TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years 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-square153fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1281arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square153fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up103·2 years ago“Feed a cold, starve a fever.” Rest, hydrate, and eat if you can.
minus-squareTheDoctorDonna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years 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-squareTheMinions@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI thought a fever breaking was just parlance about a fever ending?
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIt means trying to end a fever by bringing the temperature of the person down via whatever method.
minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoFevers do break on their own. One second you feel miserable, the next you feel better.
“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.
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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.