General Charcteristics
For headaches where constriction of the blood vessels is the cause try placing a warm compress over the forehead for relief. For headaches based on too much blood in the head use a cold compress. Sometimes alternating between both hot and cold compresses will do the trick. Whichever one works for your headache will give a good clue as to the actual mechanism causing your headache.
Vinegar can help ease a headache, boil equal parts vinegar and water and inhale the fumes. You could also try soaking a pad in cider vinegar and applying it to the head.
Take a teaspoon of cider vinegar in a little water with meals each day.
Essential oils of lavender, rose, rosemary, lemon verbena and mint can help if diluted in a little vegetable oil and dabbed on the temples.
Diet and Lifestyle
Eating a balanced diet based on fresh whole foods will always help keep the body in a healthy state.
Consume fresh raw garlic every night, at least 1 clove. Either crush and add raw to a meal or put fresh garlic in an empty capsule if you can't stomach eating it raw. Headlice seem to hate it so it may well work as both prevention and cure.
Useful Herbs
Many essential oil like tea tree, eucalyptus, lavender, rosemary, pine, cedarwood, geranium, sage, thyme and citronella will make lice flea from your head and help prevent further cases if used added to a shampoo or oil treatment once or twice a week. As a treatment add a few drops of 2 or3 of the oils to a carrier oil (Neem oil would be great as it is insecticidal too) and rub into the hair, leaving on as long as possible before washing the oil out. Tea tree and eucalyptus are especially effective.
Quassia bark chips brewed as a strong tea and used as a rinse will help rid and prevent headlice.
Make a tea using 2 teaspoon of crushed aniseed and use it as a regular hairwash to help prevent and rid the head of lice.
Natural Healing
A really decent nit comb is essential so try this site for a comb that myself and many friends with children can personally vouch for.
Smother the scalp and hair with a good vegetable oil (such as olive oil or coconut oil) cover with a shower cap or similar and leave on for several hours during the evening. This may wipe out or seriously weaken adult lice as it clogs their abdominal breathing holes. It also softens and de-tangles the hair, making a nit comb much easier to use.
Neem oil applied to the head regularly will act as a preventative against future infestations due to its safe, natural insecticidal properties.
Rinse the hair in cider vinegar every other day and massage it into the scalp. It also gives the hair a beautiful shine.
Some people swear by coating the hair with mayonnaise and leaving for a few hours before washing out.
Don't forget to pay attention to bedclothes, hats, brushes and combs if nothing is working and repeated infestations occur. Eggs or lice may be hiding out just waiting to come into contact with your hair again.
