The Natural Head Lice
Home Remedies You Need

Real head lice home remedies for treatment

Head lice are tiny insects that can be found on the scalp of people. They lay eggs and fix them to the hair with a glue-like substance.

It is hard to see the eggs but easier to spot the empty shells once the eggs are hatched. It takes 7-10 days for the eggs to be hatched. The empty shells are known as “nits.” You will need some aggressive head lice home remedies to destroy them.

Head lice or nits are mostly common in children particularly those of nursery and primary school age. They can be transferred easily from head to head.

A louse is smaller than a match head and it bites the scalp to feed on the blood. It doesn’t matter whether the hair is clean or dirty, it will clink to the hair shaft close to the warm scalp.

Some symptoms of head lice may include, constant scratching of head, red and irritated scalp, specks of white (nits) on the hair, red rashes on nape of the neck, and behind the ears.

How to treat head lice with home remedies

Garlic and olive oil for head lice treatment

Garlic has anti-parasitic properties that can help your child’s body to fight head lice infestation.

Mix 10 drops of garlic oil with 2 ounces of olive oil and rub the mixture into the hair and scalp for 5 minutes. Leave it on overnight and wash off the next day. Repeat the process if necessary.

Vegetable shortening and vinegar head lice home remedies

Rub a thick coat of vegetable shortening into the hair and the roots. Put on a shower cup and let it stay for about 2 hours. The oils in the vegetable shortening suffocate the lice.

Shampoo the hair thoroughly after 2 hours, and rinse with equal part of white vinegar and water mixed together. Finally, rinse the hair out with water and comb hair with a nit comb. The vinegar dissolves the “glue” so that you can easily comb out the nits from the hair with a nit comb.

Goldenseal home remedies for lice

Goldenseal has some properties that are known for killing lice. Mix 20 drops of goldenseal in 2 cups of water and use to wash the scalp of your head.

Tea tree head lice home remedies

Tea tree oil is a strong disinfectant that gets rid of head lice. Add 25 drops to 2 ounces of olive oil and rub the mixture into the scalp 2 times a day.

Let it sit for 2 hours before washing the hair thoroughly. Comb the hair to remove lice and nits.

Use petroleum jelly for lice eggs on eye lashes in the morning and evening for 8 days and gently comb out the nits.Tea tree solution is too strong for the eye lashes.

Neem oil conditioner for head lice removal

Neem oil is a natural, plant-based insecticide and repellant. Saturate the hair with the conditioner, and wet comb it with a special comb available for lice and eggs removal.

Use a methodical combing practice. Divide the hair into sections, and comb through each section systematically to remove lice and eggs. This is one of the effective home remedies for head lice.

Listerine lice home remedy

Wet your hair and scalp with Listerine and cover it with a shower cap. Let it sit for 2 hours before washing it off. Listerine contains thymol which kills lice and prevents re-infestation.

Preventive measures

You will discover that natural head lice home remedies which are mostly around us, can remove all traces of lice in the hair.

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