Fever is one of the most common clinical symptoms of pediatrics, and most parents encounter children with fever is very easy to get “fever phobia”, their level of psychological anxiety and the child’s temperature and duration is often directly proportional. Because of the child’s fever and a day to run to the hospital more than a few parents. As a result, in addition to ordinary antipyretics, glucocorticoids (hereinafter referred to as hormones) have become common medications to reduce fever in children. Children due to high fever emergency medical treatment, many doctors will prescribe antibiotics and hormone “generic” prescription. Can hormones be used to reduce fever in children? The Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Fever of Unknown Etiology in Children 0-5 Years of Age clearly state that the use of glucocorticosteroids as antipyretic agents is opposed to the use of glucocorticosteroids to reduce fever in children. The reasons are as follows: Fever has a certain effect on the body’s immune mechanism. Body temperature rises within a certain range, can enhance the body’s resistance, is conducive to the body’s own “army” to kill the “enemy” pathogens, the more intense the war, the higher the body temperature may be, thus promoting recovery. The more intense the war, the higher the body temperature may be, thus promoting recovery. Hormones can inhibit the inflammatory response, which is equivalent to inhibiting the process of the “army” to kill the enemy, on the surface, it seems to be a drop in body temperature, but because of the army’s demoralization, it may take more time to kill the same number of enemies. If doctors understand this, why do they still prescribe hormones for children to reduce fever? This is because pediatricians are under psychological pressure from parents while treating their children’s illnesses, due to the fact that parents generally want doctors to get their children’s fever down quickly. Hormone prescription is a good medicine to treat parents’ “fever anxiety”, but its actual users are children. How should we deal with acute fever in children? Fever is divided into infectious and non-infectious, with the former accounting for the majority. Infectious fever is a kind of inflammatory reaction of the body to foreign pathogens, when the inflammation control subsides, fever and other symptoms are also reduced. Currently used antipyretic drugs can only play a temporary role in reducing fever, it can not shorten the course of the disease. Fever is good for the body to enhance the body’s resistance, conducive to the elimination of pathogens. However, when the body temperature is too high, its harm to the body will outweigh the benefits, at this time we need to actively reduce fever, so as to avoid high fever to the body harm. Recommendations 1, body temperature ≥ 38.5 ℃ and/or when there is obvious discomfort, antipyretics (such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen) should be used to reduce fever; 2, physical hypothermia: warm water to wipe the body and reduce the clothing worn, turn on the fan or air conditioning to reduce the indoor temperature, etc., but its antipyretic effect is not as effective as antipyretics. Alcohol (or white wine) rubbing bath is not recommended. 3, high fever recommended antipyretic drugs and physical cooling method of joint application. The combined effect is better than single antipyretic. Recommended 2 kinds of simple and easy to implement Chinese medicine characteristics of cooling method Chinese medicine bath method Chinese medicine formula: mint 6g, patchouli 6g, artemisia 6g, thuja 6g, peperomia 6, wind 6g. According to the conventional decoction of traditional Chinese medicine decoction into 200ml of liquid, to be the temperature dropped to 32 ~ 34 ℃ to the child rub bath. Prepare 2 pieces of gauze, will be soaked in liquid gauze wrung to half dry, wipe the child’s skin, 2 pieces of gauze used alternately. The order of rubbing is neck, upper limbs, armpits, groin, back, buttocks, lower limbs. It is forbidden to rub the back of the neck, chest area, abdomen and soles of the feet. In the armpits, groin and other blood vessels can be appropriately prolonged bath time, bath time totaling 12 minutes, centrifugal direction while rubbing massage. Observe the color of the child’s face and the whole body during the process of scrubbing, and stop in time if any abnormality is found. Tui na therapy 1, clear the river water Specific techniques: the operator’s index finger, middle finger dipped in warm water and together, from the child’s left wrist at the mid-point of the transverse stripe in a straight line to the elbow at the mid-point of the transverse stripe, and so repeat the operation for about 5 minutes, the speed of the speed of about 200 times per minute push. 2, back six bowels of the index finger, middle finger dipped in warm water and then together, from the child’s left forearm elbow cross stripe head along the ulnar side of the forearm to the head of the wrist cross stripe, time and speed as above.