It would seem that the problem of infection with lice has long been resolved. However, many people suffer from parasites every year. Children are at particular risk. There are dozens of methods to combat ectoparasites, but everyone is looking for their own folk remedy for lice and nits.
Alas, sometimes, no matter how hard a person tries to protect himself from infection with lice, this is inevitable. They can be infected simply by driving in public transport, sitting next to a sick person. Insects are able to jump several tens of centimeters, so even not very close contact can be dangerous.
After a louse gets on a person’s head, it is almost impossible to shake it off. You will shake your head as you like, but the infection, which tightly clings to its new owner, cannot be reset.
As a rule, most people are embarrassed to seek medical help, fearing public opinion. In this case, folk remedies for lice come to the rescue, which a person uses independently at home. And it is worth noting that blood-sucking parasites along with nits die no worse than from the effects of pharmacological drugs.
Root causes of the disease
Of course, most often pediculosis can occur due to inadequate hygiene, poor living conditions, natural disasters or military conditions. However, this problem also appears in very neat people who love and keep clean if they find themselves in close contact with an infected person.
Pediculosis in children
The risk of infection is especially high among girls with long hair. They like to play with each other, doing hairstyles during the free pastime in kindergarten and at school breaks. But it’s worth using a comb or a hairpin of a girlfriend infected with pediculosis, as this “joy” will be on a new head.
Lice can only be transmitted from another infected person or through objects common with him. Most often, they can be infected in kindergartens, camps, schools, spas and rest homes, hotels, trains. It is also easy to get pediculosis if you wear someone else's hat or do not wipe yourself with your own towel.
As soon as the parents discover the first symptoms of the disease in the child, they need to take measures in time and choose the most acceptable folk remedy for lice for children.
An experienced pediatrician will also always find a suitable method of treatment for pediculosis. However, it is important to remember that most chemical medicines can cause a strong allergic reaction and are contraindicated in pregnant women and children. Therefore, folk remedies for lice and nits are the best way out of this situation, since they are less toxic and contain natural components.
How to determine the appearance of lice?
The most important sign of the appearance of lice is severe itching. If it is spread over the head, neck and ears, then the person is infected with head lice. It is necessary to inspect the scalp as soon as possible for signs of lice, as well as nits (lice eggs). An adult, laying eggs, firmly glues them to a hairline on a special solution, which itself secretes.
If a person who is infected with lice cannot be helped in time, then ulcers or boils appear at the site of the bites, which contributes to the transfer of some infectious diseases. In addition, this negatively affects the psycho-emotional state and the nervous system, as the patient is in constant tension and cannot relax.
Lice: how to get rid of folk remedies
There are many methods for treating lice with alternative methods. It cannot be argued that only one is effective. The choice of treatment will depend on the preferences and circumstances of the patient.
The first folk remedy for the elimination of lice, well known to our grandmothers, is kerosene. To cure pediculosis with it, you need to take one part of purified kerosene and add 10 parts of vegetable oil to it. With this mixture, it is necessary to lubricate the hair and carefully wrap the head with wax paper, fixing it with a scarf.
To completely get rid of these blood-sucking insects, it is advisable to keep a kerosene solution for several hours. However, it should be borne in mind: if a burning sensation occurs, the product must be washed off! It is most convenient to do such procedures at night. By morning, you need to wash your hair using laundry soap without flavorings and colorings. Now, using a special comb to comb out lice, you can begin the removal of dead individuals. Only before combing out the comb should be moistened in a solution of table vinegar.
Vinegar and salt
If head lice, treatment with folk remedies involves their excretion with a mixture of vinegar and salt. You need to take a glass of table vinegar, dissolve 43 grams of table salt in it and mix thoroughly. To the resulting solution add 5 milliliters of strong alcohol. My hair is washed in the usual way. Dry them slightly with a towel. Pre-cooked gauze dressing is abundantly soaked in the prepared solution.
Now gently spread it on the spot affected by the bloodsuckers. After a few minutes, the fight against lice with folk remedies continues with the help of a new compress. A regular change of it must be carried out the whole day in a row. At the same time, in 24 hours it will take 2-3 times to change the solution so that it is still effective. A mixture of vinegar and salt is appropriate not only because it kills lice. This method helps to anesthetize and relieve itching from insect bites.
Plant-based products
Such a folk remedy for the removal of lice on a plant basis as the root of hellebore has also proven itself well. Using it, you can make high-quality and effective ointments and decoctions. Here are some recipes:
- To prepare this ointment, in addition to the root of hellebore, it will also require the leaves of ledum. It is necessary to take these two components in equal proportions and grind them to a homogeneous state, and preferably in powder. Then mix them with pork lard in a ratio of 1: 2. The ointment is ready.
- Another remedy includes anise seed. It will take five grams of hellebore and five grams of anise. They also need to be ground to a powder state. We add twenty-five grams of butter to this powder, having previously melted it in a water bath. We mix everything thoroughly and get a ready-made ointment to use as an excellent folk remedy for lice.
- A decoction from hellebore roots also helps. Ten grams of roots need to be brewed in one liter of boiling water. Boil for about thirty minutes. The broth is ready.
All ointments described above should be used at night, lubricating the hair affected by lice. Despite the fact that there are many medicinal methods for combating head lice that successfully cope with their task, a very large percentage of people infected with lice choose their own folk remedy for lice.
Grass larkspies to the rescue
You need to take ten grams of this herb, steam it with one glass of boiling water and, adding five grams of citric acid, leave to infuse. After six hours, the infusion can be used by applying to the affected areas. The fight against lice with folk remedies in this case will last about ten days.
The power of ordinary mint
Peppermint, which is familiar to everyone, can also be of great help in getting rid of lice. Two tablespoons of grass should be mixed in a glass of pomegranate juice, heated and allowed to boil for at least ten minutes. Then rub into the necessary areas of the skin.
Geranium oil
It can be of different types, depending on the type of flower itself. You need to try to find all possible options for this oil, as the best treatment result will be achieved with the integrated use of all types of this product. During shampooing, add two drops of each type of oil to the shampoo. After applying the product on the head, carefully rub it into the hair roots and, after wrapping it, leave it for at least one hour. After keeping the right time, comb out the dead lice with a special comb, and then rinse your head with water.
Mix three teaspoons of vinegar, two drops of each kind of geranium oil and mix. With this solution you need to wash your hair. After that rinse with water is not necessary. There is no need to thoroughly wipe with a towel. Just leave your hair to dry naturally without using a hair dryer. It should be remembered that, using folk remedies for lice, vinegar must rinse your head necessarily.
Black cumin
A good way to deal with lice is black caraway lotion . To prepare it, you need to take one glass of the seeds of this plant and grind it well in a coffee grinder to a powder state. Add 1: 1 apple cider vinegar. Thoroughly mix the whole mixture and filter it using special paper or gauze folded in 2-3 layers. The resulting lotion rub the hairline on the head.
The effectiveness of this method increases the effect of ultraviolet rays. Therefore, it is best to make such lotions in the morning or afternoon, so that you can go out into the sun, allowing the sun's rays to act on the head. Sun baths with a compress on the head should be taken for about twenty minutes. After this, the hair can not be washed for another five hours. Such a folk remedy for lice should be used from seven to ten days.
How to deal with nits?
There are two most common ways to deal with nits. These are masks, which must necessarily include acids. For example, you can take kerosene, after diluting it with water, add slightly diluted vinegar and a little cranberry juice to it. Treat hair damaged by nits with this mixture, then rinse with slightly warm water.
The centuries-old practice of folk healers has long been confirmed by the fact that destroying parasites such as head lice, folk remedies also adversely affect nits. Here's another way: grab grass, mix ten grams of picking with five grams of citric acid. After this, pour a glass of boiling water, and let the mixture infuse for at least six hours. For ten days, this solution will need to treat the head.
Mechanical method
No matter how effective the folk remedy for lice, one hundred percent it will not cope with the problem if you do not help by hand, removing nits from the hair. This is especially important when parasites appeared in young children. How to do it? All manipulations are preferably carried out in good daylight. Carefully examine the patient’s head. Very good when the hair is short. If we are dealing with the owner of a long braid, it will be difficult here. You must try to convince the child to cut his hair shorter.
To facilitate the combing of nits, it is better to use conditioner when washing your hair. Take a comb with very thick teeth. Start combing your hair, separating strand by strand, dividing your head into zones. Wipe the comb thoroughly with a waffle towel after each combing.
Do such combing on average up to two weeks, until you completely get rid of parasites. Each time, after combing, boil the comb for ten minutes. Note: apply the conditioner to the hair only after treating the head with an anti-pedicule composition.
Precautions
If there are nits or lice in a child, folk remedies should still be used with caution. Although they cannot damage like chemicals, you need to know some points about working with them. Remember that kerosene is better to use on short hair, because from it the hair remains greasy for a long time and deteriorates. Vinegar without an additional therapeutic component, on the contrary, dries hair. In addition, it works to eliminate nits, but is ineffective in dealing with lice.
Sometimes we are powerless to protect ourselves from infection with lice, but still it’s possible to do something. It is important to adhere to the standards of cleanliness and personal hygiene, not to use other people's hairbrushes, to keep track of who is nearby, avoiding close contact with your heads with strangers.
Effects of head lice
Lice bites lead to itching of the head and to the appearance of red spots throughout the skin of the scalp. Knowing what unpleasant sensations lice can bring, how to get rid of nits with folk remedies, a person becomes more protected, and if someday he has to face this problem, he will be informed how to act in such a delicate situation.