Fever is part of the natural defense of the human body. An increase in body temperature can help fight viral and bacterial attacks, and regulate the body's metabolism and hormones. There is a risk in trying to trigger a fever so you should be very careful if you intend to do so. Consider raising your standard body temperature without causing a fever as doing so will offer the same health benefits without the risks. If the internal body temperature rises above 40°C, there is a risk of damage to important proteins in the body.
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Method 1 of 3: Triggering a Fever with Medical Assistance
Step 1. Talk to a doctor
If you decide to trigger a fever, the first thing to do is to consult a medical professional. Make an appointment with your doctor and ask about ways to trigger a fever. Your doctor will explain the benefits and dangers of deliberately triggering a fever, and will tell you what options you have. Sometimes medication can trigger a fever, but it's generally considered a negative response like an allergic reaction.
- Immunizations, such as diphtheria and tetanus immunizations, can cause fever.
- Drugs work by increasing metabolism or evoking an immune response. Drug-induced fever can also cause other symptoms.
- Doctors who choose this option may use the tuberculosis vaccine or Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG).
- If the doctor advises against triggering a fever, listen. Don't try to go against the doctor's advice.
Step 2. Use a medical sauna or hyperthermia unit
Look for a medical center or alternative medicine that uses fever therapy actively. Such facilities are usually equipped with infrared sauna units called hyperthermia units. Follow the instructions provided if you wish to use the unit. Usually, you will be instructed to warm yourself from the inside first. For example, you are asked to drink ginger tea or ginger and chili capsules.
- Before entering the hyperthermia unit, you should take off your clothes and cover your skin with an herbal formula that usually contains ginger.
- Wrap the body in a towel, then enter. A standard session lasts 60 minutes, but if there are no negative reactions, you can use it for two to three hours.
- You should drink water during this process, especially in long sessions.
- If you don't sweat in the first 10 minutes or experience a negative reaction, the session should end quickly.
- If it works, you should take a warm to cold shower to close the pores.
Step 3. Cut back on fever-reducing medications
As the debate about the potential benefits of fever continues, some doctors recommend that people limit their use of fever-reducing medications, such as aspirin. If fever-reducing drugs are used wisely, a moderate fever can be allowed to perform its function of activating the body's immune defenses.
- Endogenous pyrogen hormones will enter the brain and trigger an increase in body temperature.
- Muscles will also be triggered to contract quickly, producing heat. The nerves will constrict the blood vessels considerably thereby reducing the heat loss.
- Body tissues will be broken down to produce heat.
- The cold sensation makes you wear layers of clothing or drink warm water so that your body temperature rises.
Method 2 of 3: Raising Body Temperature at Home
Step 1. Get ready to take a bath using the Schlenz technique
This is an ancient technique often called the overheating bath, which is a bath technique to stimulate the body's natural immune response. Abroad there are professional Schlenz centers, but the process is simple enough to do yourself at home. Before your soak, drink a hot herbal tea or two, such as ginger, lemon balm, min, elder, or goldenrod. If your heart is weak, add a few drops of Crataegisan to your tea to reduce the potential risk of taking a hot bath.
- Fill the tub with hot water between 36 and 37°C.
- Soak the whole body. If the tub is too small, bend your knees so that your head can enter the water. Keep your nose and mouth above the water so you can breathe without problems.
- Do not let the water temperature drop during this process. Add hot water if needed to maintain temperature. Allow the water to reach 38°C with each addition.
- Soak for about half an hour. Ask someone else to help you out of the tub if you feel dizzy or are about to pass out.
Step 2. Try another bath therapy
In addition to the Schlenz technique, there are many other hot bath therapies that can be used to trigger a fever. One technique, which is claimed to fight cancer, requires you to soak in water as hot as your body can tolerate. Don't burn the skin. Drink ginger tea to warm the body from the inside while warming the body from the outside with a hot bath.
- Be careful when getting out of the tub. If you think you might pass out or get dizzy, ask for help.
- Let the body dry on its own, do not use a towel.
- Spread a large sheet of plastic or bedding on the bed, and lie down with as many blankets as possible.
- Continue to lie down for three to eight hours. You will sweat a lot and will need to stay in bed until the fever goes away.
- Usually, the fever will stop after six to eight hours.
- You can repeat it once a week for six to eight weeks.
Step 3. Try g-tummo meditation
This is a specific meditation that Tibetan monks say is a way to raise body temperature and potentially trigger fever. Scientific analysis shows that g-tummo meditation can help raise body temperature to the mild or moderate fever zone. Body temperature increases during the Forceful Breath vas breathing element, and the duration of the heat appears to be dependent on the neurocognitive element (meditative visualization) of meditation.
- Find an expert instructor and ask him to help guide you.
- The Forceful Breath vase breathing technique can be practiced at home to help regulate body temperature.
- Basically, vase breathing is breathing in clean air and exhaling about 85%. This breath helps create a vase shape in the lower abdomen.
- This technique can be accompanied by visualizations, such as imagining a fire running along the spine.
Step 4. Do exercise to increase body temperature
Exercise and strenuous physical activity will increase core body temperature. By exercising vigorously on a hot day or wearing layers of clothing, the body cannot cool off and dissipate heat. The dawn of the core body can be increased by several degrees. You have to be careful when exercising because there is a risk of triggering heat-related illnesses, such as heat cramps and heat stroke.
- Some athletes, such as wrestlers, wear extra layers of clothing, even plastic bags, when doing cardiovascular exercises such as running and lifting weights. They also enter the sauna in these clothes to increase body temperature and reduce the weight of the water that comes out of sweat.
- Make sure you drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration.
- Watch for symptoms of heat illness such as dizziness, nausea, heart rhythm problems, and problems with vision.
- If you experience any of these symptoms, stop exercising immediately, cool off and recover.
Method 3 of 3: Eating Foods That Raise Body Temperature
Step 1. Eat brown rice
Eating brown rice three times a day or at least once can increase body temperature in the next few days. As a complex carbohydrate, brown rice poses a challenge to the digestive system. The extra effort that the body's system uses in the digestive process will heat the body from within. Other types of whole grains, such as quinoa and buckwheat, also have a similar effect.
Step 2. Eat ice cream
One serving of ice cream per day can increase body temperature slowly after a few weeks. The cold shock that the body receives forces it to heat up in an attempt to prevent a drop in temperature. In addition, foods that contain fat, protein, and carbohydrates also heat the body when processed by the digestive system.
Fat moves very slowly in the digestive system, forcing the body to heat up because it has to work harder
Step 3. Use cayenne pepper
Add cayenne pepper tsp. (1.25 ml) in food daily. If it's too spicy, share it with the food you eat in a day. Chili contains a hot compound called capsaicin. This compound causes the heat burst you experience when you eat chili peppers, but the heat doesn't cause a change in body temperature.
- The digestive process when processing capsaicin causes a spike in body temperature.
- Although not certain, jalapeno and habanero peppers are also said to have a similar effect.
Step 4. Consume more coconut oil
Coconut oil is a medium chain triglyceride or MCT, which helps increase body temperature and metabolism. MCTs are known to increase metabolism and accelerate weight loss. Coconut oil is not stored as fat, but is converted into energy so that it can increase body temperature. It is beneficial for people with weak thyroid function. In addition, coconut oil has antiviral properties and helps stabilize blood glucose in diabetics.
Step 5. Eat more peanuts
Peanuts are a great source of protein and fatty acids. Nuts also contain a lot of niacin. Niacin is a member of the B vitamins responsible for respiration and metabolism at the cellular level. When consumed, niacin increases blood flow which causes an increase in temperature. In addition, nuts contain antioxidants and can speed up the circulatory system.
Step 6. Increase the consumption of ginger
Eating raw ginger the size of a thumb can raise body temperature. If you don't like eating raw ginger, steep an equal size ginger in hot water for 10 minutes. Ginger can increase digestive activity thereby increasing body temperature.
