At the mention of intestinal parasites, many begin to giggle embarrassedly and lead the conversation aside. This illness has long been considered something shameful and left far behind in childhood - supposedly over the years the risks of catching helminths evaporate somewhere.
However, the statistics are inexorable: every year in large countries about 1. 5 million people become infected with the disease, and almost 20% of them are adults. There is no need to panic - pharmaceutical medications 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 instantly take root there. These reptiles have a lot of varieties - roundworms, tapeworms, pinworms, tapeworms. . . Contrary to the stereotype, parasites can live not only in the human intestines, but also in the liver, muscles and even joints, and this can lead to serious disturbances in the functioning of the body due to reduced immunityto nervous disorders, severe allergies and intoxication.
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 have accumulated quite effective methods for removing worms from the body, and which of them 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, fatigue too quickly;
- Irritability and moodiness;
- Digestive disorders (gas, diarrhea, constipation);
- Sudden weight loss, problems with appetite;
- 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 see a doctor and resort to treating worms with folk remedies. Unofficial medicine, of course, knows very effective ways to get rid of the nasties in your intestines, but it is the doctor who will select the right recipe that will best help you.
What secrets are hidden in home methods of getting rid of helminths? Which ones are best and how to use them correctly?
- It is optimal to use both medications and "grandmother’s" secrets at once. Complex therapy against parasitic worms gives the strongest effect and will allow you to cope with the disease very quickly.
- Helminth parasites cannot tolerate elevated temperatures, so home medicine recommends using hot medicines for therapy: infusions of ginger, garlic, pepper, horseradish, cloves, etc.
- The most effective remedies, proven over 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, you must do a regular cleansing one. Onion-garlic enemas are contraindicated for children under three years of age.
Onions and garlic against parasitic worms
The most accessible and popular folk remedies for worms in children and adults are onions and garlic. Burning healers kill parasites, relieve anal itching and perfectly disinfect - 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 for this ailment with garlic.
Recipe 1
Press 4-5 garlic cloves in a garlic press, pour a glass of milk and cook for 10-15 minutes. When the broth is infused (an hour is enough), filter and drink a glass a day, stretching it 4 times.
Recipe 2
Bitter "evil" onions can cure illness no worse than garlic cloves. Take a small onion, chop it finely, fill it with hot boiled water. The next morning we filter. Drink in the morning on an empty stomach.
Recipes with herbs
Herbs for worms and parasites are one of the most gentle therapeutic methods. The most effective medicinal plants against parasitic worms are wormwood, tansy, chamomile, St. John's wort, elecampane, 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 becomes noticeably colored, strain through gauze and drink half a glass three times a day, ideally before meals.
- You can replace wormwood with tansy in the above recipe. In this case, you need to brew the infusion for 4 hours, and change the dosage slightly - a tablespoon 4 times a day.
- If you don’t want to bother with decoctions, you can prepare a dried mixture - grind flaxseeds, 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. Therapeutic enemas at night for the whole family come in a variety of varieties - onion-garlic, tansy, chamomile, and even regular soda. Such treatment is a mandatory part of complex therapy against parasitic reptiles.
- The simplest and most effective enema is a garlic enema. Finely chop or grate 5-6 cloves of garlic, pour boiling water (100-150 ml) and bring to a boil. When the solution has cooled to body temperature, therapy can begin.
- A very effective herbal enema is 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 soda powder per glass of water. We put it on the stove and bring it to 38-42 degrees - the solution is ready. Adults can 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 during 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 for worms in humans - pumpkin seeds. This cheap and tasty medicine acts slowly and gently, but the effect is like that of the most powerful anthelmintic drugs.
- In the morning, as soon as you wake up, eat 2-3 spoons of pumpkin seeds. Don't forget to chew thoroughly! After a couple of hours, wash it down with a tablespoon of olive oil. After these simple manipulations, the 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 tablespoon 4 times a day.
- The simplest way is to simply chew pumpkin seeds in the mornings and evenings, half an hour before dinner. Half a glass of pumpkin seeds at one sitting 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 a child in a family catches parasites, the whole family is at risk. In addition, it is no coincidence that this problem is considered to be a children’s problem - the lion’s share of those affected are children. How to treat pinworms in children and what methods are considered the most suitable for a young body?
In case of parasitic infection, it is important for children to select the mildest and most non-toxic treatment options. Flaxseed and pumpkin oils are very effective, both internally and in enemas.
The simplest 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 supplement the therapy with microenemas: 50 ml of pumpkin solution at night.
An onion-garlic enema will complement the treatment of worms in children with folk remedies. The recipe is this: grind 3 cloves of garlic and add chopped onion in the same proportion. Pour 50 ml of hot water, squeeze out after 15 minutes, strain and add half a tablespoon of lemon juice. Dilute the antihelminthic 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 the most effective treatment, it is better to consult a doctor and combine home treatments with pharmaceutical drugs. And don’t forget about prevention - personal hygiene, washing your hands after walks and clean fruits and vegetables will not allow parasitic worms to attack you and your family.