At the mention of intestinal parasites, many begin to giggle in embarrassment and move the conversation aside. This disease has long been considered something shameful and left behind in childhood - presumably over the years the risks of contracting helminths evaporate somewhere.
However, the statistics are inexorable: every year in large countries about 1. 5 million people are infected with the disease, and almost 20% of them are adults. There is no need to panic: pharmaceutical drugs and folk remedies for worms in adults work real miracles, the main thing is to know all the rules and details of such home therapy.
How to recognize parasites?
Helminths are small parasitic worms that easily penetrate the human body and immediately take root there. These reptiles have many varieties: roundworms, tapeworms, pinworms, tapeworms. . . Contrary to the stereotype, parasites can live not only in the human intestine, but also in the liver, muscles and even joints, and this can lead to serious diseases, disturbances in the functioning of the body due to reduced immunity to nervous disorders, severe allergies and intoxications.
How to get rid of helminths? The main thing in this matter is to notice dangerous symptoms in time and take the necessary tests. Official and traditional medicine has accumulated quite effective methods for removing worms from the body, and which one to choose depends only on the patient.
How to identify worms in a child and an adult? The following signs will indicate this:
- Problems with sleep, headaches, too rapid tiredness;
- Irritability and bad mood;
- Digestive disorders (gas, diarrhea, constipation);
- Sudden weight loss, appetite problems;
- Pale skin and unhealthy appearance;
- Itching in and around the anus.
Home treatment methods: rules of use
When such a delicate diagnosis is confirmed, many are embarrassed to consult a doctor and resort to treating worms with folk remedies. Unofficial medicine, of course, knows very effective ways to eliminate impurities in the intestines, but it will be the doctor who will select the right recipe that will help you best.
What secrets are hidden in home methods of getting rid of helminths? Which are the best and how to use them correctly?
- It is optimal to use both drugs and "grandmother's" secrets at the same time. Complex therapy against parasitic worms gives the strongest effect and will allow you to cope with the disease very quickly.
- Helminth parasites cannot tolerate high temperatures, so home medicine recommends using warm medicines for therapy: infusions of ginger, garlic, pepper, horseradish, cloves, etc.
- The most effective remedies, proven over the centuries, are herbs, walnuts and pumpkin seeds, onions and garlic, as well as enema oils: pumpkin and flaxseed.
- The optimal course of healing tinctures and enemas against helminths is 10-14 days. After a few days the course can be repeated.
- Before using therapeutic enemas, it is necessary to carry out regular cleaning. Onion and garlic enemas are contraindicated for children under three years of age.
Onions and garlic against parasitic worms
The most accessible and popular folk remedies against worms in children and adults are onions and garlic. Burning healers kill parasites, relieve anal itching and disinfect perfectly - even ancient Egyptian doctors wrote in their manuscripts about the benefits of garlic against parasites that "devour a person from the inside", and Hippocrates successfully treated his patients with this disorder with garlic.
Recipe 1
Press 4-5 cloves of garlic in a garlic press, pour in a glass of milk and cook for 10-15 minutes. When the broth is infusing (one hour is enough), filter and drink a glass a day, diluting it 4 times.
Recipe 2
"Evil" bitter onions can cure diseases no worse than garlic cloves. Take a small onion, chop it finely, fill it with warm boiled water. The next morning we filter. Drink in the morning on an empty stomach.
Recipes with aromatic herbs
Herbs against worms and parasites are one of the gentlest therapeutic methods. The most effective medicinal plants against parasitic worms are wormwood, tansy, chamomile, St. John's wort, elecampane, sea buckthorn, etc.
- Pour a large spoonful of dried wormwood into a glass of boiling water. When the herb sinks to the bottom and the infusion takes on a noticeable color, filter through gauze and drink half a glass three times a day, preferably before meals.
- You can replace wormwood with tansy in the recipe above. In this case, you need to prepare the infusion for 4 hours and slightly change the dosage: one tablespoon 4 times a day.
- If you don't want to bother with decoctions, you can prepare a dried mixture: grind flax seeds, cloves and wormwood in equal proportions in a coffee grinder and eat half a teaspoon after meals.
Other proven methods for home therapy are fresh carrots (200 ml in the morning on an empty stomach), walnut leaves, dried pomegranate peels and the most common chamomile infusion.
Therapeutic enemas
Folk remedies for worms in adults are unthinkable without enemas. Nocturnal therapeutic enemas for the whole family come in several varieties: onion-garlic, tansy, chamomile and even ordinary soda. Such treatment is an obligatory part of complex therapy against parasitic reptiles.
- The simplest and most effective enema is a garlic enema. Chop or finely grate 5-6 cloves of garlic, pour boiling water (100-150 ml) and bring to a boil. Once the solution has cooled to body temperature, therapy can begin.
- A very effective herbal enema consists of 20 grams of dried tansy flowers, pour a glass of boiling water and leave for half an hour. When the medicine has cooled to 39-36 degrees, we begin the procedures.
- For a soda enema, take half a teaspoon of powdered soda per glass of water. We put it on the fire and bring it to 38-42 degrees: the solution is ready. Adults may be given up to 2 glasses of water per procedure.
Recipes for pregnant women
If you are diagnosed with helminths during pregnancy, treatment should be carried out especially carefully. Medicinal plants are very effective in this tender period, but some have contraindications for expectant mothers.
If herbal remedies against parasitic worms are not suitable for you, you can use the safest folk remedy against worms in humans - pumpkin seeds. This cheap and tasty medicine works slowly and gently, but the effect is similar to that of more powerful anthelmintic drugs.
- In the morning, as soon as he wakes up, he eats 2-3 tablespoons of pumpkin seeds. Don't forget to chew well! After a couple of hours, wet it with a spoonful of olive oil. After these simple manipulations, harmful reptiles should come out on their own.
- Grind 100 grams of peeled pumpkin seeds in a coffee grinder and mix with two tablespoons of clean water. Take a full spoon 4 times a day.
- The easiest way is to simply chew pumpkin seeds in the morning and evening, half an hour before dinner. Half a glass of pumpkin seeds at once for a week - and soon the delicate problem will disappear.
Recipes for children
Very often intestinal worms appear in adults after contact with children: if one child in a family contracts parasites, the whole family is at risk. Furthermore, it is no coincidence that this problem is considered a children's problem: most of those affected are children. How to treat pinworms in children and what methods are considered the most suitable for a young body?
In the case of a parasitic infection, it is important that children choose the mildest, non-toxic treatment options. Flaxseed and pumpkin oils are very effective, both internally and in enemas.
The easiest way to use pumpkin oil is to take a teaspoon of oil every day half an hour before meals. For a 100% effect, you can integrate the therapy with microenemas: 50 ml of pumpkin solution in the evening.
An onion and garlic enema will complement the treatment of worms in children with folk remedies. The recipe is this: grind 3 cloves of garlic and add the chopped onion in the same proportion. Pour 50 ml of hot water, squeeze after 15 minutes, filter and add half a spoonful of lemon juice. Dilute the anthelmintic mixture with a liter of warm water and you can do therapeutic enemas.
Folk remedies for worms in adults are very diverse, and most importantly, they are available to every family. However, for a more effective treatment, it is better to consult a doctor and combine home treatments with medications. And don't forget about prevention: personal hygiene, washing hands after walks and cleaning fruits and vegetables will not allow parasitic worms to attack you and your family.