Fever is the heightened temperature of the body in response to infection, disease or extreme conditions. A mechanism of the body's immune system, fever creates a harmful environment for the infection-causing bacteria that thrive at the body's normal temperature (98.6 degrees). Although infection is the most common cause of fever, it can also be the result of certain medications, diseases or heat exhaustion.
Below you will find alternative and natural treatment options including those from a Chinese Medicine perspective for fever.