How to Use Cajeput Oil for Nits

If you are treating head lice with harmful chemicals, consider using alternative herbals for a safer remedy. Oil of cajeput comes from the tropics of India and Indonesia from a small tree with weeping limbs. Cajeput oil has antibiotic qualities, and when mixed with other oils, can successfully treat head lice. Follow treatment procedures thoroughly and completely. Stop weeping about head lice and rid your hair of pesky nits with cajeput oil.

Things You'll Need

• Cajeput oil
• Carrier oil like olive oil
• Shower cap or swim cap
• Fine comb or lice comb
• Shampoo

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Instructions

• 1

  Mix your Cajeput oil with another basic oil like olive oil.

  Mix one part Cajeput oil with three parts olive oil.

• 2

  Apply oil mixture generously to the scalp and hair.

• 3

  Cover with a shower cap or swim cap and leave on overnight.

• 4

  Shampoo hair to remove oil, lice and nits.

  Shampoo hair the next morning.

• 5

  Pick through wet hair with a fine comb or lice comb and remove any nits at the scalp and along the hair shaft.

• 6

  Repeat the Cajeput oil treatment process until lice is gone.

  Repeat oil treatment and nit picking each evening until free of lice and nits.