Guest guest Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 Tea tree oil should take care of it! Buy a tea tree oil shampoo and apply the oil to her scalp (make sure you dilute it down... a few drops of tea tree oil in some mineral oil should work) herbal remedies , " Teresa " <TMyers0623@a...> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm a lurker here that needs help desperately! I've been fighting a > case of head lice on my 3 yr. old - not having much luck. I've tried > just about everything. She screams and carries on like I'm hurting > her when I'm trying to comb out the nits. I think thats the main > problem - not getting all the nits out! I've tried the toxic stuff - > didn't work at all. Right now I've been putting mineral oil on her > hair with a plastic cap on at night and letting her sleep in it. The > last time I did this there were still live ones the next morning!!! > I've searched the archives and don't come up with much - so I'm > hoping someone can give me some much needed hints. What herbs can I > use? I put a few drops of Tea Tree Oil in the Mineral Oil cause I > read that helps. Please help me!! > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Desperate Mom, > Teresa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 When my daughter got head lice we put the tea tree oil in some tea tree shampoo and that worked for her. I put it in fairly strong, tho. One thing maybe to try is to use a bit more of the tea tree (be careful with this tho, it can irritate) in your mineral oil. Then repeat it every day or at least every other day for at least a week. Make sure you wash all her pillows, pillow cases, blankets, etc, so that she isnt getting reinfected by these persistant bugs. Sometimes i wonder if the allopathic way of treating them has created a 'superbug' of some sort so that they are much harder to get rid of. I think that is what is happening with all these 'anti-bacterial' soaps that are on the market: creating super strength bacteria that can become deadly. Anyway, HTH diane in nw mt herbal remedies , TMyers0623@a... wrote: > I've been using Tea Tree Oil in mineral oil for the past few weeks. I think > my main problem is just not being persistent in getting all the nits out - > like I said earlier - my daughter screams and carries on, yells that I'm hurting > her and won't be still while I'm trying to get them out. But she's getting as > tired of this as I am!! > > Thanks all for your help! > > Teresa > > > In a message dated 1/11/04 4:24:45 AM Central Standard Time, ErinJC23@a... > writes: > > > In a message dated 1/11/2004 1:43:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, > > k_huether77 writes: > > > > >> Tea tree oil should take care of it! Buy a tea tree oil shampoo and > >> apply the oil to her scalp (make sure you dilute it down... a few > >> drops of tea tree oil in some mineral oil should work) > > > > But it's not according to her. How long have you been using the tea tree > > mix? > > > > Erin > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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