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How to get rid of head lice

Head lice are wingless insects, that habit in spaces that are close to the human hair scalp. Lice are parasites that survive by sucking blood from the hair scalp. They lay their eggs close to the scalp so that they can establish a colony of lice in adjacent regions. Common symptoms of lice infestation include excessive itching of the hair and the hair scalp. Lice spreads very easily from one person to another. Common means of contagion include sharing brushes, combs, clothing or bedding. Red bumps may develop on the scalp as a result of lice infestation. Lice infestation must be identified as early as possible using regular examination of the hair scalp and appropriate treatment methods must be provided. The following are some common tips that help in getting rid of head lice.

 

  1. Using Vinegar

 

Vinegar is an extremely common and effective agent that is used commonly in households to eliminate and to free hair scalp from head lice. Vinegar is used to much effect also in removing fleas from dogs and such. Vinegar contains a high concentration of acetic acid that changes the pH value of the scalp and the surrounding ecosystem spaces. This makes it difficult for the lice to survive and they fall off dead. Vinegar also helps to dissolve the dead nits- eggs laid by the head lice- thereby cleaning your head and scalp of lice. Vinegar is often used in combination with mineral oil. This mixture is applied to the scalp and hair before sleep. The morning after hair can be washed with regular shampoo, successfully removing all the head lice that was present.

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  1. Applying mayonnaise

 

Use of mayonnaise is an extremely common and effective home remedy for head lice. Mayonnaise helps to remove head lice by suffocating the lice by depriving them of mobility and breathing space and eventually killing them. It is extremely simple to remove head lice using mayonnaise. It can be done single handedly without any external help or assistance. When using mayonnaise to rid hair of head lice, the affected person’s hair is coated thoroughly with mayonnaise and is covered tightly with a plastic or shower cap. It is left as such for over five to six hours, after which air is washed well with regular shampoo. Finally the washed hair is blow dried to ensure that the lice are dead and the hair is combed with a nit comb.

 

  1. Using Onions

 

Onions are yet another common household remedy that is used to treat head lice. Onions contain high concentrations of sulphur that helps to suffocate and to kill the head lice that infests the scalp.

 

  1. Applying Coconut oil

 

Coconut oils acts as an excellent smothering agent which suffocates the head lice and kills them. Coconut oil also acts a nourishing agent for your hair.

 

  1. Lemon juice

 

Applying an extract of lemon juice on your scalp and leaving it on for about half an hour helps to remove lice and to nourish and replenish your scalp again.

 

 

 

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How to get rid of diarrhoea

Diarrhoea is a physical condition wherein the stool becomes loose and watery for a prolonged period of time. It is usually characterised by frequent visits to the toilet and water-like liquidly stool. The stool may also smell pungent as compared to regular stool. Diarrhoea is often caused when a large quantity of food and beverages that is consumed is passed quickly through your colon, often without proper digestion. Diarrhoea usually lasts for several hours to a couple of days, however in acute cases of food poisoning and such diarrhoea may last for several days or weeks. While the symptoms of diarrhoea may vary from person to person, and in differing intensities, several common remedies to obtain relief from diarrhoea are available. Following is a list of common remedies for  diarrhoea that can be used with much benefit.

 

  1. Use of medications

If your onset of diarrhoea is particularly acute or strenuous, you must consider using medication to seek relief from the diarrhoea. Commonly used medications include bismuth subsalicyate and loperamide. These medications help to offer relief to your stomach and colon by offering to cleanse them and soother them. These medications usually work by regulating the pH value of the stomach ensuring that a well balacned chemical environment is present in the stomach. These medications are commonly available at all neighbourhood drug-stores. However it must be ensured that the dosages taken are within prescribed lines and limits. Overuse of drugs must be avoided as it may create dependency for your bodily system and your digestive tract, resulting in weakened and over-sensitive gastrointestinal tract.

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  1. Consume Ginger and Honey

Ginger is a popularly used natural alternative to treat diarrhoea and to obtainr elief from abdominal cramps and pains. Ginger has strong properties that help to soothe and regulate irritated bowels which cause diarrhoea. Consuming a mixture of ginger and honey that is ground together helps to release gastric juices and to improve digestion. The release of gastric juices is stimulated through the release of unique hormones and chemical that are released as a result of the consumption of ginger and honey. Honey also acts as an anti-sceptic component in the stomach helping it to cleanse it of unfavourable food material. Ginger is often had in the form of ginger tea, which is had usually with honey to sweeten it.

 

  1. Consume probiotics

Probiotics are a great idea to obtain relief from diarrhoea. Probiotics such as curd and yoghurt help to fight the germs in the digestive tract. Probiotic foodstuff contain healthy bacteria that help to oxidise the food materials thereby preventing the action of harmful and unhealthy germs on the said foodstuff. Probiotic supplements can be obtained at nearby drug-stores or even online. Other sources of probiotic bacteria include cheese and yoghurt.

 

  1. Follow a simple diet

A simple diet usually limited to bananas, rice, applesauce , tea and toast helps a great deal to obtain relief from diarrhoea. This diet contains simple sugars that can be decomposed easily to glucose which provides your body the necessary energy and little to no acidity. This diet helps to soothe the intestines and to alleviate the symptoms of diarrhoea.

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How to get rid of a hangover

Hangovers are a physical condition characterised by physical fatigue- often combined with headaches and extreme dehydration which results in the victim feeling drained out and incapacitated. Hangovers may often be accompanied by diarrhoea and an uneasy stomach caused due to excessive consumption of alcohol. Hangovers are usually associated with excessive alcohol consumption, which dehydrates the body and overworks the body’s excretory system including kidneys. Hangovers must be addressed as soon as possible, as prolonged hangover like symptoms may be due to alcohol poisoning. While the symptoms of hangovers differ from person to person, and a common cure to all problems cannot be found, there are several helpful interventions that are commonly used. The following is a list of some helpful measures to deal with hangovers.

 

  1. Use medication

Paracetamol-based over the counter painkillers that are available commonly in drug-stores can help offer relief from the throbbing headache and the aching muscles. Paracetamol-based painkillers help your body release an excess of anti-toxin chemicals that give you a spurt of energy and boost the blood circulation in your body. This helps to relieve your muscle aches by providing additional oxygen to your tired muscles and pumping in excess blood to your brain helping to relieve the headache. Aspirin-based painkillers are also popularly used as hangover remedies. However aspirin-based painkillers may cause irritation of the stomach prolonging the discomfort in some cases. Make sure that the dosage of the medication that is being used is within the recommended limits.

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  1. Use of anatacid pills

Hangovers are often seen in common with stomach unease caused due to high acidity levels in stomach. Alcohol contains strong acids that increase the pH value of the stomach contents making you feel gaseous and nauseous. The increased acidity levels make make your stomachs highly irritable and sensitive. Antacid pills that are commonly used to provide relief from acidity of the stomach can help you in the case of hangovers as well. Antacid pills usually tend to be based on sodium alginate and potassium bicarbonate which are basic in their chemical valency. These help to reduce the acidity levels in the stomach by lowering the pH values of the stomach contents and actively diluting the acidic contents in the stomach. As with the previous advice for using paracetamol-based painkiller meditation, here as well the dosage used must be within recommended levels and limits, failing which conditions including drug dependency and other complications may arise.

 

  1. Re-hydrate yourself

The most common cause of hangovers is dehydration. The loss of water content in the body make sit difficult for the bodily systems to perform their routine bodily functions such as waste disposal and cleansing of the body. Inadequate water content in the body also means that water has to be reused by several systems which results in refuse matter being pumped in over and over into the body. The easiest way to rehydrate yourself is to simply consume lots of water after waking up. Make sure that any other liquids that you drink are bland in nature, so that you do not irritate your stomach.

 

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How to get rid of freckles

Freckles are dark contrasting spots that appear on your skin either naturally or as a result to sun exposure. Freckles may make your face look cluttered and may give a cloudy impression about your skin. Naturally occurring freckles are also more common, and these freckles achieve their highest contrast after teenage usually and remain throughout most of the late adult life, unless medical or cosmetic treatments are adopted. Naturally occurring freckles are often considered beautiful and attractive in several sub-cultures. Naturally occurring freckles may often occur in combination with bright ginger coloured hair as a result of deviations in skin-hair melanin content.  The following are a few tips on how to efficiently and effectively use and utilise natural and traditional skin lightening and fairness methods, and prevention strategies to keep yourself free of freckles.

 

  1. Use lemon juice

Lemon juice contains citric acid and other citrous extracts ehicha ct as a natural bleaching and skin lightening agent. The use of lemon juice may help in makinf the freckles less contrasting and in disappearing them altogether. Lemon juice tends to be more effective in the case of naturally occurring freckles, which often occur as a result of melanin imbalances in the skin and the hair. Freckles caused due to ecposure to sunlight and the strong UV rays that are present in the sunlight cannot be easily lightened through the use of lemon juice. This is so because freckles caused due to exposure to sunlight usually tend to be more contrasting and are more haphazard and random in their appearance on the skin.

 

  1. Use a dairy mask

Applying a milk based mask on your face, and allowing it to soak in and to douse your facial skin is another popular and effective method to lighten your skin and to reduce the contrast of your freckles. Milk contains lactic acid which acts as an effective skin-lightening and whitening agent. The lactic acid present in the milk is the active agent in the dairy mask that is used to lighten the facial skin. The lactic acid achieves this by peeling off the top epidermal layer of the skin. This helps in making the freckles look less contrasting. Once again, the dairy mask method is more effective in,ightening the contrast caused by naturally occurring freckles rather than freckles caused due to sunlight exposure. Freckles arising from sunlight exposure are too randomly distributed for a uniform treatment such as a dairy mask to be effective.

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  1. Use of fruit peels

Mixing several different kinds of fruits together into a mixture and applying the resultant mixture on your facial skin is another method to lighten the freckles on your facial skin. Usually pulpy fruits such as mangoes and papayas are used to create the fruit pulp mixture. The fruit extracts contain several fruits’ acids that help in gently removing by peeling off the top layers of the skin, helping to achieve a lightened look and less contrasting freckles.

 

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How to get rid of gnats?

Having an infestations of gnats in the family can be quite a problem, they tend to reproduce extensively and soon there will be a large scale problem at hand. It becomes very important to find the right solutions to tackle such infestations. You can find a number of different home remedies that will solve the issue once and for all, and it is also mostly natural means which leads to a complete solution for good. Gnats are quite a common occurrence and can be quite annoying over time. There are a number of factors that tend to attract gnats including wet floors, food remains, sinks, and rotten fruits. Outdoor sources are also a problem for attracting gnats, these include cats, dogs, house pets and sometimes even house plants.

There are a variety of methods by which you can eliminate gnats but first and foremost is the removal of the sources that tend to attract them. Firstly do not over stuff the house with too much of plants. Make sure that you also remove piles of compost and also other sources like stagnant water which can tend to create further problems of infestation. Ensure that you also remove all cracks or other sources of entry in the walls b y covering up all such openings with gypsum or some suitable material. Check potential sources of food and also ensure that you eliminate the waste food materials immediately. Keep covered at all times, waste materials and garbage and be sure to eliminate the waste in time without leaving it lying around.

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There are a number of home-made traps you can use which are made with vinegar. Vinegar is an easily available substance in the house. Gnats get easily attracted by the odor and they cannot escape easily as well. Ensure that you use something like a mason jar which doesn’t make it easy for the pests to leave after entering. Using a jar also makes the disposal process simpler as they remain trapped in it and can be easily rid of for good from your home.

The sink area also needs to be rid of gnats, as most commonly it tends to have food remnants and is a place where these insects tend to aggregate. You can use ammonia to clean the sink thoroughly and this will rid the space of the gnats once and for all. You can also mix up dish washing liquid with oil which makes a more slippery trap for the gnats, add in a few drops of apple cider vinegar which will attract the gnats into the trap more quickly. Another trap you can easily make at home is with a piece of rotten fruit. You can place the spoilt fruit in a jar of water and add in some bleach. The bleach will effectively kill off all of the insects that are attracted by the piece of spoilt fruit placed to draw them in. An option which is commonly used to rid the houseplants of gnat is diatomaceous earth. Also avoid over watering the plants, you can use the earth and sprinkle it all over the pots which will prevent the gnats from taking up residence there.

 


 

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How to get rid of squirrels

Squirrels are definitely seen to occur in profusion on trees but increasing encroachment of their natural habitat means they are seen everywhere, even in yards and limited open spaces such as the balcony of your apartment. Seeking food and shelter when their spaces are increasingly being encroached upon, they end up in many urban environments. Squirrels look quite endearing but can carry diseases being members of the rodent family and can also damage crops, leave a lot of droppings and they may dig up your flower garden too. If you have been finding them a nuisance, then you must consider the means to be rid of them once and for all. There are many different ways to humanely repel and be rid of the squirrel problems once and for all.

The techniques that worked on one type of squirrels may not work on all, if these are essentially ground squirrels then one way to go about it is by flooding their burrows. When they have no home, they have no recourse but to move out and stay away from the flooded area in search of drier pastures. There are also natural repellents like ground chilli pepper or predator urine which will ward them off. These are however short term alternatives and not ones that will get rid of them for good. There are also bulbs which can be planted in regions you don’t want the squirrels encroaching like around your garden which will effectively keep them away. Anticoagulant, toxins, and bait traps will also accomplish results when used but these are measures in extreme situations. Live traps are a more humane alternative, which could be set up right after their hibernation season is over. The animals will be hungry and take the bait easily and you can then remove them from your property.

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A pet that will keep the squirrels off the grounds is also a good alternative. Consider buying a dog or a cat both of which will scare them away and keep them out of your precious garden. Ensure that you do eliminate scraps of food which may be inviting them over in the first place, eliminating the food sources which draw them to your yard will go a long way in you finding a permanent solution to the question, how to get of squirrels. Moreover, some gardeners believe planting cayenne pepper or sprinkling it on the garden area also gets rid of these creatures.

If you find that squirrels are uprooting and wrecking havoc with your plants, weight them down. Mulch the pots or the garden with decorative stones or other heavier pieces which makes it harder for the squirrel to burrow and uproot the plants. Another method is to create protective netting or fencing around the crops and saplings you have planted, the edible plants also need to be protected as this may be a favourite source of snacks for the squirrel. Motion sprinklers around the garden can also give them a wet surprise and keep them off the premises. Do remember to be careful with live traps as squirrels do carry many diseases, avoid getting bitten and take the necessary shots if you do.

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