At some stage in your children's lives, especially when they start school, they will become infected with head lice. It doesn't matter how much you try to prevent it, they will always somehow manage to become infested with them. However in this article we will look at a number of different head lice home remedies you could try should your child get them.
1. Take 1 teaspoon of lime juice, 1 teaspoon of garlic paste and apply it all over your child's scalp. Leave it on for 30 minutes and then wash it off.
2. Take 8-10 almonds and grind them into a paste with 2-3 teaspoons of lime juice. Again this needs to be applied to the child's scalp and left on for 30 minutes. After the 30 minutes is up you can then wash the child's hair as normal.
3. Vinegar is another one of the head lice home remedies that you can try. Just wash the hair and scalp with household vinegar.
4. Massage mayonnaise in to the hair and on the scalp. After 2 hours, comb through the hair gently before washing again.
5. By applying Vaseline directly and freely to your scalp you will be able to suffocate and then remove the lice. However, this may take a long time to do as Vaseline is not easy to remove from hair. Before washing, you could apply some corn flour to the Vaseline while on the head and it will make the process much easier.
6. Mix together 20 drops of eucalyptus essential oil and tea tree oil with 10 drops each of aniseed essential oil and lemon oil along with 75ml of olive oil. Apply to the hair and leave for 1 hour before washing thoroughly.
As you can see, there are a wide variety of head lice home remedies that are available and many of which can be made using products that you probably already have at home. Repeat treatments as often as necessary and don't give up in finding a head lice home remedy that works for your situation.