Treatment of lice with folk remedies

Pediculosis is a disease characterized by parasitizing blood-sucking insects( lice) on the skin and the scalp.

To remove them, you can use one of three methods - complete hair removal, use of expensive pharmacy shampoos or the use of folk remedies.

Lice and nits: causes, symptoms of infection, types ^

Lice are parasitic wingless insects that successfully live on the human body and sucking blood. Their habitat is the hairy part of the head, the area of ​​the armpits, mustache and genitals.

One of the first signs of their appearance is a permanent itch, then when carefully examined there is the presence of eggs or nits. The incubation period of lice lasts from 20 to 30 days, and the embryonic period of nits - up to 9 days.

Depending on the type of parasite and their habitat, pediculosis is divided into three types:

• Head caused by a louse that inhabits the scalp;
• Pubic pediculosis is represented by pubic lice, which lives mainly on the genitals, but can occur on the mustache or under the armpits;
• Lapidary pediculosis - the presence of lice in the folds or seams of clothing and bedding. In contact with the skin, they crawl onto the body solely for feeding.

Direct infestation with pediculosis occurs with close local or sexual contact with a person who has lice or his objects( hat, comb, clothing, etc.).

It is also easy to buy lice in public places - sauna, bath, hospital, swimming pools, trains, buses and others. In addition, the development of pediculosis is favored by a gross violation of the elementary rules of hygiene.

A human louse is a rather tenacious parasite, for the removal of which it is desirable to use several different recipes in the intervals of 3 to 5 days. For this, folk treatment of lice offers a variety of techniques that are characterized by efficiency, simplicity and accessibility.

In pediculosis, unofficial medicine uses the following folk remedies for treating lice:

• Kerosene, turpentine, dichlorvos;
• Salt, table vinegar, alcohol;
• Cranberry, pomegranate juice;
• Essential oils - geranium, tea tree, lavender, bergamot, eucalyptus, anise;
• tar or dust soap;
• Medicinal herbs - roots of the hedgehog, tansy, rosemary, fleshiness, burdock and wormwood.

Treatment of lice in adults

Pediculosis in adults can occur in three of its forms, any of which may be accompanied by a lack of sanitation, illegible sexual relations, being in public places, tourist trips and others.

If you find nits, you can use both specialty pharmaceuticals and choose lice treatment with home remedies.

To begin with, you can use the crooked water purchased at the pharmacy, which excellently destroys living individuals. After that it is necessary to proceed to the destruction of nits with the help of other recipes( dust, kerosene and others).

Dead or semi-dead embryos are removed from the hair with the aid of special scallops.

Treatment of lice in children

In children, the most common is head pediculosis, acquired in kindergartens, sanatoriums, summer camps or in schools.

Treatment of lice in a child's home should consist of mechanical removal and use of non-toxic products such as tar soap, herbal decoctions for rinsing the head, rubbing diluted essential oils and so on.

Such agents as kerosene are desirable for use in children in extreme cases, and only in a diluted form with oil.

Treatment of lice in pregnant women

Pediculosis during pregnancy can cause some difficulty in treatment, as many drugstores and some folk remedies have toxic effects.

Although home treatment for pediculosis in expectant mothers often involves only mechanical removal of individuals and nits, they can use non-toxic drugs, such as cranberry juice, apple cider vinegar or herbal tea.

Treatment of lice in the home: folk recipes ^

Treatment of head lice

• With caeca water( tincture), treat the roots of the hair, distributing it along the entire length. Then the head should be wrapped in polyethylene for half an hour;
• Collect fresh leaves and stalks of thistles, pour them with boiling water for an hour, add a few drops of geranium oil and then rub it for 40 minutes into the hair.

Treatment of pubic lice

In case of throat, or pubic lice, it is desirable to completely remove the hair from the intimate places before treatment.

• After shaving, the tar soap is carefully applied to the affected areas, after which it is washed off with a weak decoction of tansy or wormwood.

Treatment with lice vodka

Vodka or 96% medical alcohol, diluted with water up to 40%, is considered an aggressive remedy for lice and nits. However, in turn, vodka dries the skin, damages the hair and can cause a burn, so children under 5 years of age this method of treatment is unacceptable.

• For the information of parasites, vodka should be rubbed into the affected area for 30 minutes and wrapped with polyethylene.

Treatment of lice with vinegar

• Table vinegar concentration of 9% diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 2, then distribute it along the length of the hair, wrap it with polyethylene and leave for an hour.
• After the procedure, rinse the mixture off the hair and remove parasites with nits using a special scallop.

Treatment of lice with tea tree oil

• Dilute the essential oil in warm water( 5 drops per glass), apply on hair for 40 minutes, wrap and then wash off;
• Dilute 15 drops of tea tree oil in 100 ml of shampoo and use it every time you wash your hair.

Treatment of lice with kerosene

Kerosene is one of the best tools for the destruction of adults and nits. However, it is not recommended to use it in its pure form.

• For treatment of affected areas it must be mixed with olive oil in the proportion of 10 parts of kerosene per 2 parts of oil.
• Then the prepared composition is applied to the places of nitration, wrapped in polyethylene and left for half an hour.
• This product is not applied if there is a severe skin injury after itching.

Treatment of lice with dichlorvoside

Dichlorvos is an insecticide that can kill any insects.

• For the destruction of lice, it is necessary to spray with special care dichlorvos( avoiding the inhalation of toxic fumes) on the affected areas and immediately wrap it with polyethylene.
• The duration of the procedure is 10 minutes.

Treatment of lice with tar soap

• With tar soap it is abundant to soap wet hair and wrap it with polyethylene for 10 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with sorrel of sorrel.
• After the procedure, the hair must be combed with a scallop to remove parasites.

Treatment of lice with cranberries

• Cranberry natural juice helps to loosen nits and partially destroy their shell.
• It must be rubbed into the hair for several hours, after which it is washed off with decoction of tansy and combed out nits.

Treatment of lice with hydrogen peroxide

• Hydrogen peroxide should be diluted with water so that its concentration is reduced to 1.5%.
• Then the resulting solution must be applied with a sponge to the hair and after 10 minutes wash off.

Prevention and useful advice on how to avoid infection with pediculosis ^

For the prevention of pediculosis, the following measures should be strictly observed:

• Do not use other scallops, combs, elastic bands, sticks, etc;
• Do not wear hats belonging to another person;
• Wash bed linens under high temperature conditions;
• Limit contact with a person infected with pediculosis.