Put down that Tylenol. Did you know that using it only once a month raises your child’s risk of asthma astronomically?
Hang up the phone to the pediatrician’s office.
Don’t touch the analgesics.
You can do this on your own! Fever is not a bad word. It is your friend!
In fact, it’s the mechanism that the body has intuitively designed to cook off illnesses such as the flu, colds, ear infections and the like. And it serves an important purpose because it is the body’s way of curing the illness.
Did you hear me? Fever is the body’s way to rid us of illness.
Then why eradicate the cure by administering a synthetic drug, such as Tylenol, aspirin and the like?
Certainly, we don’t want our child to suffer needlessly, but by employing meds to suppress a fever, we’re chemically forcing the body to stop treating itself with its natural promise of resolution.
What Some (Good) Doctors Say about Fevers
In the words of my all-time favorite pediatric hero, Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, in his book, How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor,
There is a common misconception that the height of body temperature is an indication of the severity of illness. Research has shown that more than half of all parents consider a fever high at levels between 100-102 degrees F. And almost all believe it is high if it reaches 103 degrees.
These parents are also convinced that the height of fever indicates how sick their child is. This emphatically is not the case. Knowing the level of your child’s fever will tell you nothing of how sick he is or if the fever is produced by a viral or bacterial infection.
There’s nothing to be gained by measuring its climb and by doing so will only magnify your fears and upset the child. Even a temperate of 105 need not be a cause of concern.
Even Dr. Sears is quoted on his site regarding normal childhood illnesses as saying,
Fevers are not serious. Many parents have a misconception that fevers are a bad thing and a sign that there is some serious underlying illness. This simply is not true.
Fever is a normal and healthy response of the body to an illness. The body’s immune system releases chemicals that raise the body temperature. This is part of the normal infection-fighting process.
Dr. Thomas Cowan MD, presenter at the Weston A. Price conference two years ago, made it clear that fever may be instrumental in warding off the potential of cancer in the future.
He elaborated that every case in which the child is allowed to present a nice high fever, it potentially inadvertently protects from cancer later in life.
I know, I know. It can be difficult to resist the temptation to give children “a little something for that fever”.
After all, we certainly don’t want them to suffer the pain of an ear infection or a sore throat. But, if we understand that the medications of commerce will often cause further affliction in the future, the choice is easier.
How to Use Homeopathy for Fevers
When a fever appears to be debilitating, what’s a parent to do? I reach for one of my lovely homeopathic cell salts…Ferr phos 6x.
It’s the remedy that aids during any inflammation and may help the child get over the illness in a shorter time and step into full bloom again with fewer accompanying symptoms.
Four pills is a dose, regardless of the age of the child, and it can be offered directly into the mouth every 4 hours for as long as the little one is sick.
Once the worst is over, then Ferr phos 6x offered in combination with Calc phos 6x is a great way to ensure convalescence.
This combo is what I call the “finishing touch” to a good productive fever.
The way I have used it for my feverish children is as follows: 1 PM is time for Ferr phos, 3 PMÂ Calc phos, 5 PM back to Ferr phos, and so on.
When used correctly, homeopathic cell salts are not only inexpensive but nontoxic. That means no side effects.
Can you think of any conventional meds like this?
Yeah, me neither.
12 Homeopathic Cell Salts for Fevers
But these little cell salts don’t just stop at fevers.
Ferr phos 6x is also a premier remedy for anemia and frequent nose bleeds.
I’ve used Calc phos 6x for my children’s dental issues such as teeth that were growing in crooked and premature cavities, growing pains, nervousness, insomnia and even fusing of broken bones. (Actually, that was for my father.) My time-tested tips and tricks as a homeopath have allowed me complete freedom from conventional pediatric dependency.
Take Away
In a world that encourages moms to depend on big pharma and its advocates and to feed our families on the fly, homeopathy, instead, celebrate the home, the cuddle of children and just the right dose of information.
But don’t stop here. There are 12 Homeopathic Cell Salts that you can learn to employ to empower your healing ability — low potency, very easy to learn, inexpensive to own, efficacious and safe. Click here to find out more!
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Fever Bath to Hasten Healing
My doctor too
Thanks for sharing about the cool compresses. 🙂
And we loved having Dr. Robert Mendelsohn’s book. Still sits on our book shelf even though our child is grown and on his own now. Thought if it right away even before I got to the article. 🙂
Is he not the best?!
It is VERY rare for a fever to get over 104 and in most cases that would be from a tropical disease or the like. Our son is 23, healthy VERY strong immune system and we never brought down a fever when he was young. He got over anything in about a 1/4 the time of any of his friends, and most of the time caught nothing at all. Homeopathics were always a favorite in our house. A German Naturopath Family Physician wrote in her book we own, that a safer way if one must lower the temp a little, is to use cool, NOT cold, compresses on the calf muscles. This will not shock the body, but as the blood circulates it will slightly cool the body until the patient is more comfortable. It is sad that still after almost 25 years so few parents still know the basic immune system function of a fever.
Thank you so much for this information, grateful to know this! 🙂
Ellen Lindow,
May I ask the name of the book written by the German Naturopathic Family Physician?
To those worried that fever is “life threatening” (comment apparently deleted) the American Academy of Pediatrics says that fever “is not the primary illness but is a physiologic mechanism that has beneficial effects in fighting infection. There is no evidence that fever itself worsens the course of an illness or that it causes long-term neurologic complications.” pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/02/28/peds.2010-3852.abstract
lol I am sure she didn’t mean it that way. Far to many people give their kids medicine if they have a slight fever which doesn’t help fight the sickness. You may already know but the reason we get fevers is because the heat aids in killing the virus, bacteria, etc…. Our bodies are truely amazing machine if we just let them do there jobs but yes like you said when it becomes life threatening I am giving my kids tylenol, advil and quickly going to the hospital. Has never happened to us before (via hospital) but that is what I would do if I couldn’t tame it naturally
Yes…fever is a good thing as long as it doesn’t get too high…
The higher the better. it will top out at about 105-106, if its a normal childhood illness. if its suppressed, the bacteria or virus will not be “cooked” off. it will naturally fop off there. fever doesn’t generally go any higher unless there’s a head injury or heat stroke.
A nice high fever, gets it done and over, instead of lasting for weeks or requiring a repeat performance weeks later.
Think sauna.
Not for babies though I thought? Can’t they have seizures? I usually let mine go and I thought you could for older children. But what about babies?
febrile seizures are not life threatening and not even dangerous. additionally, they have little to do with the height of the fever. they instead represent the rapidity of the rising temperature.
I probably should have offered some information on how a parent ought to take Ignaita 30 or another soothing, nerve remedy for when their child gets a fever. its the parents’ fear that reaches for Tylenol, the phone or the cool baths. If its important enough to parents to get this fever thing straight, I urge purchasing the book I recommend (about $1.00 on Amazon) and the free download of my script in the purple box above.
It is so good to see this information getting out more and more. It is a message that needs to be repeated as there is so much indoctrination to the Tylenol approach.
Thank you!!
The pediatrician I used for my first child 40 years ago also recommended letting a fever work.