Scabies is an infection of the skin caused by mites. This is common to people who are bedridden over a rather lengthy period of time. Mites, can tunnel their way into the skin causing an infection which is both irritable and painful especially over a long period of time. The risk of acquiring the condition is high if you come into contact with someone suffering from the ailment. Scabies are highly contagious. Medical cures for Scabies are readily available and so are home remedies. Listed below are a number of scabies home remedies that you can apply.
- Fresh apricot juice should be squeezed and applied over the lesions of scabies
- Create a paste using neem leaves with an equivalent amount of turmeric powder blended together with mustard oil. Apply this paste on the affected area for about an hour. Neem is an evergreen tree that is found in the Indian Subcontinent. The bark of the Neem tree can be used as tonic and its seeds create a fragrant smelling aroma.
- You can crush the dehydrated bark of the peepul tree into a powder. After crushing it, strain it using a sieve then apply it like a dusting powder in the infected areas.
- Get the juice of about five hundred milligrams of drumstick. Mix the drumstick juice with an equivalent quantity of sesame oil and then boil until the water is dried up. After boiling refrigerate then apply on the lesions of scabies. This remedy has very potent anti-microbial properties.
- One of the easiest methods to take out scabies is by visiting a sauna. People say that the dry heat form a sauna can eliminate the mites, although this method will take some time. If you put orange oil and/or eucalyptus oil into the sauna the mites should die more easily because mites cannot stand the smell of these two oils.
- The next home remedy is one that uses a turmeric powder mix. Mix some turmeric powder with Margosa oil. Margosa oil contains the characteristics of a good pesticide and the Turmeric powder is good for the skin and has anti-bacterial characteristics. The mix is spread over the affected areas.
- Rub some apple cider vinegar on the infected part of one's skin. Leave it there for about two to five hours. After that, wash the infected area with a turmeric solution and then clean with a soft cloth.
