When the fever arrives we would like it to go away immediately because we feel exhausted, achy, hot and cold at the same time, with headaches , neuralgia , disorders of various kinds and origins.

In reality, fever is the manifestation of a reaction of our immune system in defense of an infection that has hit our body and is fighting.

If we think about it, it should not be suppressed but supported to complete its task.

In reality it is not pleasant for anyone to keep a fever on him , if it reaches high temperatures it could be a sign of something much more serious than a trivial flu and therefore without thinking too much about it we use paracetamol that restores the right degrees, however suppressing the symptom. .

Fever in Chinese Medicine

Fever according to Chinese Medicine is a symptom that heralds an act of defense of the organism against pathogens, internal or external .

There are perverse energies coming from outside such as wind, humidity, dryness, excess heat, excess cold and these forces can enter the body and create imbalances, also because there may be a deficit of vital energy , of internal balances that are not ready to defend us and the body gets sick.

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External causes of disease: perverse energies in Chinese medicine

> Wind is yang in nature, extremely mobile that attacks the upper body, with acute and rapidly manifesting pathologies > U midity is yin in nature, penetrates the lower body, promotes blood and lymph stasis, creates a sense of heaviness, urges the stagnation of mucus and secretions. > Weakness is yang in nature, it dries the body fluids, condenses the blood. Brings dry mouth, thirst, dehydrated skin, constipation. > C alore is yang in nature, if in excess it invades the whole body in depth, it causes high fever, desire for freshness, red skin, thirst, constipation, rapid heartbeat. > F

reddo is yin in nature, if in excess it cools and slows down the physical and mental functions, stagnates energy and blood, with contraction and rigidity.

Internal Causes of Disease in Chinese Medicine

Emotions according to Chinese medicine are connected to organs and viscera and if excessively prolonged over time they can cause disease, because they cause imbalances in the organs, energy blocks.

Excess anger congestes the liver, excess joy disturbs the heart, rumination slows down the digestive functions and the spleen, sadness makes breathing difficult, causes asthenia, overloads the lung, fear lowers energy levels, impoverishes the strength of the kidney, causes loss of fluids such as bedwetting and night sweats.

To these features are added poor eating habits, excessive physical exertion, a weak constitution, and accidental trauma.

How to Cope with Fever in Chinese Medicine

The excess heat from fever and most likely humidity must be dispersed to accompany an improvement and remission from the fever, in this way the Lung is supported with the elimination of toxins.

We can identify some points on which to act to disperse heat and humidity:

>  DaZui : treated in dispersion eliminates the wind and tones the lung. It is located near the C7 cervical vertebra , under the spinous process. In that area there is the Door of the Wind, from which the perverse energy penetrates the body and destabilizes it and from which we can recall it. The entire upper back, neck and head benefit physically.

>  XueHai : it is a point that regulates blood and its flow. If in excess or in deficit, it rebalances the Xue and its energy load. It sits above the knee, 2 cun above the kneecap to be exact .
High fever can indicate excess heat on the yangming meridian, Stomach, with sweating, thirst, headache, toothache. The meridian of Stomach in dispersion and that of Spleen in tonification are treated to keep the Yin in balance.

In Chinese Medicine the so-called vacuum heat fever is also investigated, which is an excess heat prolonged over time that has caused the depletion of yin, with kidney and liver fatigue.

The symptoms are those of night fever which subsides in the morning, fatigue, thinness but without lack of appetite, chronic fever. In this case the yin parts of the Liver and the kidney yin must be toned to purify the organs from the excess heat that has dehydrated from the liquids.

Nutrition also helps to balance excess yang and yin deficiency : spicy and cold foods that drain excess heat, refresh, and even sweet foods without exaggerating that rebalance and tone the yin.