Common fever is regarded very much an everyday ailment, common to almost every household. Primarily governed with a rise in temperature, running nose, ache in the whole body, common fever mostly occurs due to seasonal alterations and the sudden change in atmospheric temperature. Most often it can be seen that the patient and sufferer of common fever, or common cold, neglecting his/her health, leaving much of the part for granted. However, common fever needs effective treatment and serious looking after, contrary to which the illness can move up to turning into influenza or something more fatal. As such, treatments of common fever, be it for an adult or a child, calls for equal attention and importance. Various options for quick, effective and fool-proof recovery and convalescence in treating common fever is presently available in the market and household. Natural traditional remedies, home remedies, homeopathy, Ayurveda and of course, allopathic remedies can be chosen for to treat common cold. Common fever is normally known to settle down of its own accord within 7 to 10 days, but several late-running symptoms and after-effects can last for up to even three weeks. There however exist no such authentic medications or herbal remedies proven to actually lessen the duration of illness. Treatment of common fever often is administered by means of symptomatic supportive alternatives, trying to comfort the patient in the maximum and delimiting hitches and risky sequelae.

The common fever essentially serves to be self-limited by nature and the host`s immune system efficiently copes and contends with the infectious virus. After the virus has set in within the body, within the next few days, the body`s humoral immune response begins to give rise to particular antibodies that can hinder the virus from transmitting into the subsequent cells. In addition, as an essential component of the cell-mediated immune response, leukocytes obliterate the virus through phagocytosis and tear down infected cells to thwart further viral reproduction, in itself an effective treatment of common fever by the human body as well. Amongst healthy, immunocompetent individuals, the common fever recuperates in seven days on an average.

For treating the common fever the patients are advised to take plenty of rest, drink fluids to sustain hydration, gargle with warm salt water and also make use of cough drops, throat sprays, or over-the-counter pain or cold medicines. Saline nasal drops are also helpful to relieve in congested nasal or throat passages while in fever. Treatment that may help lessen symptoms in common fever comprise administering: analgesics, decongestants and cough suppressants, first-generation anti-histamines such as brompheniramine, chlorpheniramine, diphenhydramine and clemastine (which lessens mucus gland secretion and hence fights blocked/runny noses, but also making the user to turn lethargic almost throughout the day). Second-generation anti-histamines do not possess the power to usefully produce an outcome on common colds.

Treatment of common fever by nature cure

Water Treatment

The best treatment of common fever is through fasting, cold water enema and repeated whole body sponge.

Cold hip bath also is known to give fast and effective relief.

If feverish temperature rises higher, a cold pack or ice needs to be rested over the forehead. An assorted mudpack when applied over the abdomen, finely absorbs the heat of intestine and exuded out coolness. If however mudpack is not available, a cotton cold pack is also verily recommended over the abdomen and forehead.

Treatment of common fever by yogic asanas

In extremely feverish conditions, Chandrabhedi, Shitali and Sitkari Pranayama under yogic systems, can be practised every morning and evening.

Breathing needs to be done through the Chandra Nadi.

In feverish state is caused by common fever and cold or tiredness, practice of Ghrit Neti introduced by Kunjala and Jala Neti proves to very beneficial in treating status.

Treatment of common fever in the Indianised and aboriginal process, almost always calls for home made `grandmotherly` recipes, i.e. treatment of cold through the plant of tulsi (Holy Hasil). Indeed, so much has been heard about this tulsi plant since historical times, that treating of common fever also might just travel to even erstwhile times! Umpteen remedies utilising the tulsi plant can be found even in present times in almost every household, both for treating adults and children.

Some of the recipes and remedies, proven very effective and fruitful on curing the symptoms of fever, can be stated as under

A patient is advised to pulverise ten grams of tulsi leaves, ten grams of black pepper, ten grams of the leaves of the bitter gourd creeper and ten grams of kadu twigs. Later, pea-sized pills of this mixture needs to be prepared with care. If two of these pills are taken along with cold water every evening and two pills a little while before the anticipated attack of fever, bouts will definitely lessen in intensity and will cease after a few days. On the other hand, if a healthy person takes one of these pills each morning, he is sure to be protected from common fever attacks.

As an alternative, 60 grams of tulsi leaves and ten grams each of the bark of datura roots and the bark of mandar roots can be ground and rolled into pills. Taken three to four times at intervals of one or two hours before the attack of fever, the fevers known as kampajwar and vatajwar, as well as other fevers, can be authentically treated.

In utilising tulsi in treatment of common fever, one can mash leaves of the plant and those of the dark drumstick tree to a fine powder. This powder taken with lukewarm water cures typhoid fever. In case of mild fever, a well-ground mixture of 5 grams of tulsi leaves, ten black raisins, ten grams of black pepper and two grams of mint leaves taken with powderised crystal sugar is extremely beneficial.

If the common fever is accompanied by cough and difficulty in breathing, a patient is recommended to take three grams of tulsi juice and three grams of ginger juice with a teaspoonful of honey. The fever is bound to subside and phlegm removed, making breathing easier.

If continuous fever is incessant without any sign of remission, a paste obtained by grinding two small peeper seeds and mixing tulsi juice and honey with it, is advised to be taken. This however is required to be licked and not swallowed whole with water, while treating severe common fever.

Regular consumption of two grams of powdered black pepper in ten grams of tulsi juice every morning ensures full defence against all kinds of fevers.

A suspension obtained by crushing six leaves of tulsi and seven black pepper seeds with two teaspoonfuls of water serves as a brilliant cure for typhoid fever accompanied by a terrible upset of the stomach.

In ensuring fool-proof treatment of common fever, a patient is recommended to boil five grams of dry tulsi leaves, two grams of ginger and two grams of black pepper with water. Later, this mixture needs to be added with milk and sugar. The decoction testifies as an antidote for common fevers and chest pains caused by cringing muscles.

Application of the juice of the leaves of Van Tulsi on every nail of both hands and the feet is much efficacious against lowering of the pulse rate (sheetang) caused by particular fevers such as typhoid.

Mild common fevers are recommended to be treated by administering the juices of Shyam Tulsi, Van Tulsi and mint for three to seven days.

However, besides these above mentioned, partly allopathic and strictly chemical and partly home-made and as such, much more natural, there also visibly exists other treatments of common fever, known to the Indian society at large. As such, treatment of common fever in ayurveda, treatment of common fever by homeopathy and treatment of common fever by home remedy, has always called for and demanded the most of attention and interest, more so in the burgeoning health-conscious and upscale middle class Indian scenario, striving for the best. And common fever being presently the most common and everyday happening due to vacillating weather changes, one is more susceptible cough and cold and a runny nose, accompanied by severe headache and joint ache. Such initial symptoms are sure to develop into the common type of fever, which has proven to curb down under homeopathy, ayurveda and home remedial measures.