Most people know that normal body temperature is approximately 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius). Anything higher is considered a fever. Small changes in body temperature are usually not serious.  Temperature can fluctuate depending on the time of day or one’s level of activity. In the case of illness, a moderate rise in temperature may help the body fight some types of infection. Above a certain level, however, temperature must be controlled.

Fever of 106 degrees Fahrenheit or higher (in adults) is extremely serious and demands immediate medical attention. If the temperature remains at this level for a prolonged period of time, seizures, brain damage, even death, can result. In children, temperatures above 104 degrees Fahrenheit can cause damage to the more sensitive brain tissue.

For more typical fevers, such as those that accompany a common cold or flu, Western medicine recommends aspirin, or acetaminophen, and cool compress. However, the tribal people of Africa’s Kalahari use the root of the devil’s claw plant to fight high fevers. The plant has the anti-inflammatory properties of cortisone and may reduce brain tissue swelling that accompanies some bacterial infections. The Africans either boil it into a tea or pound it into a powder.

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