Fever - Herbal Treatment

FEVER can be defined as a condition of the body in which the temperature goes above the normal. The average temperature of the healthy body ranges between 98.4'F and 99.5'F or 36.90 and 37.50C. It is liable to marginal variations according to the ingestion of food, the amount of exercise, the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere, etc. The lowest temperature of the body is between 1.30 and 7 and the highest between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.

If the temperature of the body during an attack of fever reaches 106'F. (hyperpyrexia) it is an indication of danger, and if it shoots above 107'F for any length of time, death is inevitable. The temperature may go upto HOOF or even 112'F before the death occurs.

The term fever has a very wide application: it is one of the most common features of many diseases. In many cases, it is a secondary symptom of the disordered state of the body with which it is associated. In many diseases, the main symptom which attracts attention to the malady is fever. Fever generally begins with a slight shivering, pain in various parts of the body, particularly the head, thirst and great lassitude. The symptoms vary according to the diseases of which it is an accompaniment: for example, the main symptom of typhoid or enteric fever is a slow pulse, in spite of a high temperature, whereas if accompanied by infection of the urinary tract (commonly called UTI), the pulse beat is very rapid.