Remedy
Fever
Fever is a tool. Cool the room, push the sugar-salt drink, use willow only in adults who could take aspirin.
- Light clothes, air, water. Acetaminophen or ibuprofen from the med chest if you have it — they beat willow for most people.
- Yarrow or elder flower tea, hot, if you want a sweat at the very start and they can drink.
- Catnip tea to help a restless person rest. It does not take the fever down much.
- Write the number down. A fever that lasts past three days and is getting worse is a different story.
No willow or aspirin-family anything to a child or teen with a viral illness. Stiff neck, purple rash, seizure, baby under 3 months: Illness chapter, not the herb shelf.