Warm Feet Please,

[Clare]

When we were ill with a fever, my mum always used to wash us down especially those parts of the body where the blood was nearer the surface, - back of neck, underarms, in the crook of your elbows and behind the knees.

The reason she did this was to cool the blood in your body which has the effect of cooling you down.

Conversely when we needed heating up, these were the parts of the body where direct heat was placed - be careful not to burn yourself though - to heat the blood as it went around your body.

Instead of putting a hot water bottle on your feet, a far more effective place was to place it behind both knees. This warms up your blood when it travels to your feet.

So use a hot water bottle or a heat filled can, -wrapped in cloth to prevent burning - and this should do the trick.

It always worked with us.