Neem Oil For Head Lice: Neem Shampoo A Natural Home Remedy?
Neem Oil For Head Lice Neem Shampoo A Natural Home Remedy?”Results Of The Latest Clinical Head Lice Shampoo Trials Are Promising. Neem Shampoo May Be A Very Effective Head Lice Remedy.”
Neem oil for head lice?
Whether neem shampoo is a home remedy for head lice is a popular question.
Head lice are such persistent little pests, and the usual chemical head lice shampoos are rather nasty.
Do you really want to wash your hair with insecticide? Some over the counter and prescription remedies are so toxic that you can only use them once every ten days.
And as if that wasn’t bad enough, head lice are also resistant to many of the commonly used chemicals! Most people find that out the hard way…
Wouldn’t it be great if there was an effective, natural home remedy for head lice? If you could just wash your hair with a nice neem shampoo and that’s it? All fixed?
It is common wisdom that neem oil shampoo prevents head lice. Head lice, like all insects, hate the smell of neem oil, and even the slightest hint of neem keeps head lice away.
But can neem shampoo get rid of an existing head lice infestation? That’s a different question. Most people think it can’t.
The recommendation is to use undiluted neem oil for head lice. Yep, a head lice infestation is the only condition where the use of undiluted neem oil is recommended. A very messy and smelly operation… (Although, no matter how smelly, a natural remedy for head lice is still much preferable to the nasty chemicals you would otherwise need.)
But now there is some good news. In January 2007 Egyptian researchers published the very promising results of a small clinical trial of a head lice remedy:
Sixty children, all heavily infested with head lice, were treated with neem shampoo. The study showed that if the hair is washed with 20 – 30 ml of neem shampoo, and the shampoo is left in the hair for at least 10 minutes, then neem shampoo is highly effective against all stages of head lice.
The head lice shampoo used in the trial contained neem seed extract. If a neem shampoo is to be effective against head lice it should contain neem seed oil or neem seed extract at a fairly high concentration.
Many neem shampoos contain neem leaf or bark extracts, and often they don’t contain all that much. Do not misinterpret that head lice home remedy study. It does not mean that ANY neem shampoo will totally clean up a head lice infestation just like that. But it is a promising trial.
Even if the neem shampoo didn’t kill the head lice eggs, it shouldn’t matter. Such a natural, herbal head lice shampoo can be used daily. Any remaining eggs that the nit comb missed would be dealt with as soon as they hatch. Using the neem shampoo would also prevent reinfestation via contaminated clothing, bedding etc.
This trial followed a 2006 laboratory experiment on Australian head lice. The results were the same. The neem oil shampoo was highly effective against head lice, more effective than a conventional head lice treatment containing permethrin (a common pesticide).
Want to give it a go and treat head lice at home naturally? Here are some related pages:
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Your Experiences With Neem And Head Lice
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What Other Readers Have Said And Asked
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Can you add neem oil to your existing shampoo? If so how much should I add? I have a coconut milk shampoo with coconut oil in it and I added tea tree oil about 10 drops, I wanted to mix the neem in …
Neem oil doesn’t work against head lice Neem oil does not work, I looked into it with an open mind, but it just doesn’t, neither does shampoo though. The best luck I’ve had has been cutting the …
My boys were riddled with head lice – until finding neem. My little boys regularly came home with a head full of lice. We have both the Metallic Long Comb and an Electronic Comb, which were good whilst we used …
Lice love my hair No kidding, I have had head lice at least three times in my life, they love certain types of hair. I am Caucasian/Italian with med course hair. A moving …
Undiluted Neem oil best to get rid of lice This is my experience using neem oil from my childhood. A single night is enough to completely get rid of lice.
Procedure:
Apply huge amount of undiluted …
Nothing worked like the neem My daughter used a dual treatment of two organic products, one was called the nit kit by www.wellinhand.com and the other was Theraneem shampoo by Organix …
Neem oil does work I discovered neem oil in India where there is a product called Licel and it is basically neem oil. I have got rid of a massive head lice infestation with …
Undiluted neem oil for head lice–now what? After 2 Nix treatments and countless hours of combing with lice combs, she had discovered a live bug this morning in her hair. So I switched to neem oil….
Neem oil for head lice on baby I have five month old baby and she got head lice. Can I use neem oil for her? If yes, then please send me the procedure. Thanks, SM
Neem Oil loosens nits I have four girls – the oldest is 8 – all with lice. We used chemical pesticides first only to find live lice the next day. Tonight I applied neem oil …
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Sources:
Parasitol Res. 2007 Jan;100(2):329-32. Epub 2006 Aug 10. Efficacy of neem seed extract shampoo on head lice of naturally infected humans in Egypt.
Parasitol Res. 2006 Sep;99(4):353-6. Epub 2006 Mar 28. A new shampoo based on neem (Azadirachta indica) is highly effective against head lice in vitro.
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