An increase in body temperature is accompanied by most diseases associated with inflammatory processes in the body. The high temperature is due to the protective reaction of the body fighting the infection, thanks to which the disease recedes faster. But if the temperature is too high, you can bring it down without pills, with the help of delicious berries, using folk methods.
When to use folk remedies to lower the temperature
It is believed that while the body temperature of a sick person is kept within 38, 5 ° C, it should not be lowered, at this temperature there is no harm to the body, but pathogenic bacteria begin to die. However, if this line is passed, the fever must already be brought down so that the person does not lose consciousness and irreversible processes do not begin to occur in his blood. High temperature can lead to memory impairment or weakening of concentration, provoke metabolic imbalance.
But not all such patients can be given potent drugs. Small children, pregnant women and nursing mothers should reduce high fever using proven folk remedies, which include tea or jam, as well as drinks prepared on the basis of certain berries that have antipyretic effects.
Berries with which you can lower the temperature
The antipyretic effect is exerted by strawberries, which should be eaten fresh after meals or in the form of jam with water or compote with the addition of lemon juice. If fresh strawberries are eaten, limit the amount to 50 grams.
Contraindications for the use of cranberries include diseases of the stomach and duodenum, since cranberries increase the acidity of gastric juice.
An excellent antipyretic agent is cranberry. Fresh, it is quite sour and not all children will agree to eat it, but in the form of fruit drinks or jams it is quite edible. Those who are not afraid of cranberry sourness should eat 2-3 tablespoons by crushing the berries. As such, they can be added to tea or simply drunk with water. In addition, drinks based on cranberries and the berries themselves have an anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, tonic and diuretic effect, just a complete "ammunition" necessary for a patient who is struggling with the flu or other respiratory infection.
Raspberries are contraindicated in case of individual intolerance, it also cannot be used in cases of exacerbation of gastritis, stomach ulcers or duodenal ulcers, since it contains a lot of fiber.
You can also lower the temperature with the help of another berry - raspberry, it is a natural source of salicylic acid, therefore, traditionally teas, infusions and raspberry preserves were used to treat colds as a powerful antiseptic. But recently, doctors began to warn that the use of tea with raspberry jam, as well as milk with honey, causes profuse sweating. At the same time, the temperature drops, but a lot of excess water goes away with sweat. This can increase the risk that the remaining glucose will become a favorable environment for feeding colonies of bacteria in the internal organs, which can provoke complications in the kidneys, pyelonephritis and inflammation of the bladder.
