Okay, so let’s talk about lice….
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There IS a natural alternative to ridding hair of lice. Thanks to http://www.care2.com for the tips!
1.) Lather hair
with a coconut-oil castile soap. Add a few drops of tea tree oil and
neem oil to the lathered hair. (Health food stores sell castile soap
and tea tree oil.)
2. Rinse and rewash with this same mixture.
3. After rewashing, do not rinse, but wrap a towel around the head and wait for half an hour.
4. Comb with a nit-removing comb, strand by strand, until all nits are
removed (this takes a while). Dampen hair as needed. To order a comb,
click here..
5. Wash and rinse the hair. Once dry, check, thoroughly, for any missed nits.
6. Thoroughly clean the comb, hands, bedding, and clothing. Pillows can
be placed in the freezer overnight. You can comb a lice-repellant
essential oil through the hair. The best choices of repellent essential
oils are tea tree, neem, rosemary, lavender, eucalyptus, and rose
geranium. Add 10 drops of essential oil to 1 oz. oil. Comb through the
hair. Or make a tea tree oil shampoo by adding 10 drops of tea tree oil
to 1 oz. of shampoo.
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Alternative Lice Treatments
The fear of head lice resistance to the pesticides pyrethrin and
permethrin has led many consumers to turn to alternative methods of
treating head lice. Retail Pharmacy News offers an extensive list of,
and a look at alternative treatments to toxic pesticides. Not Nice To Lice contains no pesticides.
Ingredients: Filtered and purified water, and natural enzyme cleaners including
Protease, Lipase, Cellulase and Amylase. LiceOut water-based gel contains no pesticides and is nontoxic. Click here.
We just had an infestation at home, and used non-toxic “LiceFreee!” (sold at Whole Foods). It seemed to have gotten rid of 90% of the lice. With thorough combing 1-2x/day (using a lice comb, a nit comb, and a Robi Comb), three infested heads have been cleared of lice and nits in a matter of 5 days. Unbeknown to me until I found this URL, I was also using Kiehl’s Tea Tree Oil Shampoo, which also seems to have helped rid/repel the lice.
If you are interested in eliminating head lice or in the prevention of head lice infestation and/or re-infestation there is only one non-toxic product that can work for you and that is X-PEL Anti-Lice Shampoo & Conditioner (NDC 11727-06-6).
Products that claim to be “FDA registered” or “FDA approved” will have an NDC number (national drug code) on the bottle. If they do not have one they are not FDA registered.
Visit the X-PEL web site: http://www.xpelheadlice.com and read about the most effective non-toxic, FDA registered product for the treatment and control of head lice.
http://www.licesolutions.org
Nonprofit head lice awareness and control center
Web and phone support available