Parasites are creatures that live off someone else's expenses. There is no limit to the ingenuity of helminths when they need to get into their owner's body and, lurking there indefinitely, live at her expense.
The presence of any parasite in the human body does not pass without a trace, it brings irreparable damage, causes many ailments and worsens the quality of life.
What is the danger of parasites for humans?
Worms are different, their sizes can be very small and vice versa, reaching up to seven to ten meters. Sometimes the worm's development cycle is such that people get sick from the same helminth invasion more than once.
In the first cycle, the infection occurs in the intestines. The second cycle is characterized by the introduction of parasites into muscle tissue, lungs, brain, kidneys, liver, and other human organs.
The most common are parasites that live in the intestines of humans. They can enter the gallbladder, close the bile ducts and settle in the liver, causing dangerous and sometimes difficult to treat diseases.
Ascariasis
This disease is characterized by the migration of parasite larvae through the liver to the lungs. They are then found again in the intestines, where they develop into adult worms.
Opisthorchiasis
This disease is characterized by liver damage, which in frequent cases leads to cirrhosis or cancer tumors.
Cestodosis
Tapeworms reach humans from poorly processed meat and fish. These parasites can live for a long time in the body of their host, showing absolutely no symptoms of their presence and reaching astonishing values. All this time, they feed on the person, depriving her body of useful substances.
One of the most dangerous of these parasites is the pork tapeworm, its eggs often migrate to muscle tissue, the brain, traveling through a person's blood vessels.
Schistosomiasis
This disease is caused by fluke parasites, flatworms.
Toxocariasis
This infection is not easy to detect. The worm invisibly infects the eyes and nervous tissues. Allergic reactions arise from its presence, but people for a long time do not suspect who is really the cause of all these problems.
Echinococcosis
Echinococci lead a parasitic lifestyle in the liver and lungs of people, putting these organs in a deplorable state. This complex parasitic disease can only be removed by surgery.
Ways to fight parasites
People are constantly searching for methods to combat the worms that poison their lives.
There are three ways to remove parasites:
- With the help of medications. This is one of the most widespread methods to eliminate parasites from the body today. Each of these drugs has toxic properties that sometimes cause side effects in people.
- Using popular methods. Many recipes have come to us from the distant past. They are also considered effective methods in the fight against worms, and when combined with drug therapy, their effect is doubled.
- Surgery. Unfortunately, there are cases when the first and second method are powerless against parasites. They should be removed only surgically.
Fight against parasites with popular methods
There are many different ways to fight helminths. There are recipes that are used for a particular parasite. There is a universal spectrum of action, and there are those that, in addition to anthelmintic properties, perfectly help to purify the body.
For a long time, people have noticed that helminths do not like the sharpness of pepper, the taste and smell of aromatic spices. It would be nice to use onion, horseradish, garlic for cooking and add cinnamon and cloves to baked goods.
Methods to get rid of the simplest helminths
The most common parasites are:
- Amoeba, lamblia, leishmania, blastocyst, balantidia. These helminths prefer to parasitize in the digestive tract of people.
- Trypanosome, babesia, the causative agent of malaria parasitizes the circulatory system.
- Trichomonas lives in the genitourinary system.
- Acanthameba, trypanosome, toxoplasma attack the liver, eyeballs, brain, and heart. Toxoplasmosis is transmitted in most cases by cats. This ailment is dangerous for the central nervous system and the fetus.
Withdrawal methods:
- All of these protozoan parasites can be defeated with a cranberry juice enema. To do this, mix 2 tablespoons in 2 liters of water. l cranberry juice and 1 tbsp. l of sea salt. An enema should be done in the morning and in the evening. Well, if before her in the morning on an empty stomach, take a porridge of 300 g of pumpkin seeds, 3 tbsp. l honey and a little water, and after a couple of hours drink a laxative.
- A garlic enema is excellent for all protozoan parasites. For her, take 6-8 medium garlic cloves, cooked over moderate heat in 1 liter of milk. The enema is best done after waking up.
How to cure giardiasis?
Various home remedies cure giardiasis. They are all simple and effective at the same time.
- For preventive purposes and to get rid of this ailment, sauerkraut brine helps. It is enough to drink 150 g of brine before a meal.
- There is a special collection of medicinal herbs, using 1 tbsp. in the morning and in the evening before eating for 10 days, you can recover from giardiasis. For a decoction of this collection, you will need 4 tbsp. l birch buds, 4 tbsp. l tansy, 2 tbsp. l yarrow and horsetail, 1 tbsp. l celandine.
- You can insist that the dried lilac flowers in alcohol and use them for 10 days, 1 teaspoon before each meal.
- The well-known pumpkin seed porridge is also considered an effective remedy for giardiasis.
Get rid of roundworms and tapeworms
- Ascaris are expelled with the help of brandy and castor oil. This recipe is recommended for adults only. For 2-3 days you need to take 50 g of brandy, washed down with grapefruit juice, and after 15 minutes - 50 g of castor oil. The effect is not long in coming.
- Infusion prepared with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles. The mushrooms are processed in a meat grinder and filled with vodka for 24 hours. This popular medicine is taken 1 teaspoon before bedtime.
- The onion tincture is taken at 150 g per day for 4 days. To cook it, you need to take a medium onion, pour 2 tbsp. boiling water and steep for 12 hours.
- Horseradish and garlic tincture helps with tapeworms and roundworms. For her, you need to take horseradish, the same amount of garlic and pour alcohol for 10 days. The course of therapy with this tincture is at least a month. During all this time, you should take 1 tablespoon. l tincture.
- Avran leaf decoction kills pinworms and dwarf tapeworms. To prepare it, pour 1 tsp 2 tbsp. hot water and simmer for half an hour. It is necessary to drink the entire broth, 1 teaspoon, at intervals of 20 minutes.
- Pomegranate bark tea helps fight tapeworms. The crust is filled with boiled water. This tincture is taken 1 teaspoon before a meal.
As you can see, there are many ways to eliminate parasites from the body, not only with medications, but also with home remedies. They are all good and effective in their own way. But it is only at first glance that all these recipes seem simple and harmless. In fact, some of them can not only help, but also harm the body. Therefore, it is best to approach the expulsion of parasites in all seriousness and it is advisable to consult with your GP before this.