How to quickly reduce fever

What are some quick ways to reduce fever?

Fever is a very common disease in normal times, and there are many reasons for fever. When the human body has a fever, it needs to be reduced in time. If the fever is not reduced in time, the high fever will burn the human brain and have a great impact on human health. In fact, in addition to medication, physical cooling methods can also be used to reduce fever. There are many physical cooling methods. What are the ways to quickly reduce fever?

How to quickly reduce fever

Warm and wet compress

Soak the towel in hot water, the water temperature should not be too hot to touch. After soaking, continuously wipe the forehead, chest, back, and limbs of the fever patient. After wiping, apply the wet towel to the patient's chest. Change the water frequently to maintain the temperature to prevent the water from being too cold and causing the patient to feel cold. This warm and wet compress can dilate the blood vessels in the skin, use the body temperature to evaporate the water, and take away a large amount of heat to reduce the temperature, thereby achieving the effect of reducing fever.

Corn cob juice

Corn cob juice has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis and reducing fever, and can be taken as a food therapy when high fever persists. Use 150 grams of fresh corn cobs, then add appropriate amount of water and boil three times. Filter and take the juice. Take 50 ml three times a day. The fever will subside in 2-3 days.

Warm alcohol bath

A warm alcohol bath can stimulate the dilation of skin blood vessels in patients with high fever, which is beneficial for heat dissipation and lowering body temperature. It is also one of the folk remedies for reducing fever. The specific method is: use 75%-95% alcohol, or white wine, and then add warm water to dilute it into 30% alcohol. Soak a small towel in it and wipe the patient's neck, chest, armpits, limbs, palms and soles of the feet. Scrub for about 20 minutes. After wiping, pay attention to keep warm and do not let the wind blow directly on your body to avoid catching a cold.

Drink plenty of water

The most important thing during a fever is to drink plenty of water, because when you have a fever, the human body is prone to dehydration. Drinking plenty of water can help reduce the temperature and help excrete viruses in the body. Be careful not to drink cold water, boiled water is best.

Massage Dazhui acupoint

Massaging the Dazhui point is a simple and quick cooling therapy for patients with fever. The location of Dazhui: Tilt your head forward, and you can feel a protruding highest point near the junction of the neck and back. This is the seventh cervical vertebra, and Dazhui is located in the depression below this point. Dazhui point is a commonly used acupoint for relieving exterior symptoms and reducing fever. When massaging the Dazhui point, it is recommended to push the spine at the same time. That is, use the tips of your index and middle fingers or the base of your palm to push from the Dazhui point straight to the coccyx from top to bottom. Push about 100-300 times and the effect will be significant.

Warm reminder: If the fever reaches 38.5 degrees or above, you should seek medical attention in time, conduct relevant examinations, and receive symptomatic treatment to avoid adverse consequences. You can take antipyretics or get antipyretic injections under the guidance of a doctor. Generally, you will sweat profusely about an hour after taking antipyretics and your body temperature will drop.