Introduction
Head Lice are ectoparasites that exist on human hair. These are considered to be an object of ridicule to the person who has them. Some people suffer from infestations of lice on their heads during some seasons of the year, while they may die out in other seasons.
Lice can make the roots of the hair weaker and eventually lead to hair loss. In extreme cases, lice can also cause fevers in the person who has them. For this reason, it is necessary to get rid of head lice quickly and effectively.
Home Remedies for Head Lice
Head lice have been traditionally tackled with the help of several home remedies. The following are some very effective ways to get rid of a head lice problem.
- Extract the juice of an onion in a small bowl. Apply this onion juice in the scalp of the head, massaging slowly at the hair roots. Let this juice remain in the hair for three to four hours. The pungent sulfur content of the onion juice will kill the parasites in the hair. Then have a good head bath to remove the dead lice from the scalp. Do this for three continuous days, since the nits (lice eggs) will not go in the first treatment. This is one of the useful home remedies for head lice.
- Take a raw custard apple. Grind it into powder, with the seeds. You will need a heavy duty mixer grinder for this. Keep this powder stored in an airtight box. In the night before going to bed, apply this powder on the scalp, and tie your head with a cloth bandage. This will assuredly eliminate the lice and nits from the head. In the morning have a good bath to wash away the lice.
- Prepare a fine paste of some custard apple that has been ground before, in an adequate amount of water. Apply this on the scalp and leave it overnight. Then, in the morning, wash the hair with a good shampoo. This will not only clear the lice and the nits from the head; it will also keep dandruff away.
- Another good home remedy for head lice is to take six teaspoonfuls of clear water and two teaspoonfuls of vinegar. Mix these together. In the night, before going to sleep, immerse a wad of cotton in it, and apply this very nicely in the hair, working more at the roots. Then tie the head with a cloth bandage and go to sleep. Do this twice in a week. This will completely remove the lice from the scalp, and even deter the formation of dandruff.
- Chop an apple into small pieces. Then apply these pieces into the scalp with a strong massaging action. Continue the massage for about 20 to 25 minutes. Do this once in a day for three days. This will ensure the complete elimination of lice from the hair.
- Grind a garlic clove to fine paste and mix it in some lemon juice. Massage this mixture into the head in the night before going to sleep. In the morning, have a good head bath. Wash the hair thoroughly. The pungent chemicals in the garlic will kill the lice overnight, and the morning bath will remove their dead bodies from the hair. This remedy must be continued for four to five days. The lice will completely be gone from the scalp.
- Take some freshly extracted coconut oil. Add some powder of the camphor in this oil. Apply this on the head every night while retiring. Wash your hair with a good quality shampoo in the morning. Continue this remedy for four days. This is one of the best home remedies for head lice.
- Grind the seed of a shareefa and apply it on the scalp. Keep it on the head for two hours. Then wash the scalp. This will certainly provide relief from the lice.
- Keep three to four leaves of the neem tree in about 100 milliliters of coconut oil in a glass bottle. Keep the bottle covered so that the essences of the neem leaves get properly exuded in the coconut oil. Apply this oil on the scalp on a regular basis and then comb your hair with a strong comb (whose teeth are close together). The need extract will help to destroy the lice and the combing will remove the nits and dead lice from the hair. Remember that this comb must not be used by anyone else, or there is a chance they too will get infected.
- Take some camphor extract, mix it in oil and apply it in your hair. This is a good remedy to kill the lice. After that have a good bath (shampoo your hair). This will remove the residues of the lice from the hair. This is one of the important home remedies for head lice.
Avoiding Head Lice
Head lice infestation is a problem that occurs due to lack of hygiene on the part of the person. The following things must be done to keep the head clean and to prevent an infestation of lice in it:-
(i) Wash your hair everyday. You may shampoo it once in three days, but be sure to pass water through the hair daily. While washing the hair, massage at the roots of the hair, and not at the tips of the hair. That serves no purpose.
(ii) After your bath, oil the hair. Again, the oil must be applied on the scalp more.
(iii) Do not share combs, caps, hats, hairbrushes and any other kind of things used for the hair with anyone else.
(iv) Always wash your hair after you return home from a long journey where you have been in contact with crowded places.
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it really helps i used to have a lot of head lice and now am free from them forever!