Home Remedies for Head Lice

1. Garlic

The strong fragrance of garlic can suffocate lice, ultimately killing them.

• Grind eight to 10 garlic cloves into a paste and mix in two to three teaspoons of lime juice. Apply the mixture thoroughly onto the scalp. Leave it on for a half an hour and then rinse the hair thoroughly with hot water.
• Alternatively, you can make a thick paste by combining fresh garlic juice with some cooking oil, lemon extract, green tea and some shampoo and conditioner. Coat the hair thoroughly with the paste and cover your scalp with a towel or shower cap for about a half an hour. Then wash your hair with your regular shampoo. Repeat this remedy on a weekly basis for one to two months.

2. Baby Oil

For another easy natural treatment for head lice, you will need baby oil, laundry detergent and some white vinegar. It is believed that baby oil, too, helps suffocate the head lice.

• Apply some baby oil on your hair and then comb your hair slowly so that lice start falling from your head.
• Then wash your hair with laundry detergent and hot water.
• Before bed, put some white vinegar on your hair and cover your head with a shower cap or towel. Leave it on overnight.
• In the morning, wash your hair with regular shampoo and then apply some conditioner.

Repeat this process for at least three to four days to get positive results.