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ACV Bath, Egg Whites, Hydrogen Peroxide

Posted by Melissamd (Md, United States) on 12/05/2015 10 posts
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My 7 year old daughter went from playing happily to burning up almost instantly.

Using one of those forehead to ear thermometers, I took her temperature.

106.5

That can't be right...

I popped out the batteries and reset the thermometer. I swiped my forehead first and it read 98.7. Good, it's working. I swiped hers again... 106.3

I tore down the hall into the bathroom with her in one hand and a carton of eggs in the other, put her in the bathtub, turned on the water, dumped in 1/2 a bottle of apple cider vinegar with the mother, grabbed a new trash bag, cracked 2 eggs into it (without the yolk) and put her feet in.

My daughter wasn't lethargic.

Other than her body trying to catch itself on fire internally, she had no signs of sickness.

While waiting for my son to bring my phone to the bathroom, I found an oral thermometer and put it under her tongue.

105.3

It was working and fast. Still, it's dangerously high.

Obviously, I called 911 because fibril seizures are no joke and I've never seen a thermometer go that high. We have never experienced either and I certainly hope we never will/will again.

By the time EMS arrived, (and they were quick), she was down to 103.

Upon returning home from the hospital, I laid her down and filled her ear with peroxide. Usually, it takes 10 minutes on each side until the bubbling stops.

It took 30. Each.

THIS is how to minimize something brewing (and brewing large).

1. Peroxide in each ear until it stops bubbling. The sooner you do this, the less your body will have to fight.

2. Egg whites on the feet.

3. ACV in the bath water.

It works.

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Posted by Grace (Portland, Or) on 09/03/2010
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Growing up, my parents always used potatoes in our socks for fevers. This past year, I had a fever of 102 that wouldn't drop after 2 days. I put potatoes in the fridge for 30 minutes, then sliced them, put them in my socks and started a movie. By the end of the movie my temperature had dropped to 99.9 and the potatoes were baked! After this treatment, the fever did not rise again. Cheap and healthy cure!



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