Fever — pomegranate juice for thirst and weakness.
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Pomegranate: whatever the fever, eating pomegranate is beneficial. It also helps a fever lasting over seven days and in appendicitis. Mix cinnamon, black pepper and honey in boiling water — the best Ayurvedic cure for fever. Alternatively, take ginger extracts several times daily. Cumin seed is a proved antiseptic effective for fever.
whatever the fever, eating pomegranate is beneficial. It also helps a fever lasting over seven days and in appendicitis.
Traditional
दालचीनी · Cinnamon
¼–½ tsp dalchini powder in warm water or milk once daily; more than that is heating.
Traditional
CautionNot in large daily amounts over a long period — ordinary cassia cinnamon contains coumarin, which can affect the liver. If you take diabetes medicine, keep checking your sugar.
अदरक · Ginger
A thin slice of fresh adrak chewed before meals, or ½ tsp dried sonth in warm water twice a day.
Traditional
CautionNot in large amounts alongside blood-thinning medicine. Stop before surgery.
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.
काली मिर्च · Black pepper
Two or three crushed peppercorns with honey, or a pinch of powder added to whatever else you are taking.
Traditional
नींबू · Lemon
Juice of half a nimbu in a glass of warm water, first thing in the morning, with or without a little honey.
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 of the body every two hours; sip water constantly.
Bhojanveda
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