How to get rid of parasites is a question that can be solved unequivocally: by going to the pharmacy and purchasing anthelmintic drugs. But this option is not suitable for everyone. Someone can face the risk of helminth infection while traveling or on a country vacation, someone basically prefers natural remedies to "chemicals", and someone does not tolerate drugs well. Fortunately, folk medicine also has effective recipes that will provide you with gentle and safe cleansing from parasites.
Important to remember
Before starting deworming it is however necessary to consult a doctor who will determine the contraindications. Even folk remedies can harm you if you have diseases of the gallbladder, pancreas, liver and kidneys, as well as hypertension.
A visit to the doctor is absolutely necessary if you feel really unwell. In case of fever, severe muscle pain, blood in the urine and seizures, do not self-medicate and seek medical help immediately.
Folk remedies for parasites: before and after
Before you start using folk remedies against parasites, you should cleanse the body. To do this, take Enterosgel for a week.
During cleansing (no matter what you choose - folk remedies against parasites or anthelmintic drugs) follow a diet. The basis of the diet should be vegetables, cereals and soups in weak broth. Fatty foods, dairy products and fermented milk products should be minimized.
After deworming, the diet should be continued for 7-10 days. During this period it is necessary to strictly observe hygiene rules, as the risk of reinfection with parasites in a weakened body increases.
Folk remedies for parasites: onions and garlic
Spicy vegetables are a great help in the fight against roundworms, pinworms, lamblia and even, as traditional medicine assures, can cope with bovine tapeworm.
Garlic: a proven natural doctor
- Raw garlic: A few cloves are eaten on an empty stomach in the morning for a week. Contraindicated in case of gastritis and gallbladder dyskinesia!
- Garlic decoction: Boil 5 large peeled cloves in a glass of milk for 10 minutes, leave for another 10 minutes, then strain. The decoction is consumed within a week - a spoonful before each meal.
- Garlic tincture for Giardiashown only to adults. Pour vodka over the peeled garlic cloves (200 ml of vodka per 50 grams of garlic) and leave to stand for a week in a tightly closed dark glass container. Take 20 drops per spoonful of water before meals: 3 times a day, for 5 days.
- Onion tincture: Chop a medium-sized onion, pour in vodka (so that the pulp is "closed"). Leave for a week, filter. Take one spoonful before meals twice a day - morning and evening - for 3 days.
- Onion porridge: chop a medium onion, add salt, add a drizzle of vegetable oil to the pulp. Eat the mixture at night for 5 days.
- Garlic enema for pinworms: Boil a peeled medium head of garlic in a glass of milk until soft. Strain the broth, cool it and do small enemas at night for a week.
Folk remedies for parasites: pumpkin
Pumpkin seeds have long established themselves as an effective natural cure against pinworms and roundworms. In addition, they are rich in vitamins and microelements, and are also able to improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
Pumpkin seeds: a proven remedy against parasites
- Pumpkin seed paste: clean 100 grams of seeds, chop them, mix with vegetable oil (0. 5 cups), let it brew overnight. Eat in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening prepare a new portion for the next morning. You need to consume this paste for 3 days. Take a break for 2 days and repeat the three-day course.
- Pumpkin seeds with honey: grind 40 grams of pumpkin, mix with a teaspoon of honey, eat the pulp on an empty stomach. After an hour, drink a laxative. The course of such treatment is similar: 6 days with a two-day break after the first 3 days.
- Pumpkin seed decoction for worms: Grind half a kilo of seeds in a meat grinder together with the peel, add water (in a 2: 1 ratio) and boil for 2 hours over low heat in a water bath. Filter the broth, remove the oily film from the surface and drink on an empty stomach, in small doses over half an hour. After two hours, take a laxative.
- Pumpkin seeds obtained from bovine tapeworms. Traditional medicine claims that in this case a mixture of pumpkin seeds and cranberry juice will help. On the eve of treatment, healers recommend eating more salty foods. In the morning, on an empty stomach, take a paste of peeled and crushed pumpkin seeds mixed with cranberry juice. Stay in bed for two hours, then drink a laxative (castor oil is recommended) and move around a bit. The parasite should leave the body within 3-4 hours.
Folk remedies for parasites: herbs and spices
Herbs such as tansy and wormwood and spices such as cloves and coriander have proven effective since ancient times in the fight against helminths.Herbal teas are contraindicated during pregnancy!
The best herbs for parasites are wormwood and tansy
- Tansy infusion inside: Pour a glass of boiling water into 1 tablespoon of dried tansy inflorescences. Let it brew for an hour, strain, cool and drink 4 tablespoons 3-4 times a day before meals.
- Tansy infusion for enemas: pour boiling water over the dried inflorescences (at the rate of 0. 5 cups of water per 1 teaspoon of herb). Leave to ferment for 3 hours. Filter, heat in a bain-marie to +36 °C and do small enemas at night for a week.
- Herbal remedy for worms. Pour boiling water over equal parts of dry inflorescences of tansy, chamomile and wormwood (one glass per tablespoon of raw material). Leave to cool and drink on an empty stomach: one glass in the morning and in the evening, for 3 days.
- Wormwood infusion against parasites. Pour boiling water (1. 5 cups) over 2 teaspoons of crushed wormwood and leave in a thermos overnight. Filter the bitter decoction and drink before meals, dividing it into three doses over an hour and a half. Repeat the procedure every morning for 2-3 weeks.
- Cloves for parasites. Grind dried cloves in a mill or coffee grinder, take for 3 days, 10 minutes after meals. The first day: 0. 5 grams after each meal. The second day - 1 gram, the third - 1. 5 grams. Then take 1. 5 grams for another 6 days. Instead of cloves, you can use coriander.
How to avoid getting infected again
Preventing a disease, as they say, is easier than treating it. In order not to pick up pinworms, lamblia, roundworms, echinococci and other unwanted "freeloaders", you need to follow a few simple rules.
- Avoid unwashed foods and dirty water. Always wash your hands (especially after contact with the ground), as well as vegetables and fruit; Do not drink water from unknown sources.
- Do not eat half-cooked (and especially raw) meat and fish. They may contain pork tapeworm larvae, trichinella and other parasites, so always cook meat and fish thoroughly.
- Wash your hands after contact with pets - dogs and cats. Pets can infect you with dipylides, toxoplasmosis and other infections.
- When traveling to tropical countries, stock up on hand sanitizers and antibacterial wipes. Do not walk barefoot or swim in unfamiliar bodies of fresh water.