• Fresh orange, tangerine, pineapple and lemon juice are rich in vitamins and nutrition which makes these great treatment for measles. These are particularly helpful for children infected by measles, who experience a lack of appetite, especially the pleasant taste of orange.
• Mixing honey with warm water is effective for treating coughs.
• Shutting off the light avoids harmful effects upon weakened external eye tissues.
• Drink plenty of mineral water.
• Attaching onion via medical tape on the feet relieves fever. Believe it or not.
• Sip mustard, mint, and saffron teas.
• When the body sweats, it loses essential minerals that helps a person recover from the illness. Sea salt can replenish the lost minerals. Keep in mind that normal table salt is not an alternative.
• Drink coconut milk. The nutrients help lessen the small red dots scattered all over the body.
• Barley water for coughs and a barley bath against irritated skin.
• For a few days, eat only fruits, and nothing more.
• Avoid fatty foods, oily foods, and coffee during and after the infection.
• Spicy foods have high sodium content which reacts negatively towards measles. Avoid these.
• If the all-fruit diet mentioned above becomes irritating, eating eggs, milk pudding, bread, and butter can be an alternative.
• Avoid sweet and salty snacks. They are difficult to digest.
• Avoid products with harsh chemicals.
