When a female Anopheles mosquito bites a malaria-infected person, it draws malaria-infected blood from the patient's body. This blood contains malarial bacteria. Then when the same mosquito bites a healthy person, malarial bacteria enter his body. Malaria fever attacks about 10 days after the mosquito bite.
During a new malarial fever, symptoms of severe headache, shivering with intense cold, severe muscle pain and extreme weakness appear. Later, when the fever subsides, sweating occurs. During a fever attack, the temperature can be more than 104 degrees. Nausea and bitter vomiting of bile are also major symptoms of malaria. Malaria is generally of three types:
Fever that rises every day at a fixed time.
Fever that comes every alternate day. It is also called Ekantra.
Malaria fever that comes after a break of two days.
Take 3 gms of lime. Dissolve it in 60 ml water. Squeeze a lemon in it. Drink this mixture when there is a possibility of malaria fever. It is best to take this recipe daily.
Chirayta is considered to be a famous medicine for malaria fever. Its use brings down the temperature of the patient. Mix 15 gms of chirayta in a quarter litre of hot water, add some cloves and cinnamon as well. Giving 20 ml of this 3 times a day is beneficial in malaria fever.
Mixing lemon juice in hot water and drinking it reduces the intensity of fever.
Roast some alum on a pan and make powder. Drink half a teaspoon of this powder with water 3 hours before the fever comes. Later, taking this medicine every other hour cures the fever.
When there is no fever, mix half a teaspoon of black pepper powder in 10 gms of basil leaves juice and lick it. It is a very beneficial remedy.
Take a glass of water. Mix one spoon of cinnamon, one spoon of honey and half spoon of black pepper powder in it and boil it on flame. Drink it after it cools down. This is an unexpectedly beneficial remedy.
Take 2 new buds of Dhatura and mix them well with jaggery. Then make a tablet of it. Taking such a tablet twice a day cures malaria.
Do not eat food during the period of malaria fever. Keep taking apples and water. You will get quick relief from fever.
Put 10 grams of ginger and 10 grams of raisins in a glass of water and boil it well till half remains. Let it cool down. Drinking this decoction controls the fever.
Take a big guava. Roast it in hot ashes (Bhobar). Eat it in lukewarm condition, it is beneficial for malaria patients.
