Mid January 2014, Kuala Lumpur, the weather is so unfriendly lately, it’s extremely hot with super-shiny sun in the afternoon then cloudy followed by thunder+rain storm in the evening. I got sick easily lately, my body temperature turn up & down; fever.
What happened was I had a really good buffet yesterday with my husband, it’s a combination of hotpot and BBQ (it’s like Hanamasa but more oily in their BBQ, feel sad they don’t have Hanamasa here in KL). They serves ice-cream & shaved-ice for desserts which we couldn’t stand for not having them in a large amount, I had 1 bowl of shaved-iced followed by 2 bows (3 scoops each bowl) of ice-cream. I guess my body couldn't accept much cold at the same time and am pretty bad on standing the cold from air-con, so i ended up feeling cold for the whole night, my body temperature rose. I tried so hard to keep myself warm, took Paracetamol to lower the body temperature. Felt a lil better this morning, but worsen again after breakfast & lunch.
Believed by the Chinese Oldies (not sure about this in medical study) that sweating can cure fever. Oh well, I guess I didn’t sweat enough lately, even in my yoga class, sometimes I didn’t sweat at all.
So, when we got home, I tried to make a simple sauna with the things I have at home just to get me sweating (I haven’t found any public sauna around here except the ones in hotels that may cost me a lot). I used 2 travellers’ mattress to create a small standing tube so I could sit inside, then boil a pot of water then put it inside the tube with me. I asked my husband to help me covering the tube with blanket. Sat there for around 25 mins, enjoying the heat & I sweated heavily. Felt better afterwards.
You may try this at home if you don’t want to spend a lot on going to sauna, this traditional one helps! :)
cheers,
jess
