Patch ginger is not recommended for fever patients, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, ginger is warm, for the improvement of cold caused by fever has some help, but for the heat and internal injuries caused by fever not only can not play a therapeutic role, but also may aggravate the condition. Children with fever should be given physical cooling and symptomatic medication to relieve the discomfort.
1. Physical cooling: For patients with fever and body temperature not higher than 38.5 degrees, they should be urged to drink a lot of warm water and given physical cooling. Using ice packs or warm water to scrub the patient’s forehead, neck, armpits, popliteal fossa and large blood vessels in the groin can allow excess heat to escape with body circulation.
At the same time, one should pay close attention to the patient’s temperature changes and dry the sweaty skin at any time.
Therefore, children with fever, should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis, sticking ginger tablets is not recommended for patients with fever, and if the patient is unable to reduce the fever by general treatment of the child at home, he/she should consult a doctor immediately to avoid delay. The above prescription needs to be used by a Chinese medicine practitioner after diagnosis, avoid self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.