Chinese Pear Reduces Fever

Ethan Eating Thin Strips of Chinese Pear

I love to listen to my mum tell me stuff that happened to her as a young girl. It’s fascinating.

One of the things my mum told me was that as a child, my granny had fed her pears to reduce her high fever. However, not any pear will do. It had to be a particular pear from China.

Chinese Pear

There are many, many types of pears from China, and this particular Chinese Pear is recognizable because it is very big. It’s about 1 1/2 times the size of a regular pear that we get at the supermarket. Also it’s round unlike the normal pear.  The skin dark brown, unlike the usual light yellow pears. It’s also quite expensive. I could buy 3 regular pears for this baby.

This is an amazing fruit. The Chinese just love this pear. It’s a great natural fever reducer, something you could try if you are looking for natural alternatives instead of the usual chemical based medicine like paracetamol or aspirin. You could juice this sweet fruit for really, young kids, but otherwise, the entire fruit can be eaten, minus the core and the stem, of course.

I’ve had to tackle my little boy and force feed meds into him before, and it’s a real nightmare .. for both the parent and the child. If you have this experience, then, you know what I mean. There’s nothing worse than having the poor child scream, cry and struggle while you try to force medicine down his throat. Which is why I love this. I can’t think of a better, more yummy way to get well.