When the fever arrives we would like it to go away immediately because we feel exhausted, aching, hot and cooled at the same time, with headaches, neuralgia, disorders of various nature and origin.
In reality the fever is the manifestation of a reaction of our immune system in defense of an infection that has affected our body and that is counteracting.
If we think about it, it should not be suppressed but seconded to complete its task.
In reality it is not pleasant for anyone to keep a fever on them, if it reaches high temperatures it could be a sign of something much more serious than a trivial influence and therefore without too much thinking about it we use paracetamol that readjusts the right grades, suppressing however the symptom .
Fever in Chinese Medicine
Fever according to Chinese Medicine is a symptom that heralds an act of defense of the organism against pathogenic agents, internal or external .
There are perverse energies coming from the 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 becomes ill.
External causes of illness: perverse energies in Chinese medicine
> V ento is of a yang nature, extremely mobile that attacks the upper part of the body, with acute and rapidly manifesting pathologies
> Midity is yin in nature, penetrates the lower part of the body, promotes stasis of blood and lymph, creates a sense of heaviness, stimulates the stagnation of mucus and secretions.
> S ecency is yang in nature, dries body fluids, condenses blood. Brings dryness to the jaws, thirst, dehydrated skin, constipation.
> W hich is of a yang nature, if in excess it invades the whole body in depth, causing high fever, desire for freshness, red skin, thirst, constipation, accelerated beats.
> F reddo is of yin nature, if in excess it cools and slows down 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 with excesses can cause disease, because they cause imbalances in the organs, energy blockages.
The excess of anger congests the liver, the excess of joy disturbs the Heart, brooding slows down the digestive functions and the Spleen, sadness makes breathing difficult, causes asthenia, overloads the Lung, fear lowers energy levels, depletes the strength of the kidney, causes fluid loss such as enuresis and night sweats.
To these features are added bad eating habits, excessive physical efforts, a weak constitution, and accidental traumas.
How to cope with fever in Chinese Medicine
Excess heat from fever and most probably from humidity must be dispersed to accompany an improvement and a remission from 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 Wind Gate, from which perverse energy penetrates the body and destabilizes it and from which we can recall it. The entire upper back, neck and head benefits physically.
> XueHai : is a point that regulates blood and its flow. If in excess or if in deficit it rebalances the Xue and its energy load. It is located above the knee, 2 cun above the patella to be exact .
High fever may indicate excess heat on the yangming meridian, Stomach, with sweating, thirst, headache, toothache. The Stomach meridian in dispersion and the Spleen meridian in toning is treated to maintain the Yin in balance.
In Chinese medicine the so-called empty heat fever is also investigated, which is an excess heat prolonged over time that has caused the impoverishment of the yin, with kidney and liver fatigue.
The symptoms are those of nocturnal fever which is attenuated in the morning, fatigue, thinness but without lack of appetite, chronic fever. In this case the yin parts of Liver and the yin kidney must be toned to purify the organs of excess heat that has dehydrated from liquids.
Even nutrition is helpful in balancing the excess of yang and the yin deficiency : spicy and cold foods that drain excess heat, refresh, and even sweet foods without exaggerating which rebalance and invigorate the yin.
