Head lice are a common problem for children, teens and even adults sometimes. I too had a lot of head lice during my school days. My mom has tried using shop bought lice removal shampoos to get rid of lice from my head, but everything went on vain and so she will remove it manually every weekend. Manually removing the lice from head is time consuming and difficult and so you can try this homemade shampoo which work wonders. This shampoo also prevents hair fall, hair splits and grey hair.
Ingredients:
- Custard apple seeds-50 gm
- Neem seeds-50 gm
- Acacia concinna (shikakaai in tamil)-50 gm
- Skin of Terminalia chebula flower (Kadukkai thol in tamil)-50 gm
- Basil leaves juice-as needed
Preparation:
- Dry custard apple seeds, neem seeds, Skin of Terminalia chebula flower and Acacia concinna
- Grind to get its powder
- Grind basil leaves to get its juice
- Take 2 tsp. of this powder and add basil leaves juice
Usage:
- Apply it at head
- Wash it off after half an hour using warm water and Acacia concinna (shikakaai in tamil) powder
- Use it weekly twice