A 4-inch piece of giloy stem boiled in two cups of water down to one; taken warm on an empty stomach.
Traditional
आँवला · Amla
One fresh amla, or 1 tsp amla powder in cool water, once daily — best in the morning, never with milk.
Traditional
शहद · Honey
A teaspoon of raw honey, taken as is or in water that is warm but never hot — heat destroys its value.
Traditional
CautionNever give honey to a baby under one year — the risk is infant botulism. This rule has no exceptions.
नींबू घास · Lemongrass
Lemongrass decoction twice daily — it brings sweat and lowers the fever.
Traditional
गिलोय काढ़ा · Giloy kadha
Giloy kadha once a day — the classical jwarahara, and it helps the weakness a long fever leaves. A fever past two weeks needs blood tests, not a stronger kadha.
Traditional
तुलसी काढ़ा · Tulsi kadha
Twice a day — jwarahara, and it settles the body ache. A fever that keeps coming back for weeks needs malaria, typhoid and TB ruled out.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Cold sponging twice daily; short sun bath once the fever settles.
Light fruit diet until strength returns.
Classical Formulations
गुडूची सत्व · Guudchi Satva
Ingredients: Guudchi extract, mineral salts, turmeric
सुदर्शन चूर्ण · Sudarshan Churna
Dose: 1–3 g · Warm water or honey
Recurring fever, malaria, low appetite during fever, liver sluggishness.
महासुदर्शन चूर्ण · Mahasudarshan Churna
Dose: 1–3 g · Warm water or honey, twice daily
Any fever that will not settle — malaria, typhoid, viral fever, fever with liver involvement, loss of appetite in fever.
दशमूलारिष्ट · Dashamularishta
Dose: 15–30 ml · Equal warm water twice daily
The classical post-delivery tonic. Also general weakness, backache, wind disorders, recovery after fever.
Bhojanveda
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