An Effective Solution for Lice (Heads up, Parents!)

B'SD

28 Tevet 5772

WOW I'm hearing from globe-trotting acquaintances with itchy heads. Apparently it's quite easy to catch lice as you lean against your airline seat! Some people did just that over the holiday season and afterwards. The problem isn't limited to school children.

My advice? Trash old hairbrushes and combs. Ridding them of the lice infestation is hard to do.

Get new ones.

Trim your hair as much as tolerable 

to remove hiding places for sneaky lice.

Here's a homeopathic cure that can work for all ages (no guarantees, just my best suggestion): Gilco-Pharm (an Israeli company) makes a 2-part RID-Lice kit with a shampoo & spray. Use as directed (you'll need a lice comb and some disposable shower caps as the spray remains on hair for 8 hours - sleeptime). Follow that treatment with a daily shampoo using Mellaluca's original shampoo every day for a week.

Remember to isolate infected clothing and bedding. Bag them in plastic and tie a tight knot. Keep these items bagged for two weeks. The lice will die for lack of nourishment from human bodies. Launder, and reuse after the time is up. I highly recommend vacuuming bedding, including pillows, on  a daily basis. If you can, buy a new pillows or cover the infected ones in sealed plastic bags covered with fresh, clean pillow cases. It's possible to sleep on the slightly noisy pillows creaking from plastic bags. Release the pillows from the plastic bags after two weeks, vacuum out the dead lice and reuse.

With Passover approaching and hail hitting many windows across the globe, I'm looking out for the frogs, grasshoppers and wild beasts. You just never know what's going to happen with the weird weather patterns heading around the world. The only cure and preventative for them, as far as I know, is perfectly decent behavior  ;^ D

Good luck getting rid of your itchy scalps, world travelers, school kids and everyone else.

UPDATE: Feb. 9 2012 - Skip the Sklice, a new anti-lice product on the market. Stick with the user-friendlier strategy described above. It's far less likely to cause adverse reactions.

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Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity.
Face Your Future with Optimism.

Color Your Hair SAFELY!

B'SD


16 Av 5771




One of the results of illness is that your body shows the signs of wear and tear. No joke, hair can go gray, even white, from significant medical stress. Chemo patients often find that it grows back in a different texture or color than they had before treatment.


If you're determined to spruce up your hair color, skip the chemical complications from pre-packaged commerical products. Go organic. Burnt walnut kernels color hair black; tagetes will rinse your hair yellow, and henna will color it reddish brown.

If your hair is more than 30% white, those items might not be strong enough to color your entire head. In that case, try several month's worth of herbal remedy Ho Shu Wu aka polygoni multiflore (it takes months for your body to heal with it and then to show the results in colorful hair). You'll need to swallow a teasponn of it 3 times daily, about every 8 hours.

I recommend buying Ho Shu Wu aka polygoni multiflore  from a reputable naturopath/organic foods counselor or health foods shop. Why? Too many people are willing to fleece you over your desire to look different than you do now. Spend your cash wisely.


When you're ready to feel better inside and out, read EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.

You can even curl a strand of hair in your fingers while you do ;^ D






Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity.
Face Your Future with Optimism.

Get a Haircut & Help the Earth to be Healthier!

B'SD

21 Iyar 5770


Today's 2nd blogpost is so worth sharing. Read on to learn how to save the earth from oil spills!

The Matter of Trust organization (http://www.matteroftrust.org/) has a simple, ecologically safe way to improve the health of the earth itself.




Head on over to your pet groomer, barber, hairdresser, and oncologist to let them know about the program, too. It's a feel-good thing to do.





Yes, YOU can EMPOWER Yourself to Save the Earth and to Cope with a Medical Challenge ;^ )

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