Once again, we've been led to believe that a high-fever MUST be brought down or eliminated.
But for every degree a fever rises, the immune systems capability is DOUBLED. In fact, 'artifically' creating a high fever (to 104-105 degrees) by the use of herbs/hot baths is something that is commonly done to fight infection and heal the body.
A fever is nature's way of fighting an infection and WINNING NATURALLY. If you 'shut off the fever', you cause a need for allopathic or herbal remedies, and you cause the illness to last LONGER, the patient to be sicker, and the body will continue to try to create a fever, because a fever is what boosts the immune system so it can heal!
Dr. Schulze explains:
"You have an infection of some sort. For every degree that your temperature rises, the speed at which your immune cells can travel is doubled. Fever is your most important immune defense mechanism and disease fighter.
Medicine is too egotistical and too afraid to let the body heal itself. They must control. They have decided that fever is bad, so they suppress it. By suppressing your fever, they suppress your immune system's natural defense mechanism. Your fever will actually go up.
If they do force the fever to go down with more drugs, your illness will last much longer, because it is now harder for your immune system to do its job."
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/thadson/savelife/schulze/articles/06curedisaster3...
"Fever is nothing but a fight between our white blood cells (our immune system) and viruses. For each degree of fever, millions of white blood cells are directed to the place of infection. By decreasing the fever (either through Tylenol or
Antibiotics ) we stop that rescue mechanism and delay the cure..."
http://www.drluc.com/baby.html
What to do? Just like grandma always says - "sweat it out".
Keep the body hydrated and full of all the good nutrients it needs to bolster the fighting immune system (fresh juices and superfoods -easily digestable & usable please, so the body doesn't have to spend energy in digestion.) NO white
Sugar or Gatorade type stuff- white
Sugar weakens the immune system immediately)
And when the fever breaks, the illness is gone. AND the body has learned how to identify & fight whatever the invader was...so if ever exposed again, there will be total natural immunity.
The human body is perfect.