Intestinal Worms
Description The human body especially the stomach and the intestine is
home to a number of parasites such as hookworms, roundworms, flatworms, etc.
These parasites are helpful in the digestive process. However, at times, the
parasites also create several problems. there are various causes for the
problems caused - contaminated food, dirty fingers and food, faulty living, etc.
some of the symptoms observed in people suffering from intestinal worms are
diarrhea, foul breath, dark circles under the eyes, inflammation of the
intestine and lungs, nausea, vomiting, anaemia and nutritional disorders,
constipation and loss of weight. Intestinal worms can, nonetheless, be treated
at home. In the following lines, we provide some home/natural remedies to
cure/treat intestinal worms. Symptoms
- Diarrhea
- Foul breath
- Dark circles under the eyes
- Constant desire for food
- Restlessness at night, with bad dreams
- Anemia
- Headaches
- Inflammation of the intestine and lungs
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Loss of weight
- Fever
- Nervousness
- Irritability
- Constipation
- Cough
- Intense itching in the area around the rectum
- Weakness
- Immunodeficiency
- Swelling of facial features
- Chest pain
- Sweating
- Mental problems
- Lung congestion
Causes
- Eating contaminated food
- Dirty fingers
- Drinking contaminated water
- Walking bare foot
- Undercooked flesh foods
- Foods contaminated by dogs
- Faulty living style
- Transmitting agents, such as a mosquito
- Sexual contact
- Germs that enter through nose and skin
- Poor sanitation
- Using human excretion as fertilizer
Treatment
- Ground some coconut and store it. Every morning, take a
tablespoon of coconut at the breakfast. After three hours, take 30
to 60 ml of castor oil mixed with 250 to 375 ml of lukewarm milk.
Repeat the process for a few days.
- Chewing three cloves of garlic every morning is likely to
relieve a person suffering from intestinal worms.
- Grate a small cup of carrot. Have this early in the morning on
an empty stomach. This is an effective way to treat intestinal
worms.
- Extract fresh juice from an unripe papaya. Mix A tablespoon of
this juice with three to four tablespoons of hot water. after two
hours, have 30 to 60 ml of castor oil mixed in 250-375 ml of
lukewarm milk. Repeat this for two days.
- Papaya seeds are also useful in treating intestinal worms.
Powder the seeds and take 1 tsp of it with a cup of milk or water
first thing in the morning.
- Papaya leaves are also beneficial in curing intestinal worms.
Pour 250 ml of boiling water in a pan containing 15 gm of dry papaya
leaves. Take this decoction with honey.
- Cut the bark of the pomegranate tree. Make a cold decoction of
it and have it in the quantity of 90 to 180 ml three times a day. A
purgative should be given after the last dose. For children, the
quantity of this decoction is less - 30 to 60 ml.
- Take 1 tablespoon of a ripe pumpkin seeds. Before immersing in
250 ml of boiling water, peel and crush them.
- Powder the herb of wormwood and consume it in a dose of eight to
sixteen gram doses daily. This is effective in treating in intestine
worms.
- The oil of wormwood is also beneficial. Mix it with olive oil in
the ratio of 1:8. Intake this in dose 50 to 100 ml.
- Alternatively, wormwood oil can be mixed with water for treating
intestinal worms. In 120 ml of water, add 2 ml of wormwood oil. Give
it as an enema for killing worms in the rectum.
- Mix equal proportions of the herb belleric myroblan and the
seeds of the herb butea (palas). Have 1 tsp of this mixture 3 times
a day.
- Consume 1 tsp of powdered seeds of butea every day to cure
intestinal worms.
- Alternatively, the powdered seeds of butea can also be consumed
in the form of a paste. Take 1 tsp each of powdered seeds of butea
and honey and make a paste. Have this 3 times a day.
- Take the roots and bark of the vasaka tree. Prepare a decoction
taking 30 gm of the root and bark in 500 ml of water. Boil this till
the quantity reduces to 1/3rd. have 30 ml of this decoction two
times a day for 2-3 days.
- A simple natural remedy would be to have a glass of boiled water
with a tablespoon of rock salt. Have this empty stomach every
morning.
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