Learn how Earth Clinic readers use fresh lemon juice to bring down fever fast! You can make fresh lemonade, use lemon juice in your bath, or make a delicious medicinal tonic with additional anti-fever ingredients like garlic and ginger.
Lemon Juice Compress for Fever
One traditional remedy for fever is to apply a lemon juice compress on each calf. This compress can usually bring the temperature down several degrees in about 15 minutes.
Directions:
1. Fill a small bowl halfway with warm water. ...
Learn how Earth Clinic readers use fresh lemon juice to bring down fever fast! You can make fresh lemonade, use lemon juice in your bath, or make a delicious medicinal tonic with additional anti-fever ingredients like garlic and ginger.
Lemon Juice Compress for Fever
One traditional remedy for fever is to apply a lemon juice compress on each calf. This compress can usually bring the temperature down several degrees in about 15 minutes.
Directions:
1. Fill a small bowl halfway with warm water.
2. Squeeze the juice of one lemon into the water. (Note: you can also use apple cider vinegar if you don't have lemons on hand).
3. Soak washcloths, dishtowels, or cotton socks where the toes have been cut out in the warm water and then wring out.
4. Wrap the soaked towel or sock around each calf and then have the patient lie back with towels underneath his/her legs to catch any liquid.
5. Cover the patient with blankets to keep them warm and allow the towels to dry. This takes 20 to 30 minutes.
Have you ever used fresh lemon to bring down a fever? Please send us your fever describing your technique and how well the remedy worked.
