Can I drink ginger water at night when I have a fever?

Although colds and fevers are minor matters and will heal in a few days without taking medicine, and can heal faster with medicine, some symptoms of colds and fevers are very torturous, so it is better not to get any minor illness. Some people don't like taking medicine. When they have a cold or fever, they only eat some food that helps the body dissipate heat to regulate the body. So can you drink ginger water at night when you have a fever?

1. Is it good for pregnant women to drink brown sugar ginger water when they have a fever?

Ginger soup can cure colds. Then, as a group most susceptible to colds, can pregnant women drink brown sugar ginger water when they have a cold or fever? Brown sugar ginger water is a widely circulated folk remedy for curing colds, dispelling cold and warming the stomach. Pregnant women with colds and fever can drink brown sugar ginger water. Neither brown sugar nor ginger will affect the baby. When a pregnant woman with a cold drinks brown sugar ginger water, she will sweat and the cold in her body will dissipate, and she will feel relaxed all over.

Ginger has the effects of inducing sweating and relieving exterior symptoms, warming the middle and dispersing cold, warming the stomach and stopping vomiting, removing phlegm and relieving cough, and detoxifying. It is very effective in treating colds. In addition, adding brown sugar to ginger soup can activate qi and blood, which is more beneficial for pregnant women. It should be noted here that brown sugar ginger water is only suitable for pregnant women who have a cold due to wind and cold or have a cold stomach or fever after being caught in the rain. It will not be effective for pregnant women who have a summer heat cold or a wind-heat cold.

2. Brown Sugar Ginger Soup Preparation Method

Ingredients: ginger, brown sugar.

Method: Cut the ginger into slices, put it into appropriate amount of water and boil for 5 minutes, add a large spoonful of brown sugar and stir well, drink it while it is hot, and it is best to cover yourself with a quilt to make your body sweat slightly.

Efficacy: Dispel cold and relieve exterior symptoms. Ginger soup is a common method we use to treat colds. Ginger tastes spicy and warm in nature. It has the effects of dispelling cold, warming the stomach, and dispersing wind and cold, which is just right for symptoms such as colds and fever caused by wind and cold. Ginger has a good antiemetic effect. When pregnant women experience vomiting, they can hold a few slices of ginger in their mouths or drink ginger soup to relieve the symptoms.

3. What to do if a pregnant woman has a fever and headache

After all, the physiological characteristics of pregnant women and fetuses are different from those of ordinary people. Therefore, when facing a fever, they should also be treated differently. How should pregnant women be cared for when they have a fever to ensure the health of the mother and the fetus?

1. Slice ginger and garlic, boil them in water and don't forget to add brown sugar! Drink it while it's hot, then sweat in bed. It will usually be effective after two nights.

2. If the fever is not high, below 38 degrees, you can try physical cooling first, get more rest, drink more boiled water, ginger tea. If it is above 38 degrees, you have to go to the hospital, otherwise it will be bad for the fetus.

3. In addition to finding out the cause of the fever, it is necessary for pregnant women to reduce the fever moderately. Fever often increases the mother's metabolic rate and is accompanied by many uncomfortable symptoms such as headache, loss of appetite, general fatigue, palpitations, and even dehydration, which increase the burden on the pregnant woman's cardiopulmonary function. Therefore, you should choose moderate fever reduction. Generally speaking, if the pregnant woman's body temperature is not higher than 38.5 degrees Celsius and there are no obvious discomfort symptoms, you can consider using physical methods to help reduce the fever, such as: ice pillow, heat dissipation patch, warm water wiping, such as wiping the body repeatedly with a warm towel, placing ice packs in the armpits, forehead and groin, etc. Constantly wipe your body, neck, and thighs with alcohol, drink more ginger water, and measure your body temperature frequently.

4. Choose some Chinese herbal medicines with fewer toxic and side effects for symptomatic treatment. Isatis root, isatis indigotica leaf, forsythia suspensa, honeysuckle, etc., which have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and resisting viruses, have good therapeutic effects. Chinese patent medicine and its preparations such as Yinqiao Jiedu Pills and tablets, granules, compound isatis leaf injection, Yinhuang oral liquid, etc. can be used.