Heart Fever

Many ancient cures easily translate into the modern day. One of these is the cure for Heart Fever. Detailed in Rosarie Kingston’s Ireland’s Hidden Medicine, this is a ritual cure continued over 3 days. It is time apart, where conversation is forbidden; it allows for a sense of calm to return to the patient.

Today Heart Fever is known as burnout when one is emotionally overwhelmed by life. Time away takes you out of your everyday life and allows you to centre yourself before returning to your community. 

Meditation, mindfulness and silent retreats are all around us these days, the modern cure for an anxious mind; however, when you think about it, it’s just the same as the ancient cure, time out from the world to collect yourself.