Guest guest Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 My whole family is suffering with lice. Could anybody please suggest the natural methods to get rid of head lice? I am particularly looking for a safe method to get rid of head lice from my 6-month old daughters head. I heard applying neem oil will help. Would appreciate all your help. Thanking you in advance. Anamika. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 Dear Anamika use equal(by weight) mixture of following powders: Aamla, Trifla, Neem-leaves, Methi (Fenugreek seeds), Aritha, Jaswanti. Make this mixture, take 4 tsp in a cup, add 2 tsp curd, a little water to make a medium consistency paste. Apply this paste at roots of hair and leave it to dry for 30 minutes, or till its action is felt. Wash hair with luke warm water. Do this thrice a week and do not use any other soap, shampoo, oil. No herbal shampoo is purely 'herbal' if it causes lather. In ayurveda there is nothing which causes lather. The paste described here takes care of dandruff, lice and also make hair smooth, long, thick and shining(Gray will not turn to black, however). For dandruff, 1/2 lemon juice added to paste. While all chemical pesticides are causing so many health problems to us, neem and cow urine based herbal pesticides are now being widely used, as they are practically free and kill all pests withoput causing any problems to soil or us. After washing hair with above paste, apply neem oil, and massage scalp with light pressure for 5 minutes. warmth must be felt. It will take 3-4 weeks to eradicate lice in this way. The treatments is safe, only external application. Even for 6 month old cutie. However, it may be advisable to reduce Kaphagenic diet: Curd, Shreekhand, Maida etc till lice is gone. Milk is unavoidable for 6 month old. These problem for nursing infants arise due to lack of Janma Ghuti or bitter herbs. If she is already taking solid food or semi-solids, check possibility of worms too. ______________________ > My whole family is suffering with lice. Could anybody please suggest > the natural methods to get rid of head lice? I am particularly looking > for a safe method to get rid of head lice from my 6-month old > daughters head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 I would like to say that Indian soap nut Kunkarakaya in telegu when boiled causes a lather and if you wash your hair with it it also kills lice. It also seems to remove the eggs You could wash you hair with that also for three or four days. I remember that I had my mother send be Nix - a chemical lice shampoo from Canada and it only reduced the lice. When I used the soap nut it killed the lice completely and did not hurt my scalp as the Nix had. ________________________ use equal(by weight) mixture of following powders: Aamla, Trifla, Neem-leaves, Methi (Fenugreek seeds), Aritha, Jaswanti. <snip> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Indian soap nuts, Shikakai (Acacia concinna) or Aritha (Sapindus Trifolia), when boiled in water do make lather, but this lather is due to boiling action. Boiled kashaya when it is used for washing hair, it does not form rich lather as formed by chemical shampoos. That is why author made a statement that there is nothing in ayurveda that can make lather (as rich as chemical shampoos). The paste recommended by this author does not need boiling, only applying and letting dry for 30-60 minutes. The application for 3-4 weeks was to get rid off eggs too. Slow poisoning is the principle used by ayurveda while eradicating parasites of all kinds. While worms should die, toxicity should be mild for us. With modern lifestyle, people are not prefering any additional boiling, pounding straining etc. In Metros, patients want evrything ready to swallow, not even apply and wait. In villages people are ready to prepare swaras, mixtures created by pounding, kashayas where boiling goes on for hours. Ayurveda can be experienced in villages and practiced in a limited way in Cities. City lifestyle has put a great restraint on use of ayurvedic remedies. ayurveda , mandv m <mandakiniven wrote: > > I would like to say that Indian soap nut Kunkarakaya in telegu when boiled causes a lather and if you wash your hair with it it also kills lice. It also seems to remove the eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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