I am trying to keep my wording simple—not managed it here so thanks for asking.
pyrexia = fever.
pyro ~ heat, fire (from both Latin and Greek) pyromaniac a more familiar word?
so anti-pyretic is something “against-fever” i.e. treats a fever/reduces temperature.
I would not take anything to reduce my temperature and I would recommend the same to friends and family, so yes I suggest avoiding paracetamol too.
Personal note—I eat a clove of raw garlic if I think I’ve picked something up. Giving it a really good crunch between the teeth to release the juices. Not pleasant (even to a garlic lover, and a little easier to take wrapped in bread) but great for keeping people away for a few hours.…
Garlic has been shown to have anti-viral properties, no idea if it has any affect on the coronavirus but unless there’s a reason not to take it, it’s worth a shot. (I wouldn’t bother with garlic tablets—just fresh)
Fwiw Chris Masterjohn (see below) also recommends garlic. He recommends crushing it before eating though:
180 micrograms per day of stabilized allicin; or one clove of fresh, raw garlic, crushed, exposed to open air for ten minutes, and eaten without cooking or mixing with other ingredients; or 4 grams of garlic powder, mixed with water, exposed to open air for ten minutes, and eaten without cooking or mixing with other ingredients.
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Garlic does not contain allicin itself. Rather, it contains alliin, which is converted to allicin within ten minutes when raw garlic is crushed, or when garlic powder is mixed with water, and either are allowed to sit at room temperature in the open air for ten minutes.
Having been in isolation for the last 10 days with a possible covid19 case (gut says no, head says hope so because we’re past the worst).
I felt a bit rough yesterday.
Temperature 36.6 C which is normal sublingual (under the tongue) reading for our thermometer.
I crushed some garlic (oh 1st world problems not being able to find the inner bit of the garlic press).
Whilst giving it 10 minutes to brew I decided digital application to the nasal mucosa might be an efficient way to use the juice, targeted application a primary infection site.
(yes—I stuck my finger in the juice and then up my nose. Different finger for each nostril, gotta maintain some standards!)
I don’t personally know more than that. The citation for the second bit that I quoted is: Lawson, L. D. & Hughes, B. G. Characterization of the formation of allicin and other thiosulfinates from garlic. Planta Med. 58, 345–350 (1992).
I had to look it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipyretic
So to be clear, you’re saying that paracetamol is probably safer than NSAIDs, but avoid even that if you can?
I am trying to keep my wording simple—not managed it here so thanks for asking.
pyrexia = fever.
pyro ~ heat, fire (from both Latin and Greek) pyromaniac a more familiar word?
so anti-pyretic is something “against-fever” i.e. treats a fever/reduces temperature.
I would not take anything to reduce my temperature and I would recommend the same to friends and family, so yes I suggest avoiding paracetamol too.
Personal note—I eat a clove of raw garlic if I think I’ve picked something up. Giving it a really good crunch between the teeth to release the juices. Not pleasant (even to a garlic lover, and a little easier to take wrapped in bread) but great for keeping people away for a few hours.…
Garlic has been shown to have anti-viral properties, no idea if it has any affect on the coronavirus but unless there’s a reason not to take it, it’s worth a shot. (I wouldn’t bother with garlic tablets—just fresh)
Fwiw Chris Masterjohn (see below) also recommends garlic. He recommends crushing it before eating though:
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Having been in isolation for the last 10 days with a possible covid19 case (gut says no, head says hope so because we’re past the worst).
I felt a bit rough yesterday.
Temperature 36.6 C which is normal sublingual (under the tongue) reading for our thermometer.
I crushed some garlic (oh 1st world problems not being able to find the inner bit of the garlic press).
Whilst giving it 10 minutes to brew I decided digital application to the nasal mucosa might be an efficient way to use the juice, targeted application a primary infection site.
(yes—I stuck my finger in the juice and then up my nose. Different finger for each nostril, gotta maintain some standards!)
I did not know this.
Have you any links to more info?
I don’t personally know more than that. The citation for the second bit that I quoted is: Lawson, L. D. & Hughes, B. G. Characterization of the formation of allicin and other thiosulfinates from garlic. Planta Med. 58, 345–350 (1992).