Planning for summer camps is just around the corner and where there are kids, hats and lots of shared time together, you can have outbreaks of head lice. Icky but true!
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House calls – click here to see monkeys pick nits from kids’ heads!
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Homeopathy Helps
There are a number of remedies that homeopaths can use to treat head lice in adults or children, whether a one time situation or chronic infestations. Rather than a one remedy fits all, homeopaths can individualize, which means that homeopathy can offer a safe, non-toxic alternative to the poisonous over the counter treatments by taking into account who the person is with head lice.
One person might be full of despair with the itching, very chilly (Psorinum) and yet another person might be fearful that they have a terrible disease and feel better in the open air (Sabadilla).
Staphysagria can be thought of as well, especially if your child/adult seems offended or insulted by the idea of having head lice.
Pediculus is the homeopathic remedy made from head lice. Symptoms include (your child/adult does not need to have all these symptoms but all the symptoms of the person must be in the remedy): Laughing, sadness/melancholy/anger without cause and the mood can change suddenly. Skin symptoms of itching, prickling, irritability (physically and mentally) and possibly falling out of hair.
With a case of head lice, it is best to consult with a homeopath for the remedy that best fits the child and/or adult.
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