”Soak two towels in warm water, wring them out slightly, spread them out, wrap them around the child’s legs one by one, unwind them after twenty minutes, and then dry them with a dry towel. This is the fever care method that every German mother knows, and I have tried it several times, and it really works, even my Taiwanese mother thinks: the Germans are great!” I don’t know if any of you have read this article, but there are certainly many of you who have read it. When the parents do not want to see the child is sick, a see him feverishly lethargic, a touch all over the hot, can not wait to be sick is their own, if he can immediately get better how good ah. This time, someone told you this simple and miraculous method: German pediatrician classroom teaching, German mothers will know. People have tried it several times, it really works, Taiwan moms are admired, it’s amazing! The simple and miraculous method, no injections, and no medication, so what are you waiting for, quickly collect the spare, good things can not be exclusive, turn up and share it with friends. A dozen years ago I was confused to study medicine, and then did a pediatrician, then I know: wet towel wrapped legs and warm water bath and there is no substantial difference, are physical cooling, physical cooling effect is very poor, as good as the effect of antipyretic drugs. I also learned that the goal of fever-reducing treatment is to improve the child’s comfort, and that fever-reducing methods that do not make the child more comfortable are rogues. I happened to have studied in Germany and asked my German friends about it, and I knew that the so-called “German mothers know it all” was complete nonsense. As a pediatrician, I also know that when it comes to reducing a child’s fever, doctors all over the world, including Germany, rely mainly on antipyretic drugs, and no medical authority currently believes that physical cooling should be the first choice to reduce fever. I have said all of these in my articles, but none of them have been read on WeChat to more than 50,000. There is no more miraculous way to reduce fever than taking fever medicine, so why do so many people prefer to believe in “wet towels wrapped around the legs”? Because this meets the expectations of people’s hearts to reduce fever: simple, miraculous, green and no side effects. Drink soybean water to reduce fever, Huo Xiang Zheng Qi water on the navel to reduce fever, pediatric massage to reduce fever, enema to reduce fever, antipyretic paste to reduce fever …. All meet this expectation, “wet towel wrapped legs” also with German doctors and German mothers added a little, that is even more amazing! Why are there so many prescriptions for children with fever? Because most of the children’s fever is caused by self-healing diseases, even without any special treatment, to a certain time most of the children will also reduce the fever, this kind of prescription spread a large amount, with a lot of people, there is always a part of the child just after the adoption of the fever, and then think that these prescriptions work, self-healing diseases have been the secret recipe for prescriptions to show their skills. To the child took the antipyretic medicine to reduce the fever, people feel will be taken for granted, not worthy of praise, eat the antipyretic medicine did not go down instead feel unacceptable. But for the hearsay prescriptions are not so demanding, anyway, is to try the heart, after using the fever really receded, run around, believe in the prescriptions of more and more people. If it doesn’t work, you think it’s a prescription anyway, it’s useless, there are no obvious side effects anyway, that’s why it sounds like a prescription is more magical than a fever reducer. However, just because parents haven’t come across it doesn’t mean that the side effects don’t exist, just like the perforation caused by the enema mentioned in the previous article, just like the allergy caused by the fever reducer. There is no risk of wrapping a wet towel around your leg when you have a fever, so just wrap it up and don’t mythologize it, and only the child will know if it’s comfortable.