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No, no.  Not that kind of high.

I’m talking about a high fever.  In fact, it’s high time we all understood that getting a fever has phenomenal value in the short and long term.

This was known back in the late 1700’s, when Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, the Father of Homeopathy, acknowledged that fever is an occasion.

An occasion for what though?

First off, a fever provides lifelong immunity by completing a short term illness. Secondly, fevers help to prevent what would otherwise become chronic illness as long as they’re not suppressed. But when a fever is suppressed, so is the illness it was trying to combat. In the end, that same illness is simply heaved into the future. And there it looms in the form of chronic disease.

Let me explain.

Fever is the marker of a stimulated and activated immunological reaction.   The virus or bacteria is the provoking agent which triggers a normal response from the white blood cells.  The pain, fatigue and fever that ensues is what we call being sick.

My goal was to be sure that my children were allowed to complete their childhood illnesses with a good high fever, so that the cell remediated responses could clear the illness fully.  I never used sponge baths of alcohol or warm water. Instead, allowing the fever to flourish was paramount to the long term wellness of my child. In fact, it was an opportunity for wellness.

In other words, when someone (especially a baby or child) is sick, not only is a fever a natural response, but it’s also an indicator that there’s a “so far, so good” action occurring.

Fevers symbolize positive reaction.

But you might ask, “Can’t fevers be dangerous?”

Well, it depends on the temperature. Some say that 106.7° is the danger point and that this kind of fever is usually caused by an intracranial hemorrhage from trauma, as opposed to a strep or viral infection. Other medical experts are convinced that above 107° is the threatening high point.

Nonetheless, most infections in childhood diseases limit the febrile response to about 105°.

Fevers do not just build up immunity and gird the body against future colds and flu’s.  In fact, Dr. Thomas Cowan, a recent speaker at the Weston A. Price Conference in Dallas, aptly said, “Every time I treat fever, I’m treating cancer in the future.”  He was referencing evidence which shows that cancer is the result of suppressed fever and he went on to say that the fever’s response is the way we maturate our white blood cells.

His sentiments are that we should embrace the febrile response because fever is not an illness at all…it’s simply a symptom.  Indeed, an illness can cause damage, but a fever is not the illness, it’s only the febrile response.

And this response is a therapeutic one, too; fevers cure the problem by “cooking” off the virus or bacteria.

In the last 50 years, there hasn’t been even one thread of evidence showing that fevers cause damage, unless they’re outside of the normal range.

Why then, have we treated it?  If you ask a candid pediatrician, he will tell you that it’s because the parents entreat him to “Do something!”    Then, if you ask parents, they say the reason they treat fever is because their doctor told them to do it.

‘Sounds like the cat running around trying to catch its tail…a rather silly reason to place our children into a risky setting, wouldn’t you agree?  Instead, let’s base our parental decisions on sounder judgment.

If you must treat fever, let me share the methods I’ve used for my own children and which I’ve taught to mothers and others over the years.

Yes, fevers are uncomfortable, but the authentic goal is not to suppress the fever, but to keep your child hydrated with lots and lots of good quality fluids.  Here are my guidelines:

Treating Fever Guidelines

• Offer kombucha
• Give your child water with fresh lemon and Bioplasma (a homeopathic mixture made by Hyland’s)
• Hand over a cup of ice chips…flavored with lemon and raw honey
• Make some freshly  squeezed  fruit juice (at home) and  dilute it with water
• Offer a warm cup of raw milk with a splash of vanilla
• Provide a tall glass of refreshing cold milk
• Have your child sip on a mug of bone broth
• Suggest a glass of kefir
• Mix some yogurt in water with a bit of raw honey
• Blend raw honey with a splash of vinegar in water
• Whip up some homemade ice cream with raw milk and cream
• Brew herbal teas, such as chamomile or rose hip
• Freeze some popsicles made from any of the above drinks

Then, keep your child in bed.  Hold him, read to him, pray with him and smile with confidence.

That’s how we treat fever.  The only thing that goes into his mouth is what you’ve concocted in the kitchen via your motherly hands. No suppression, no synthetic pills and no short term illness thrown into the future to bankrupt your child’s long term health.

Once you understand how important it is to allow the body to finish the good work of healing via fever, you’ll be girded for an important step in autonomy. And autonomy is a critical step in authentic family wellness.

So the next time the kids get high, instead of calling in the psychologists, celebrate with a tall glass of kombucha and know that your parenting skills have developed enough to allow your child to cure himself.

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