All over the world, millions of people are affected by intestinal worms. Especially in the rainy season people got affected by the intestinal worms and often it is found in subtropical areas and tropical areas. These parasites are usually called intestinal parasites and found almost in all over the world. Intestinal worms more often infect the children rather than adults.
Some of the symptoms of the intestinal worms are:
* Inflammation of the lungs and intestine, vomiting, nausea.
* Anemia and nutritional disorders, loss of weight, constipation.
* Diarrheas, dark circles under the eyes, foul breath.
The other symptoms of the intestinal worms are headaches, constant desire for food, bad dreams and restlessness at night, fever, irritability, loss of weight, itching around the rectum and nutritional disorders.
Through water and food the egg of the intestinal parasites enters the system of the human. The egg starts to breed for their propagation if it gets the suitable medium in the intestine. One of the main causes of the intestinal worm is the faulty living style. If anyone use to walk with bare foot on infected earth, the hookworms enters to his body. If you intake the food which is contaminated by the dog or flesh foods which are under cooked then tapeworms are transmitted into your body. Dirty food and fingers invite the threadworms to enter your body.
Some of the home remedies of the intestinal worms are:
To destroy the parasitic worms, the bark (stem and root both) of the pomegranate tree is very useful. It is having the anthelmintic properties, which destroy the parasitic worms. Prepare a decoction of the fresh bark of pomegranate. Adult should take this cold decoction in quantity of 90-180 ml at least three times a day. The dose for the children is 30-60ml. It is a good home remedy for intestinal worms.
To all the parasites, threadworms are very offensive, especially among the children. These threadworms are eliminated by the use of carrots. Worms are quickly cleared away, if a cup of grated carrot is taken especially in the morning with no other food. This is very popular home remedy for intestinal worms.
Unripe papaya is valuable home remedy for destroying the roundworms. Unripe papaya is having the digestive enzyme papain which is a powerful agent and helps in destroying the intestinal parasites. Take 3-4 table spoon of hot water and add one tablespoon of honey and the juice of unripe papaya in equal quantity. Take this dose in every two hours. Half its dose is recommended for children.
One of the common home remedies for intestinal worms is pumpkin. Especially the tapeworms are destroyed by using the seeds of ripe pumpkin. Take one table spoon full of pumpkin seeds and boil it in 250 ml water after peeling and crushing it and drink it.