Head Lice
An appetizing topic. Anybody itching?
All seasons of the year head lice will appear. In the late winter and early spring is when lice come to my mind because of experiences on the farm. It was at this time of the year when many animals began to manifest signs of lice. In schools there are occasional out breaks of head lice among the students.
Parents of children with lice are treated as if they are inefficient in watching for lice on their children. Anybody at any time can get head lice, so do not take the comments of others seriously and get upset about their words. As my mother would say about idle words or put downs, “consider the source.”
There are methods that we used on the farm to control the lice on all the animals including the chickens, cows, dogs and sows. This fairly easy and inexpensive treatment was to take wood ash out of our wood stove and dust the animals with it. Also, the chicken house and barn were dusted. We made the applications twice per week starting the first of February until the first of April.
Treating humans, you may not want to use wood ash. Perhaps, baking soda would work just as well since it has as high in alkaline content as wood ash. When parents suspect lice in the school or neighborhood, they may want to start the applications of dusting the hair of their children using baking soda a couple times per week. Also, at bath time try using some white vinegar poured on the hair. Pour the vinegar on slowly and let it stay on the hair for a few minutes then wash it off before finishing the bath. We have not tried the baking soda treatment because we do not run into lice problems with our patients very often. But we have had a request for treatment ideas for lice.
We hope you are able to live a louse free life.
If you try some of our methods of health, please contact us about your results. Sometimes there are misunderstandings about my directions so if you want to review articles with me just phone or email.
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The Healthy Family Chiropractic staff.
We hope you are able to live a louse free life.
If you try some of our methods of health, please contact us about your results. Sometimes there are misunderstandings about my directions so if you want to review articles with me just phone or email.
Let us know if you have some questions about health and if there is another topic which you want us to discuss on this site.
Thanks for tuning in.
The Healthy Family Chiropractic staff.