After I finally found out that the blastos are not the main culprit for my problems, I found a way to deal with Mr. Enterobius.
Mr. Enterobius is a highly infectious parasite, and can get really, really nasty, since you can get new eggs into yourself by inhaling (they cling to dust), chewing fingernails, preparing food, and retro-infection.
Besides becoming a cleaning nazi and treating your whole family, including your pet with dewormers, there are some foods that he hates, and here is a list. For those who can stomach raw facts, I will include some other tips at the bottom.
Foods that Enterobius hates:
Raw pumpkin seeds
Blanched almonds
Raw, fresh coconut
Stuns them and you might be able to purge some of them out, once you eat huge amounts of them.
Raw grated carrots and carrot juice.
Rich in fiber and vitamin A, and apprently, it works, don't ask me why. Can also be used before a purge.
Pomegranate seeds and pomegranate juice (no sugar)
Drink 200ml, twice or 4 times daily. Expensive, though.
Papaya and papaya seeds, pineapple
Have the enzymes papain and bromelaine, that can digest the skin of them.
Papaya seeds taste peppery.
Yoghurt: rich in good probiotics, and worms hate probiotics.
Cloves: best fresh, non-irradiated, freshly ground. Consume however you can around 1 tsp a day, to kill eggs. I make a shot with orange juice, so I dont have to taste it.
Cayenne pepper: powerful, can even slice up a tapeworm. consume at least 1/2 tsp a day. I mix it with the cloves into the shot. I drink two of those shots daily (split the amounts) , one before breakfast and one before dinner, and cool down with some yoghurt.
Thyme: some people like to drink tea from fresh thyme, but not me. I just add it to my dishes anyway.
Turmeric, asafoetada, garlic, cinnamon, black pepper: all very nice and spicy, and they hate it. Make more curries, more often ;)
Diatomaceous earth, food grade: some people say it cuts them into pieces, other say it will force the worms into other organs. I take it anyway, I think it helps, and vets use it for animals regularly. Do not inhale!!!!! I drink a tablespoon in either my pomegranate juice or in milk, 1-2 times daily
Other helpful advice to kill enterobius:
The pregant ladyworms carry tons of eggs, so get rid of them. They lay eggs preffered around full moon, at night, on your skin around the anus. they can even acidentally get into your female bits, so make sure to kep them out, else it will turn really, really nasty. To keep them from wandering: Put a garlic clove into a jar of vaseline. spread this over your anus, every night. Remove carefully first thing in the morning. In some very bad cases, cover a clove of garlic with vaseline, use as suspensorium.
If they have laid eggs, it will itch. Do not scratch. You will spread them. To keep yourself or kids from scratching overnight, wear gloves.
Shower immediately after waking up. They hate warm soapy water.
Change undies daily, and treat as hazardous material. Wash at 50 degrees, use dryer if possible. If not possible, hang them outside to dry in the sun. Eggs die in sunlight. Else they keep viable for 3 weeks :(
Wash bedsheets and Pjs as often as you can, vacuum regularly every 2-3 days, desinfect the loo, and clean doorknobs, lightswitches with alcohol or bleach.
Keep fingernails short. Wash hands too often. Do not pick your nose, they can grow there, too.
Medications:
There are lots available.
Mebendazole and pyrentel pamoate/embonate are the most common ones. Take them but do not expect wonders. If you have a lot worms, this can hurt as hell. Take them, but one dose won't be enough, so make sure to take it regularly, every two weeks, and mix them up! I had 2x mebendazole, the next turn I will use pyrentel pamoate. And then...either I go back to mebendazole, or try a commercial available de-worm tincture for a while (cloves, wormwood, cayenne, golden seal...). Or mybe I can get my GP to give me albendazole or thiabendazole or whatever else.
If symptoms lessen, do not think it is over! They can be still there, so it doesnt hurt if you take de-worm medications once a month before full moon for 6 months. This is what I will do. Never again.
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