Healing Malaria Naturally
Malaria diet: Fast on orange juice and water for a few days. Diet is of utmost importance in the treatment of malaria. To begin with, the patient should fast on orange juice and water for a few days, depending on the severity of the fever. Other fruits that are beneficial for patient suffering from malaria are apple, orange, etc. If patient cannot eat these fruits, freshly prepared fruit juice should be given.- Give liquid foods to the person suffering from malaria. Boiled rice, with boiled vegetables, rice cooked with pulse (khichdi) should be given. These are easily digestible. After the fever has subsided, the patient should be placed on an exclusive fresh-fruit diet for the first few days. Milk may then be added to the diet. Thereafter, the patient may gradually embark upon a well-balanced diet of natural foods, with emphasis on fresh fruits, and raw vegetables. A warm-water enema should be administered daily during the juice and water fast to cleanse the bowels.
Cold pack application to the whole body: The best way to reduce temperature naturally during the course of the fever is by means of a cold pack, which can be applied to the whole body. This pack is made by wringing out a sheet or any other large square piece of linen material in cold water, wrapping it right round the body and legs of the patient (twice round would be best), and then covering it completely with a small blanket or similar warm material. This pack should be applied every three hours during the day while the temperature is high and kept on for an hour or so. Hot-water bottles may be kept on the feet and against the sides of the body.
Following are some of the effective home remedies for malaria:
1. In a glass of water, add a tsp of cinnamon powder, a tsp of honey and a dash of pepper powder. Boil this concoction and have it after it cools down a bit. This is beneficial in treating malaria.
- Dhatura, an Indian herb, is beneficial in treating malaria. Take two and a half freshly sprouted leaves of Dhatura and rub them with jaggery. Convert this mixture into a pill and have it on a daily basis.
- In 60ml of water, dissolve 3 gram of lime and the juice of 1 lemon. Start consuming this, once in a day, right from the time of the onset of fever.
- Roast alum over a hot plate and then powder it. Take a tsp of it when you still have a fever. It is a useful remedy for curing malaria.
- Holy basil leaves prove beneficial in treating malaria. You can consume the leaves raw or make a decoction of them and then drink it.
- If the malaria is in the initial stages, an orange juice and water diet can help treat it.
- For the fever in malaria, applying a cold pack on the forehead proves to be beneficial.
- In 250 ml of water, add 15 gm Chirayita herb, along with some cloves or cinnamon. Have 15-30 ml of this solution once in a day, for 15-25 days.
- In a glass of water, put a small piece of ginger and 2-3 teaspoon raisins. Boil this decoction until it gets reduced to half its quantity. Cool down the decoction and consume.
- Avoid junk food, packed food as well as spicy and oily food. It would work to your detriment.
11. Lemon juice is very useful in the treatment of malaria. Take 2-3 tablespoon of lemon juice and mix in half cup of water. Take this mixture during the initial stage of fever.
12. The herb chirayata, botanically known as Swertia andrographis paniculata, is also beneficial in the treatment of intermittent malarial fevers. It helps in lowering the temperature. An infusion of the herb, prepared by steeping 15 gm of chirayata in 250 ml of hot water with aromatics like cloves and cinnamon, should be given in doses of 15 to 30 ml.
13. Alum is also useful in malaria. It should be roasted over a hot plate and powdered. Half a teaspoon should be taken about four hours before the expected attack and half a teaspoon every two hours after it. This will give relief.