Different types of fevers are a big health problem for most of the humans and animals. Most of the humans and animals too all over the world are suffering from different types of fevers like Vata fever, Pitta fever, Kapha fever, Mixed fever, Resting fever, Malaria, Loo etc. In this article we are telling about Ayurvedic Holy Basil (Tulsi) treatment for different types of fevers.
1. Vata fever
Causes and symptoms - This fever is caused due to excessive hard work, stopping the flow of urine and stool, excessive fasting, excessive sexual intercourse, consuming too many cold substances, staying awake all night and excessive consumption of things that create gas, due to which the air gets agitated. As a result (Vata fever) occurs.Due to this fever, one feels tired all the time. Health deteriorates. Frequent yawning, body tremors, dryness in lips, mouth, throat and palate, loss of taste in mouth, flatulence and mild pain in the stomach, pain in the calves, hands and feet and body, delay in passing urine, shrinking of skin, pain in waist, back, chest and back etc. Symptoms occur in this disease.
In this disease, diarrhea is dry. The color of urine becomes black. Tongue becomes cracked and rough. Eyes remain bulging. This fever goes away in seven to eight days. Food should not be skipped in Vata fever. It causes weakness.
Treatment
Take 10 grams of basil root, boil it and make a decoction. The disease is cured by giving this treatment to the patient every morning and evening for two to three days.
Mixing 10 grams of basil juice, 20 grams of honey and 5 grams of ginger juice and giving one tablespoon of it to the patient is beneficial.
Grind 11 basil leaves and 11 black peppercorns, boil them in water and add black salt to it and give it to the patient to drink, this disease is cured.
2. Bile fever
Causes and symptoms - By working more than capacity, staying in front of fire for a long time, walking in heat, getting angry, consuming sour, salty, salty, spicy and constipation causing substances, the amount of bile in the body increases. Due to which bile fever occurs. It is called 'continued fever' in English.The fever rises rapidly in this. There is thin stool and less sleep. Nausea, sweating, blistering of lips, nose, mouth or throat, bitter taste in mouth, yellowing of eyes, discolouration of stools and talking nonsense in unconscious state are the symptoms of this fever. Fever increases after eating hot and salty things. This disease usually increases in the afternoon and midnight. It is more severe in winter season. The outbreak of bile fever lasts for ten days. Fever starts reducing from the eleventh day.
Treatment
Grind twenty black peppers, five cloves, a little dry ginger, ten basil leaves, boil them in 250 grams of water and prepare a decoction by adding sugar. Consuming this decoction in the morning and evening for 2-3 days cures the fever. If the patient feels nervous, then mixing sugar in the juice of basil leaves and giving it to the patient provides relief. Bile fever goes away.
3. Phlegm fever
Causes and symptoms - Sleeping during the day and staying awake at night, consuming heavy, sweet and greasy, sour, salty, stringy and cold foods, increases phlegm in the body and causes fever.This fever increases gradually. The taste of the mouth deteriorates. The body remains lethargic. The stools are white in colour. One feels cold and the body becomes heavy. The stomach feels full, hunger disappears. One feels more sleepy. Eyes become white and saliva drips from the mouth. Body pain, cold, phlegm in the chest etc. are the symptoms. This disease increases more in the morning and in the first part of the night.
Treatment
Pitta fever is cured by mixing sugar candy in Tulsi juice and consuming the solution after every three hours for three days continuously. It also provides relief from cough and pain.
Boil five black peppers and five basil leaves in 250 grams of water and drink two tablespoons of this mixture at an interval of half an hour. This fever subsides and brings relief.
4. Mixed fever
Causes and symptoms - This fever is caused by consuming substances that increase vata and pitta. This fever is caused by eating dry, heavy and cold substances in large quantities and by observing fasts, working hard and staying awake at night.In this fever, one feels more thirsty. Confusion arises and one faints. Burning sensation in the stomach, sleeplessness, darkness in front of the eyes, joint pain, dryness in the throat and mouth are its main symptoms. The pulse rate becomes uneven in this fever.
Treatment
Mixed fever subsides by consuming equal amounts of basil juice with honey four times a day.
5. Vishram Jwar
Cause and symptoms – This fever is caused by consuming substances that produce phlegm and bile, consuming opposite substances and staying in extreme heat or cold. In this fever, bile and phlegm reach the stomach.When this fever occurs, burning sensation in the eyes, lack of appetite, loss of taste, thirst, cough, excessive sleep, sometimes feeling cold and sometimes hot, dryness in the throat, confusion and frequent cough are the symptoms. In this fever, the pulse beats slowly. This fever becomes mild in the third quarter of the day and the last quarter of the night.
Treatment
Grinding 2 grams of basil leaves with 2 grams of celery and boiling it in 50 grams of water and giving it to the patient in the morning and evening gives relief. + 10 grams of basil juice, 20 grams of honey, 5 grams of ginger juice, filling all three in a spoon and giving it to the patient to consume is beneficial.
Grind 11 basil leaves and 11 black peppercorns, add water and heat an earthen pot on fire and temper the basil and black pepper solution in it. When it becomes lukewarm, add black salt and make the patient consume it. This will cure the fever.
6. Malaria
Cause and symptoms - This is an infectious disease which usually spreads during the rainy season and after that. It spreads due to the bite of a mosquito called 'Anopheles' which lives in pits. It causes fever after catching cold. This disease spreads rapidly and quickly due to the slowing down of digestion in the rainy season.In this disease, fever occurs due to catching cold. The body starts shivering, hands and feet become cold. Suddenly the body temperature rises to 103°-104°. It causes sweating and the fever subsides. Symptoms like body ache, headache, nervousness, restlessness, vomiting, diarrhea, lack of appetite, dry mouth etc. are seen. This fever lasts for 15 days and recurs in the absence of proper treatment.
Treatment
★ Mixing 10 grams of basil juice and 1 gram of ground black pepper and giving it to the patient five or six times a day after every two hours gives relief from malaria fever.
Keeping 7 basil leaves and 7 black peppers in the mouth and sucking them (3-4 times a day) gives relief to the patient from the disease.
7. Sunstroke
Causes and symptoms - This disease occurs in the summer season and suddenly takes a terrible form. It mostly affects those people who are tired and weak on an empty stomach and who also complain of constipation. Due to the head being open, the effect of heat falls rapidly on the brain. After this, the effect of sunstroke falls on the entire body.The body feels cold and the skin feels sticky. The pulse becomes weak and darkness prevails before the eyes. Sometimes due to fever, unconsciousness also occurs. Heart rate slows down. Skin appears dry. Due to increase in body temperature, breathing becomes slow and pulse rate increases. In case of disease increasing, the patient may even die.
Treatment
Mixing 1 spoon of Tulsi leaves juice with jaggery and consuming it after every one hour gives relief to the patient.
★ Mixing salt in Tulsi juice and consuming it also gives relief to the patient.
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