Head Lice/DNA/Iodine? 
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My neighbors child has head lice. I have not found anything on my daughter or myself but I am treating us as if we had it in full force. I've had this child at my house and taken him to town for several days this week. So I jumped on the bandwagon in the middle of my personal computer crashing, and started researching. Found pages based on a study where they washed the lice in alchohol and iodine(2%) to change their DNA. Can't find the study this morning but I believe it was out of Britian. We are using the mayonaise, olive oil route for treatment along with adding tea tree oil to our castile soap/shampoo. I've decided to go back to using the Iodine in my castile soap/shampoo also.
Have any of you ever read anything on Iodine and head lice? Thanks! HHAdvertisement
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- Re: Head Lice/DNA/Iodine? prairiechyld
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,477,607no, but isn't henna supposed to kill lice? maybe do an extra henna treatment. I'm glad you are not using the otc medicated stuff, it is super nasty and highly toxic. I'll bet borax would kill them too. I would do a strong borax soak. i wash my hair with borax all the time, about a tablespoon dissolved in very hot water, total water about 8 ounces and then rinse with water with a bit of citric acid . I don't think borax will hurt your hair at all, though I do find the borax and citric acid combo lightens my henna.
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I just found this link. Great page on lice history and it says they used Horned Poppy and Borax to treat head lice. My daughter and I take borax bathes so this may have been our saving grace.
These pages also list the use of dog fat along with swine grease to coat the hair. Tells of finding lice attached to combs found in castles and tombs. Very interesting read. I know this has nothing to do with Iodine to post here but apparently from these writings mercury was heavily used in the treatment of lice. There was also idoform, for which I know nothing about. Thanks for the suggestion of borax.
http://nuvoforheadlice.com/history.htm
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- Tea Tree Oil is awesome for treating... ndul
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This is a reply to # 1,477,618You can get tea tree oil practically everywhere (I imagine health food stores would have the better quality type), I have even see it at our local Walmart. Check out these links for more info in tea tree oil:
Use Tea Tree Oil to Foil Head Lice
http://specialchildren.about.com/od/medicalissues/qt/teatree.htm
http://specialchildren.about.com/b/2009/05/29/tea-tree-oil-is-a-miracle-for-h...
HeadLice Home Remedy
http://www.mamaherb.com/headlice-home-remedy-using-eucalyptus-olive-oil-and-t...
Pediculosis--A Pesky Problem
http://www.hhnews.com/pediculosis.htm
There is a ton of info on this on the internet. Good luck to you and your family.- diatomaceous earth? n/t High on Water
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thanks HOW. I've been spraying everything down with tea tree oil since last night. I've made borax shampoo and tea tree shampoo. Lavender, rosemary and thyme shampoo along with bags for hanging on my daughter's canopy. From what I understand I could easily see an outbreak within another 24 hours if the neighbor had not been so on top of her game. Good thing she is a hair dresser. Just surprised they use so much Mercury to treat head lice.- Re: diatomaceous earth? High on Water
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Head lice cannot live without a host for long at ALL (less than 48 hours).
It's absolutely LUDICROUS to treat with poisons.
Funny thing is, I learned this from my husband! He came up with this entire program for his job to kill pests WITHOUT chemicals or poisons.
Got him recognized statewide with top grades.
Does his employer IMPLEMENT this?
In a word, no.
Pulling my hair, here.
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