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What are the different home remedies for Common fever? Part 1

What is Common Fever?
• Fever refers to a condition of the body in which the temperature goes beyond the normal.
• It is characterized by disturbance in the normal functioning of the system.
• It is a common ailment which occurs both in children and adults.
• The average temperature of a healthy body ranges between 36.9 degree C and 37.5 degree C, or 98.4 Degree F and 99.5 Degree F but if it goes beyond this temperature, one is said to have fever.
• Marginal variations are liable.
• The variations depend on the intake of food, the amount of exercise, and the temperature surrounding the atmosphere.
• It is known that the lowest temperature of the body occurs between the hours of 1.30 a.m. to 7 a.m. and the highest between 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Symptoms of Common Fever
• Slight shivering, pain in the head and body parts.
• Pulse and respiration become faster, profuse sweating.
• Accumulation of morbid matter in the system.

Home Remedies for Common Fever

1. Common Fever treatment using Holy Basil
• The leaves of holy basil are one of the most effective of home remedies in the treatment of common fever.
• A decoction should be made from about twelve grams of these leaves, boiled in half a litre of water.
• It should be administered twice daily.
• Administer it with half a cup of milk, one teaspoon of sugar and a quarter teaspoon of powdered cardamom (cardamom).
• This will bring down the temperature.

2. Common Fever treatment using Fenugreek
• A tea made from fenugreek seeds is used in reducing fevers.
• This tea should be taken twice daily.
• It is particularly valuable as a cleansing and soothing drink.
• Moist the fenugreek seeds with water which will become slightly mucilaginous and make tea made from them.
• This has the power to dissolve a sticky substance like mucus.

3. Common Fever treatment using Saffron
• A tea made from saffron is another effective home remedy for fever.
• This tea is prepared by putting half a teaspoon of saffron in 30 ml of boiling water.
• The patient should be administered a teaspoon of this tea every hour until the temperature returns to normal.

4. Common Fever treatment using Raisins
• The use of an extract from raisins is beneficial in the treatment of common fever.
• This extract is prepared by soaking twenty-five raisins in half a cup of water and then crushing them in the same water.
• They are then strained and discard the skin.
• The raisin water thus prepared becomes a tonic.
• Half a teaspoon of lime juice is added to the extract to enhance its taste and usefulness.
• It will act as a medicine in fevers, and should be taken twice daily.

5. Common Fever treatment using Saffron
• Another great home remedy for common fever is saffron.
• Put this into tea and drink.
• Prepare the tea by putting half a tsp of saffron in 30 ml of boiling water.
• 1 tsp of this tea is to be taken by patient every hour.

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Sauna and Steam Baths – what are different health benefits?

The use of a steam room or sauna is a health practice with numerous health benefits. Saunas and the steam rooms are the rooms designed for the treatments with the use of heated air, which is of a temperature that varies between 800 and 1000 degrees of Celsius.

Difference between a sauna and a steam room?

Sauna air is heated by hot, porous rocks that emit a long-lasting heat. Because the humidity in a sauna is low, saunas are usually made of softwoods. In a steam room, the water vapor carries the heat. The wall construction is typically acrylic, tile, marble, or other stone. Steam rooms are much cooler than saunas although they often feel warmer.

Steam Bath Benefits

A steam room is an enclosed room which is made warm and humid by use of a heater and steam.
- they have high moisture content.
- the condensed moisture relieves pressure in the sinuses and lungs, which helps to counteract conditions such as asthma and allergies.
- steam baths or rooms give us relief from muscle soreness, relief from stiff joints, immune system enhancement, lymph detoxification, blood circulation improvement and sinus congestion relief.
- people with respiratory ailments often prefer the benefits of the steam room to those of the sauna.
- steam helps in the enhancing the speed and intensity of the metabolism of our body, in turn leading to weight loss.

Sauna Benefits

A sauna is a low humidity chamber that uses hot rocks (or even infrared rays) to create a high, dry heat.
- cleaning and detoxifying your skin.
- increases blood circulation.
- improves immunity system.
- sweating in sauna helps eliminate bacteria and viruses from inside your body.
- heart pumps harder which is an aerobic workout in itself.
- the heat also helps in stimulating production of white blood cells, exactly what your body needs to fight off illnesses.
- sauna bath has been proven to help in weight loss.

NOTE : One must be careful, since the excessive exposure to the hot air may cause some severe burns. Because of that, it is very advisable to take a lot of water, both, from the inside (by drinks) and from the outside.