Head Lice – Home Remedies That Work
Since you never know when your child will bring home from the dreaded note from school about someone in their class having head lice, I found this article about Head Lice – Home Remedies That Work very interesting and wanted to share it with you. I like using natural products and especially for children,, we need to keep chemicals away from them as much as we can. I also love using essential oils and this article has some great information and a few recipes for both treating AND prevention of head lice.
When I make my recipes with essential oils, I put them in a spray bottle. There are many different styles and sizes, these are two different ones I use and I like to have the pocket sizes on hand for traveling. These are a great size to put a small amount of the head lice remedy in and carry it with you as a preventative spray when the children are on the way to school or even a kids party.
When you know you have lice you are looking for the appropriate treatment and you have to choose between shampoos or other chemical products and head lice home remedies. This should be taken seriously, there are a lot of treatments available to the general public, most of them are quite efficient if done correctly, but some of them are chemical and can have side-effects.
For example, do you know what kind of substance you are putting on your child’s head when you are using lice shampoo? That the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends Nix as the most effective treatment for head lice, does not mean it is actually the most effective and anyway you are still using pesticides. While some people feel like chemical products are the best and only way to get rid of head lice, other people definitely want to look for more natural options.
If you do some research you can quickly come up with a long list of home remedies and natural treatments against lice, but not all of them will actually work. This depends on the type of remedy, on the degree of the lice infestation you are facing, and on the way you do the treatment, as a good treatment will not work if not done correctly. Here are some remedies that have been tested and have proven to work, whether empirically or scientifically.
Some essential oils have proven to effectively fight head lice. You can also do it yourself at home by following this recipe: Mix 2 ml of lavender essential oil with 1 ml of essential oil of peppermint. Add 1ml of melaleuca essential oil and 1 ml of tea tree essential oil. Then add 10 ml of alcohol 40 degrees. Pour the mixture into a spray bottle and spray the neck and temples every morning as a prevention measure. You can also spray hats and scarves to prevent the risk of transmission. If your hair is already infested, spray 12 times on your head and rub your hair and scalp. Then comb your hair section by section with a head lice comb to remove dead lice as well as nits.
Another head lice home remedy that works well is olive oil. You can put together one liter of olive oil, 20 drops of lavender essential oil, 20 drops of geranium essential oil, 2 sprigs of rosemary and a few mint leaves (optional, as this is only for the flavor). Apply this mixture to dry hair after brushing it. Then you will want to comb the hair in order to distribute the mixture, especially if you are dealing with long hair. Leave the product about 24 hours and make 2 normal shampoos to remove the fatty oil.
A cheap and effective method to fight lice is to use alcohol (flavored with lemon or orange) that you can put on your children’s hair. Of course you have to be very careful so as not to pour it into their eyes! But it is highly effective because head lice die within minutes and the hair stays shiny. Eventually, if your goal is to prevent lice from coming back, a good measure against lice is to put a few drops of lavender oil on the collar of your kid’s shirts. Lice hate the smell and this will keep them away.
Most head lice home remedies do work, in spite of what you will sometimes read or what people will tell you. If you choose to use them, remember that there effectiveness will depend mainly on your ability to prepare and apply them correctly.
For more tips about head lice and recipes of head lice home remedies, visit http://www.headlicecenter.com.
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Can I say Mayo shampoo….. Ughh, you never look at Mayo the same way after you have washed your hair with it because all three of your siblings ended up with lice. My little sister had it the worst since she had the longest hair. The mayo shampoo and those horrible lice brushes definitely seemed to help. I think I like your methods better. Thanks for sharing, now that I have a three year old in preschool I pray that I do not need it, but it’s good to know.
I’m not sure if I would be able to make my gramma’s delicious mayo cake if I used mayo shampoo Kevin. LOL Just thinking of bugs and lice make me start itching all over! But the essential oils work great and one of my readers left a comment to use tea tree oil with mint. The mint smothers the lice! How cool is that. Thanks for stopping by and hope you little one gets through preschool with a clear head!
Mint and tea tree oil are effective against lice. They don’t like it. Mint will smoother them.
Ah, that’s good to know about the mint Sandy! What type of mint works best? Thanks for the great advice!
fortunately, I don’t think Iv ever had lice! but if my kids ever get it, I know who to call, lol!
You were lucky going through school when you were young and missed the lice. Every time I hear about someone having lice, my head starts itching all over! LOL
Lots of great info.
I remember when I was younger and in school with my two little sisters and my middle sister brought home head lice twice. That sucked, but my G-ma Sally, got ride of it quickly and treated the whole house household and not just the one that had lice, just to be sure it didn’t spread.
Luckily my girls missed that stage in school Christa. I’ve had some friends kids who have had them and they have been a bear to get rid of them. They now have something called super lice where you think it’s gone but then reappears. I start itching just thinking about them! LOL Thanks for stopping by!