Make sure that your child receives plenty of fluids, preferably liquids that have nutritional value.

Kids Oxylent in small doses for the electrolytes and vitamins is good.

During illness metabolism is working hard.  That’s why when fever is high rich bone broth cooked with a few vegetables should be the main food served since it is easy to digest. Fasting and drinking plenty of fluids is the best approach. This way we help the body to use its energy to support the immune system rather than the digestive system.

Vitamin A

Fever and inflammatory process rapidly uses up vitamin A. Depletion of vitamin A in children with high fevers can result in seizures.

Once the child feels little better cooked vegetables or cooked brown rice with butter is a good source of vitamin A.

Sources of vitamin A:

Cod liver oil (1/2 tsp)

Liver

Egg yolks

Butter

Cooked vegetables: sweet potato, butternut squash, kale, carrot, spinach

Fruit: mango, cantaloupe, grapefruit, watermelon, papaya, apricot, tangerine

If supplementing vitamin A emulsion form is recommended because it enters the system more quickly (adults 10,000 IU, children over 2 yrs old 1,000-5,000 IU daily)  

Best sources of bioavailable vitamin A are cod liver oil, liver, butter and eggs from pastured animals. Plant foods contain beta-carotene, not vitamin A. Beta-carotene even though has a lot of health benefits is not a true vitamin A. It needs additional vitamins and enzymes in addition to healthy digestive tract to convert to bioavailable Vitamin A (Source: “There is no vitamin A in plant foods” by Sandrine Perez)

Keep a feverish child well hydrated. Fruit-juice pops, spring water, herbal teas, soups, diluted fruit juices.

Vitamin C

• anti-inflammatory properties
• Vitamin C with bioflavonoids, 150 mg daily

Herbal tea

Equal parts of some or all: lemon balm leaf, chamomile flower, peppermint leaf, licorice, root, elder flower

If using peppermint and giving homeopathy – allow one hour both before and after administering the homeopathic and giving the tea

Lemon balm and elder flower – soothing and promote perspiration

Chamomile- calms and relaxes

Peppermint – cools fever

Licorice – sweetens the tea and enhances the effects of the other herbs   

Ginger tea – especially effective against fever associated with a cold, flu or stomachache

Elderberry syrup – elderberries, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, honey (for kids over 1 year old)

Echinacea and goldenseal combination – immune boosting effects

Garlic – antibacterial properties, can help resolve an infection associated with fever, odorless capsule to swallow, or dissolver in hot water or soup

Homeopathy for fever

Aconitum napellus

• Fever of sudden onset after cold, windy day
• Child is anxious, restless, and thirsty for cold drink
• 30c every 2 hrs up to 4 doses

Belladonna

• Against sudden fever
• The head is hot, the arms and legs cold
• Most common for simple fever without other symptoms
• 30c every hour, up to 4 doses

Ferrum phosporicum

• A moderate fever, including a previously high fever that has been lowered by Aconite or Belladonna
• Child is pale and weak

Gelsemium

• For the child who sustains a fever and whose body feels achy and flashed

Chamomile

• fever associated with teething
• for the child who is very irritable and difficult to please

Supplements containing iron or zinc should not be taken during fever:

“When infection is present, the body attempts to “hide” iron in the tissues in an attempt to keep the infecting organism from using it for nourishment. Taking a supplement containing iron therefore causes undue strain on a body that is fighting an infection. Zinc is not properly absorbed while a fever is present.” (Source: “Prescription for Nutritional Healing”)