Common Treatments for Day Fever

All those who suffer from daily fevers should introduce into the body food that is well nourishing and digestible, for the feverish person is sick, and the sick is weak, and the weak is not able to digest rough food. But some indulgences are allowed, for example, those suffering from fever from fatigue, grief or hunger, as well as those who have a lot of bile in the body and who first complain of goose bumps: they are given a piece of some food soaked in water or guilt so that it passes better. Such patients are fed even at the onset of fever. And others are prohibited from any indulgences, and they are advised to lighten the regime, for example, in case of fever from blockages, from tightness of the skin or from a tumor; It is best to postpone feeding such patients until the decline period, with the exception of those whom we have specifically identified. Cold water should not be prohibited at the beginning of the illness, because the patient’s strength is still significant and there is no fear that they will weaken. Cold water is the best remedy for cooling the pneuma, but if there is weakness in the viscera or the fever is prolonged, or it comes from blockages, then it is better not to give much water.

Such patients are often advised, after the end of an attack of one-day fever, to go to the bathhouse for several purposes and, in particular, in order to moisturize the body, cause perspiration, open the pores and, secondly, produce cooling. And they prohibit a bath when they are afraid of putrefaction, but only those who are ill due to blockages should abstain from a bath, since the bath often causes some putrefactive disease, as well as from indigestion, except at the end of the disease or if the pores have expanded and poorly digested food is drained into the intestines. Then you should also take a bath.

A person suffering from a runny nose should not be given a bath, unless the runny nose is caused by too much juice. Anyone who is sick with a fever should not stay in the bathhouse for too long - it is better to sit in the water as long as they want - except for those who have hardening and compression of the skin; They can extend their stay in the bath until they sweat.

As for rubbing, if the medicine is poured or smeared, it clogs the pores and prolongs any one-day fever, be it from external or internal blockages. When this is accompanied by rubbing, it opens the pores and then, if the fluid in the body is abundant, causes it to disperse, and if the fluid is scanty, it dries out the body. Only those who have blockages due to fullness or indigestion in the stomach, or those who suffer from a one-day fever due to hardening of the skin and whose body is full, need emptying.