Down with Viral Fever and recovering

Viral Fever is nothing new, but I want to share my experience on how to quickly recover using some home remedies.

So it all started before 2 days with little coughing but then within a day it got bad and I was down with fever of 104 F, severe coughing, Throat pain, body pain and it got me down. Usually if you catch a high fever, without any symptom then most likely its a viral fever. And its advisable to wait for 1-2 days before you go and see a doctor, with help of paracetamol tablets and some home remedies. The reason I am saying this is that, if you go to a doctor and tell him you got a 104 fever, he will write a story of tests which will cost you thousands of rupees.

Few things to note : If you get high fever with rashes in your body, then you should go and see a doctor, because there is a possibility of Dengue in that case. If your body is severing a lot , then it could also be a Malaria, so that also needs a blood test. But if its only mild or severe coughing with high fever, take some paracetamol tablets ( Calpol 650 or Zerodol-P , Calpol 650 can be taken only twice, but you can take Zerodol-P three times but it causes lot of sweating. You can take alternatively as well in 8 hrs) and follow some home remedies. Because these home remedies heal you faster .

Drink only warm water and do regular gargling

Drinking warm water will reduce the discomfort in your throat and help your coughs melt. Of course many do not like to drink hot water ( me too), but at least do this for 2-3 days. Gargling is very effective in healing your throat irritation, but I never liked it, because it creates a dryness in the throat. So I mimicked gargling, by taking the warm water, keeping in throat and drink it. My way :) but it helped a lot, coughing and throat pain was reduced in almost 4 hrs. I felt like this healed me 50 percent.

Drink lot of water and even electrolytes is better

If you can make a home made electrolytes drink that is better ( you can find plenty of references in the internet), but if you cannot just buy the sachets from a medicine store. The reason you need them is that you will sweat heavily after the paracetamol starts effect. So electrolytes will help to balance it.

Chew Ginger with Salt to reduce throat irritation.

Take a small piece of Ginger with little salt and place in your mouth, and give it a gentle chew over a period of time. This is very effective, to help reduce your throat infection.

Eat some home made khichdi that will boost your energy

Take little rice and mung dal ( equal amount and based on how much you can eat), fry mung dal a bit, keep aside. Then heat some ghee in a pan ( if home made preferred, we make at our home for kids), and put ginger, black pepper ( not powder), Tej patta (Bay Leaves ) and a little hing. Fry it for some time in low heat and then put the rice and dal and fry all together for 3-4 minutes. And then add water and boil till the water gets soaked and the rice and dal gets ready to eat. All credits to my wife for all these .

Scrub your tongue with mustard oil and salt

The taste of the mouth went like a hell. I was feeling like eating bitter guard , when I was eating anything. And scrubbing your tongue with mustard oil and salt will help to bring back the saliva secretion. Do it 2 - 3 times.

Eat fruits like apple , guava

To help your taste come soon, take some fruits with black salt. They not only help your tongue but also they will help in you stomach restore.

And finally ask the kids jump on you to get rid of your body pain 😁

Well, your body will be in severe pain and kids walking on you will give much relief. Or ask them or wife to do some message , it will make you feel better.

Hopefully in 2 days max you should recover, as I am doing. If not then you should see a doctor and advise other tests.