TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoAncient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?message-squaremessage-square182fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1303arrow-down1message-squareAncient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square182fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up117·11 months ago“Feed a cold, starve a fever.” Rest, hydrate, and eat if you can.
minus-squareTheDoctorDonna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·11 months agoWe also learned that a mild fever is productive in fighting the virus and that you should let it get to a certain point before dealing with it.
minus-squareedric@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoThis is why I try to endure the fever side effects of vaccines as much as I can without taking a tylenol, so my immune system gets some proper “training” to recognize and fight the real thing.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 months agoLikewise, “break a fever”.
minus-squareTheMinions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoI thought a fever breaking was just parlance about a fever ending?
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIt means trying to end a fever by bringing the temperature of the person down via whatever method.
minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoFevers do break on their own. One second you feel miserable, the next you feel better.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThe saying is to break it earlier.
“Feed a cold, starve a fever.” Rest, hydrate, and eat if you can.
We also learned that a mild fever is productive in fighting the virus and that you should let it get to a certain point before dealing with it.
This is why I try to endure the fever side effects of vaccines as much as I can without taking a tylenol, so my immune system gets some proper “training” to recognize and fight the real thing.
Likewise, “break a fever”.
I thought a fever breaking was just parlance about a fever ending?
It means trying to end a fever by bringing the temperature of the person down via whatever method.
Fevers do break on their own. One second you feel miserable, the next you feel better.
The saying is to break it earlier.