Infection of the body with parasites occurs in various ways and often leads to a lot of unpleasant consequences. There are many ways to get rid of helminthiasis. Some of them involve the use of specialized medicines, but folk remedies for worms can be no less effective.
The main advantage of non-traditional treatment is its availability and the ability to choose an antihelminthic agent based on available, natural ingredients, familiar and common food products that best suit individual preferences.
Worms: causes and ways of infection
Parasites living in the human body are divided into groups: geohelminths, biohelminths, contact worms. All of them provoke a variety of diseases, which are collectively called "helminthiasis".
Most of human helminths live in the digestive tract, where the most favorable conditions for their stay and reproduction are created. However, there are also extraintestinal helminths living in the lungs, muscles, and liver.
The main route of infection is oral-fecal. The entry of parasites into the body occurs through the consumption of contaminated meat, fish, shellfish, contact with domestic animals acting as carriers.
The spread of individuals is often carried out by repeated ingestion of helminth eggs. Strict adherence to the rules of personal hygiene helps to eliminate the risk of re-infection. The main symptoms of the presence of worms are:
- increased salivation, joint and muscle pain;
- digestive disorders (diarrhea, constipation, nausea, vomiting);
- asthenia, allergic reactions, fatigue;
- anemia, a sharp decrease in body weight;
- prolonged cough of unknown origin;
- insomnia, irritability, dermatoses.
These and other signs, together with reduced immunity, enlarged lymph nodes, flatulence, may indicate the presence of parasites. To check the physical condition and confirm concerns, it is recommended to undergo an enzyme immunoassay, i. e. take a blood test for the presence of harmful creatures in the body.
Folk remedies against worms
The general sequence of treatment with alternative methods is in many ways similar to the usual drug therapy. It helps to remove any kind of helminths. It is worth remembering here: some recipes and substances affect only certain types of parasites, others remove accumulated toxins, and at the same time cleanse the internal organs.
Bitter foods are poorly tolerated by parasites. Therefore, the simplest, most affordable remedy for an independent fight against helminthiasis is the use of a large number of spices: dry ginger, cloves, ground pepper, cinnamon, as well as garlic, horseradish, onions, mustard.
It is important to stick to a specific diet throughout your home treatment.
It is necessary to exclude flour products, sweets, fried, smoked foods from the diet. The basis of dietary nutrition should be fruits, various fermented milk products, vegetables, cereals. Herbal teas with the addition of such herbs as wormwood, mint, thyme are very useful.
Pumpkin seeds
An alternative way of anthelmintic treatment is to eat pumpkin seeds. Due to the cucurbitin, which is part of the composition, which has a destructive effect on various parasites, the seeds are used to get rid of worms, as well as to prevent their further appearance. Since the greatest amount of cucurbitin is contained in the thinnest film that connects the core and the outer shell, seeds are eaten unpeeled. For the purpose of prophylaxis, adults are advised to eat one hundred grams a day, children 70. In addition, enemas from pumpkin seed decoctions contribute to the elimination of parasites.
Cleansing Blend Recipe: grind 200 g of raw seeds in a blender, mix them with one glass of milk. This "cocktail" should be drunk on an empty stomach, preferably in the morning. An hour after taking - take one teaspoon of castor oil, drink a glass of water or green tea. The duration of treatment is from three days to one week.
Another recipe:
- Grind 500 grams of seeds in a blender / meat grinder.
- Pour 2 liters of water and keep on fire until the liquid has completely evaporated.
- Filter the broth, remove the oil film from the surface.
Take the broth on an empty stomach, in small portions for half an hour. Two hours after use, a saline laxative is prescribed. For constipation, it is advised to eat 0. 5 kg of raw pumpkin pulp per day. Pumpkin seed and juice - have a positive effect on the intestinal microflora, the work of the gastrointestinal tract, prevent infection by worm larvae.
Garlic and onion
No less effective folk remedies for helminths are often familiar foods. These include common garlic, which has a pronounced anthelmintic effect due to the presence of phytoncides and special essential oils.
To prepare medicinal garlic oil, you will need: garlic juice (500 grams) and 1 liter of unrefined vegetable oil. The composition is infused for 2 weeks in a cool place.
The settled oil is filtered and poured into a sealed container made of darkened glass. You need to take oil on an empty stomach, 1 tsp. It is noteworthy that garlic oil is not swallowed, but stays in the mouth for 10-15 minutes. After that, it spits out. This procedure is repeated up to 4 times a day until the worms are completely destroyed.
A variety of onion tinctures, as well as decoctions from husks, are also widely used. They help get rid of all types of parasites. Onion infusion is prepared from a finely chopped onion head, which is poured into 1. 5 liters of water. The mixture itself is infused for ten days. The drink is taken orally, one tablespoon twice a day.
Walnuts
Walnuts have pronounced antihelminthic characteristics. To get rid of parasites, you need to eat 10-15 fresh nuts (along with bitter veins). You can also prepare a tincture of walnut peels: pour 300 g of green peels with boiling water. Insist for three days. The tincture is drunk in 200-250 ml for 30 minutes before meals. You can insist crushed kernels in grape wine, mix them with honey and sugar.
Carrot juice
Fresh carrot juice is extremely mild and delicate on the body. Enzymes, microelements, essential components contained in the juice eliminate helminths and increase immunity. The therapeutic effect is given by the use of 2-3 glasses of juice daily.
It is permissible to add honey or lemon juice to it. For greater efficiency, you can mix carrot juice with mint, buckthorn bark, tansy flowers. The herbal mixture should be mixed with juice and allowed to brew for 20 minutes.
Herbal medicine for helminthiasis
In the practice of traditional medicine, inflorescences of various plants are also used, among which a special place istansy.It contains useful organic acids, flavonoids, essential oils. Flowers are harvested at the beginning of the flowering period. They are used to remove pinworms, ascaris, as a choleretic agent. Tansy is contraindicated in children, pregnant women.
The inflorescences are dried and crushed to a powder state. The medicinal mixture is prepared from 1/3 tsp. tansy and 1 tbsp. honey. It is taken half an hour before meals 2p. in a day. The total duration of admission is 3 days.
Wormwood.On the basis of this herb, an effective tincture is made that helps to remove harmful parasites from the body. To do this, pumpkin seeds and crushed wormwood leaves are mixed in equal parts.
All this is filled with 3 portions of alcohol / vodka, and infused for a week in a warm, bright place. Drinking the tincture is recommended twice a day. The duration of treatment is up to three weeks.
Immortellehelps to get rid of any parasitic worms. The broth is prepared from 2 tablespoons. herbs and two glasses of boiling water. The solution is poured into a thermos, infused for at least a day. The liquid is filtered before use.
To achieve a therapeutic effect, you need to take ½ glass half an hour before meals. Frequency rate - 4 rubles / day. This folk recipe is contraindicated for people with diseases of the gallbladder, liver, lactating, pregnant women.
Removal of worms with folk remedies
Yarrow.20 grams of chopped grass is poured with vodka (½ cup), after which it is infused for two weeks. You need to take twenty drops 3 rubles / day. The course of treatment is two weeks. All types of alcoholic tinctures are contraindicated in gastric pathologies, hypertension.
Garlic with horseradish.To cure ascariasis will help a tincture of garlic with horseradish in a one-to-one ratio, which is poured into an alcohol solution. It is taken on an empty stomach, preferably in the morning.
Pomegranate peel.Pomegranate peel removes tapeworms well. The bark is washed and filled with boiling water. Dosage - 5 ml, frequency of administration - 3 rubles / day.
Avran is medicinal.Quickly relieves tape tapeworm - a decoction of Avran leaves. For this, 400 ml of boiling water is poured into 4 grams of dried herbs. The mixture is boiled for 25 minutes, cooled and filtered.
In order to achieve the desired result, you need to take 5 ml every 20 minutes. during the whole day.
Coriander seeds.A fairly gentle way to combat parasitic infection is the use of coriander seeds. They are preliminarily crushed and fried. You need to eat them on an empty stomach for 1 tsp.
Important! If, in the process of treating helminthiasis with folk methods, there is a deterioration in well-being, side reactions appear, you need to stop using the funds and seek advice from a specialist. The doctor will prescribe the necessary examination to detect helminthic invasion and give appropriate recommendations.