Ayurvedaforall: FEVER- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Yoga & Pranayama

Fever (hyperpyrexia) is increased body temperature. It is not a disease but it is a symptom of many diseases. The cause of fever ranges from simple to complex.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF FEVER
CAUSES OF FEVER
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF FEVER
DIAGNOSIS OF FEVER
TREATMENTS FOR FEVER
PROGNOSIS OF FEVER
COMPLICATIONS OF FEVER
FEVER AND AYURVEDA
NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF FEVER
PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF FEVER
SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF FEVER
LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF FEVER
AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF FEVER
CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR FEVER
AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR FEVER
AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR FEVER
AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR FEVER
COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR FEVER
HOME REMEDIES FOR FEVER
DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR FEVER
YOGA FOR FEVER
RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF FEVER

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF FEVER

Increased body temperature
Anorexia
Joint pain
Muscle pain
Headache
Chills
Fatigue
Sweating

CAUSES OF FEVER

Viral and bacterial infections
Inflammatory diseases
Certain medications
Malignancy

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF FEVER

Fever is an elevation in body temperature regulated by the hypothalamic thermoregulatory centre. The purpose of a fever is to enhance immune function and inhibit pathogen growth.

DIAGNOSIS OF FEVER

Physical examinations
Blood tests
X-ray
Ultrasound

TREATMENTS OF FEVER

Antipyretic drugs like paracetamol
Fluid supplementation
Treatment for underlying pathology

PROGNOSIS OF FEVER

It is curable and the symptoms are manageable.

COMPLICATIONS OF FEVER

Febrile seizures in children

FEVER AND AYURVEDA

In Ayurveda,fever management is based on the jwara chikilsa.

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF FEVER

Excess consumption of acrid, salt, hot, ununctuous food
Eating during indigestion
Agantu factors – infections
Improper administration of purification therapies
Depletion of body tissue

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF FEVER

Increased body temperature
Weakness

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF FEVER

Due to the causative factors doshas become vitiated and spreads to the entire body. Aggravated doshas enter the digestive system and combine with agni, accompanying the rasa, blocks the channels. Agni expels out from the site of digestion and spreads to all over the body and gives rise to jwara.

LAKSHANA – AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF FEVER

Jwara – fever
Sandhi Shoola – joint pain
Sandhi Shotha – arthritis
Kandu – itchy skin lesions
Arochaka – anorexia
Shirah Shoola – headache

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF FEVER

Prognosis is Sadhya – curable

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR FEVER

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR FEVER

Sanjeevani Vati
Sudarshana Ghana Vati
Amritottaram kashayam
Amrutharishta
Trayodashanga Guggulu
Maha Rasnadi Kvatha

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES TREATMENT FOR FEVER

Ayurvedic medicines for Internal administration for FEVER

Sanjeevani Vati
Sudarshana Ghana Vati
Amrutharishta
Trayodashanga Guggulu
Maha Rasnadi Kvatha
Amritottaram kashayam

HOME REMEDIES FOR FEVER

Intake of warm water frequently
Proper rest
Intake of water boiled with coriander and dried ginger

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR FEVER

Avoid food items which produce dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
Consume easily digestible food items
Avoid visiting the disease prevalent areas, in the case of infections
Proper sanitation measures to be followed.

YOGA FOR FEVER

Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind, clears the respiratory passage and gets relief from the complications associated with fever

The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.