Traditional Chinese Medicine’s Perspective: Why Fever is a Good Thing Fever is considered a normal reaction of the body in traditional Chinese medicine, which is conducive to the elimination of pathogenic factors in the body and is a self-healing mechanism. Therefore, Chinese medicine considers fever to be a good thing. The following is a detailed explanation from the following four aspects. First aspect: Fever can resist external evils. Fever is a superficial syndrome and is caused by the invasion of external evils. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when external evil invades the human body, the body will produce a defensive response, such as headache, fever, cough, etc. These superficial symptoms are the body\’s defense against external evil and prevent the disease from invading deep into the internal organs. Fever can enhance the body’s resistance and promote the spread of viruses and bacteria.