Traditional medicines repellent Children Fever
As a first step aid, traditional medicine can be relied upon to overcome the fever.
Many parents panicked when her son found the body temperature above the average or often called a fever. As first aid, usually given febrifuge-based chemicals such as type of paracetamol, salicylic acid, ibuprofen, and others. Parents who rarely thought of giving traditional medicines.
In fact, traditional medicines derived from medicinal plants is no less powerful as a repellent fever. In fact, traditional medicine has its own advantages, the relatively lower toxicity than chemical drugs. Thus, relatively more secure, even no side effects when use correctly. You see, the content of medicinal plants are so complex and organic food can be synchronized with, a substance that is consumed in order to reconstruct the organ or system damage. In addition, the price is cheaper.
Three Types of Fever
However, before you know more about febrifuge plant, it first needs to understand the sense of fever. Fever in children can be categorized into three, namely:
1. Fever due to infection where the temperature can reach more than 38 ° C. The reasons vary, namely viral infections (like flu, smallpox, measles, SARS, bird flu, dengue fever, etc.) and bacteria (typhoid fever, sore throat, etc.).
2. Non infection fevers, such as cancer, tumors, or autoimmune disease a person (arthritis, lupus, etc.).
3. Fever physiological, such as lack of fluids (dehydration), the temperature is too hot, and so on.
Well, of the three, only the fever caused by infection and all that is needed noninfeksi febrifuge. To speed up the process of heat reduction, in addition to the traditional herb drinks, can also be given baluran or compresses to help.
As for physiological fever, no drugs needed fever because generally rarely exceed 38 ° C. To lower body temperature, given enough to drink a lot and grown in well-ventilated room or refrigerated.
Best Traditional Medicine for fever repellent
Here are some choice traditional febrifuge that can be tried. Important note, the doses listed on the following formula is the dose for adults. If you want to be given to children, read the rules for child dose and adjust the level of his age. (See box: Dose Safe for Children.)
1. Lempuyang emprit (Zingiber amaricans)
Compounds contain essential oils, which are useful sekuiterpenketon to reduce the heat. Commonly used is rimpangnya; yellowish-white color and taste bitter.
How: 10 grams Wash emprit lempuyang tubers. Grate and add 1 / 2 cup hot water and stir well. Once cool, squeeze, take the juice. Mix with 2 tablespoons (tbsp) cotton flower honey, mix well. Give 3 times a day.
2. Turmeric (Curcuma longa)
Contain essential oils, curcumin, which turmeron and zingiberen be useful as an antibacterial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory (anti-inflammatory). Besides the fever, this mixture can also improve endurance. Commonly used is rimpangnya; color orange.
How: 10 grams Wash turmeric tubers. Grate and add 1 / 2 cup hot water and stir well. Once cool, squeeze, take the juice. Add the lemon 1 / 2 lime fruit. Mix with 2 tablespoons honey cotton flower, mix well. For a mixture of 3 parts of honey and turmeric, then give 3 times a day.
3. Sambiloto (Andrographis paniculata)
All parts of the plant can be used. Andrografolid contain lactones (bitter substances), diterpene, glucosides and flavonoids that can reduce the heat. Even in 1991 had held that research in Thailand sambiloto 6 g per day was as effective as paracetamol.
Here’s how: Boil 10 grams of dried leaves sambiloto, 25 g of dried turmeric root (thumb 2.5), and 200 cc of water. Boil until the water boils and live 100 cc, then strain. Once warm, add 100 cc cotton flower honey or mahogany, mix well. For a 3 part, give 3 times a day.
4. Centella asiatica (Centella asiatica L.)
Plant is also known by the name of this hoof leaves grow creeping ground cover. The leaves are green and shaped like a fan kidney. Contain triterpenoid, saponin, hydrocotyline, and vellarine. Useful to reduce the heat, revitalizing the body and blood vessels as well as to strengthen the structure of body tissue. Centella asiatica is also soothing or cooling, increase energy and food unappetizing.
Here’s how: Boil 1 handful fresh Centella asiatica with 2 cups water to boiling and 1 cup water to live. For the 3 parts and drink 3 times a day.
5. Curcuma (Curcuma xanthorhiza Roxb.)
Ginger looks like a white meet, only rimpangnya colors and different flowers. White ginger flowers yellow or pale yellow, while the meeting is white and white with a red border. Orange ginger Rhizome brown, while the rhizome part in meeting the young yellow-white.
Wild Ginger has a germacrene active substances, xanthorrhizol, alpha curcumena Betha, and others. Benefits as an anti-inflammatory (antiperandangan), antibiotics, and increasing the production and secretion of bile. Wild Ginger since the first widely used as a febrifuge, stimulate appetite, treat jaundice, diarrhea, ulcers, stomach bloating and sore.
How: 10 grams Wash ginger rhizome. Grate and add 1 / 2 cup hot water and stir well. Once cool, squeeze, take the juice. Mix with 2 tablespoons honey cotton flower, mix well. For the 3 honey and ginger mixture, then give 3 times a day.
6. Red onion (Allium cepa L.)
Shallots are often used as a spice in the kitchen. Contain essential oils, sikloaliin, metilaliin, kaemferol, kuersetin, and floroglusin.
Here’s how: Peel the red onions 5. Coarse and add grated coconut oil to taste, then balurkan to the fontanel and the whole body.
7. Leaves of hibiscus (Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis)
Apart from hibiscus leaves, you can also take advantage of cottonwood leaves or betel leaves. Flavonoida contains hibiscus, saponins and polyphenols. Kapok leaves contain flavonoida, saponins and tannins. Flavonoida containing betel leaf, saponins, polyphenols, and essential oil.
Here’s how: Wash the leaves, dry with a clean cloth, heat briefly over low heat so weak. Knead so weak, spread with coconut oil, the stomach and kompreskan head.
8. Meniran (Niruri Phyllanthus L.)
Higher plants reach 1 meter, growing wild, round-shaped leaves are compound leaves finned classified even. All parts of this plant can be used. Contain lignans, flavonoids, alkaloids, triterpenoid, tannins, vitamin C, and others. Useful to reduce heat and increase stamina.
Here’s how: Boil 1 handful fresh Meniran with 2 cups water to boiling and 1 cup water to live. For the 3 parts and drink 3 times a day.
9. Young coconut
Young coconut water contains many minerals, including potassium. At the time of heat, the body will issue a lot of sweat to lower body temperature. Well, to replace the sweat that out, perbanyaklah drinking coconut water.
Safe doses for Children
The use of medicinal plants with the proper dose will not cause side effects and safe. The following recommended doses for children:
Age Dose
Infant 1 / 8 dose adult
2 to 5 years old 1 / 4 adult dose
6 to 9 years old 1 / 3 adult dose
10-13 years old 1 / 2 adult dose
14-16 years 3 / 4 adult dose