Worms are parasites within the intestines, which infest humans. They are quite common in tropical as well as sub-tropical areas and are more prevalent during the rainy season.
Top 20 Home Remedies for Intestinal Worms
- Garlic: It is suggested that garlic can help in eliminating worms such as plasmodium, roundworm, etc from intestinal tracts. One can eat 3 cloves of raw garlic in an empty stomach once daily. 1 to 2 garlic juice could be mixed in fruit or vegetable juice and taken orally. This will certainly help in eliminating the parasite without harming
- Papaya Seeds: It is believed that papaya seeds rich in caricin can help in removing roundworms. One might take one teaspoon of powdered papaya seeds with cup of milk in an empty stomach in the morning
- Papaya: Experts suggest that the digestive enzyme, papain, contained in papaya can be an effective treatment for killing roundworms. Adults might take a tablespoon of raw papaya juice along with a tablespoon of honey mixed in three tablespoons of hot water. This treatment can be followed by a dose of 30-60 ml of castor oil added to 250 ml of lukewarm milk
- Carrot: Carrot is considered a natural remedy for intestinal parasites, especially thread worms. One can take a cup of grated carrot every morning as a meal, without including any other food in that meal
- Pumpkin Seeds: It is suggested that the seeds of ripe pumpkin can help in killing and expelling intestinal parasites. Crush 1 tablespoon of pumpkin seeds and mix it in 250 ml of boiling water. This can be taken on an empty stomach every morning
- Pomegranate: Experts believe that the anthelmintic properties of pomegranate can help in killing parasitic worms. One might take freshly prepared cold decoction made of pomegranate bark in the quantities of 90-180 ml. This can be taken three times daily at regular intervals of one hour
- Sugarcane: Make some vinegar out of juice of sugarcane. Add 25 gm of Bengal gram to it. Keep it overnight. In the morning, eat the grams and chew them thoroughly. After that don’t drink or eat anything for 8 hours. It will kill the worms and they will come out through the stools
- Buttermilk: Take some fresh buttermilk. Add some roasted cumin seeds, some rock salts and little bit of black pepper. Make a mix. Have the buttermilk about 3 to 4 times daily. By the end of the week, all the worms would be dead. This is a good remedy for those who are finding it difficult to get rid of worms by other treatments
- Bitter Gourd: Take equal amounts of bitter gourd (one leaf) and coriander. Make powder and put it in water. Let it be overnight. Next morning after filtering it, get rid of the water. To the remaining part add honey. Have it three times in day
- Pineapple: This remedy might be a bit tough for many but it works. In order to kill tapeworms you might have to go for fasting for 3 days and have to take only raw pineapple. The bromelain content in pineapple distroys all the tapeworms
- Bitter Melon: It looks like cucumber. In order to get rid of pinworms consume 2 bitter melon a day for 6-7 days. All the pinworms will be killed. Continue it for 1-2 months and and they would not return. This vegetable is also great in building the immune system
Intestinal worms can affect the healthy functioning of the body. It is better to get rid of them with the help of home remedies.
Some more Intestinal Parasite Remedies other then the top ones mentioned above –
- Dry 1 peel of orange and vidanga to it in equal amounts. Grind both of them into fine powder. When you have worms, take about 3gm of it and mix it in a glass of water. Have it three times in a day. The worms will get killed in the stomach.
- Extract some radish juice and add salt. Drink this twice in a day for 4 days at a stretch. It will remove all the worms in the stomach and the waste products.
- Take a part of the root of the banyan tree and powder it. Add jaggery .Add some fennel seeds to the mixture. Have 5 gm of it twice a day in the morning and evening. All the worms will get killed.
- For children suffering from worms, give some buttermilk mixed with some vidanga. It is good remedy for them.
- Drink a glass of boiled water mixed with a tablespoon of rock salt. Have it early in the morning before eating anything.
- Take one piece of ginger and some vidanga. Make a paste of both of them. Add some honey. Consume the paste. This is an effective treatment for getting rid of worms among children.
- Shell few ash gourd seeds and put them in a glass of coconut milk. Drink it once in day.
- Take some bamboo shoots’ leaves and boil them for half an hour. Let the decoction cool. Then drink it.
- Mix the fruit of belleric myrobalan and mix it with butea seeds. Blend them well and have it three times in a day.
- Take a gram of butea seeds and mix with equal amount of honey. Blend well and have it 3 times in day. Within three days of having it continuously, the worms will be killed.
- To get rid of worms in children, the infusion of Indian Spikenard would help. It is like an enema.
- Mix the aloe juice in equal amount of water. Boil it till it becomes half in quantity. Drain it 2 times in a day.
- Give a bowl full of grated carrots to the child. This has to be done for about a week.
- Add one teaspoonful of honey to a tablespoonful of papaya juice. Have it early hours of morning before taking anything.
- Grate some coconut and have a tablespoonful of it in the morning. It has to be followed by forty millimeters of castor oil. Then three hours later have a glass of milk.
- Chomp few cloves of garlic every morning to keep the body worm free.
Causes of Intestinal Worms
Primary cause of intestinal worms is contaminated food and water though which eggs of the parasites gets into the body. Roundworm gets into the body primarily through infested food. Children who play in unhygienic places also carries this with them through their hands and then it enters mouth. In some places human wastes are used as fertilizers due to which there is always a danger of these parasites getting carried by the fruits and vegetables. It is always advised to wash them properly before consuming them.
Tapeworms generally enters into the body through consumption of meat which is under cooked. Thread worms and pin worms gets into body through infested food or through fingers. Hookworms are present in water and enters into the body when a person comes in contact with it. This warm infects a person via skin.
Once these worms enters the body, they breed inside the stomach when they get proper medium for it. Due to junk food or bad eating habits they get enough medium to propagate.
- Eating indigestible gassy foods.
- Having too much of sugary foods. Worms thrive on them.
- Having stale food.
- Sleeping in the daytime.
- Lack of exercise.
- Having foods that are compatible to each other such as honey with warm foods, honey and ghee, buttermilk and honey etc.
- Contaminated foods.
Symptoms of Intestinal Worms
- Diarrhoea.
- Dark circles below the eyes.
- Foul breath.
- Constant desire to have food.
- Restlessness at nights with bad dreams.
- Anemia.
- Headache.
- Nausea.
- Vomiting.
- Inflammation of intestines.
- Weight loss.
- Fever nervousness.
