Dry Mustard for Mite Infestation
Barb (Texas) on 03/16/2016:
For the mustard treatment, I used equal parts dry mustard and water. Make a smooth paste and wait for 10 minutes. You can mix it with body wash and with shampoo (maybe equal parts of mustard mix with other wash/shampoo/lotion etc). In the beginning, I mixed it with the wash/shampoo etc, but later, I mixed it with a little coconut oil and "oiled" my scalp and my feet. It appeared to stop the crawling/biting etc in my feet quickly but the scalp took a little longer. It does work and I got the information from this website. View Entire Thread
Brenda (Texas) on 11/11/2015:
Worked Temporarily
I have been using the dry mustard if I feel even an itch and I was down to no crawls and bites but I got reinfected and the mustard with water does not seem to work for me anymore in my hair. One of our tenants' families was badly infected with mites. We managed to get the mites out of the rental house after they moved; although, we got infected. Our next tenant stayed in the house for 5 years with no problem. When she moved and we did work on the house 2 months ago, some of the mites were hiding under the house. When we replaced boards at the bottom of the house and replaced some under-the-house plumbing, we were inundated again with the mites. I want to spray under the house, but I don't want to gather more mites on me but I have to do it. View Entire Thread
Sweetsue (Missouri) on 12/29/2013:
I have had fantastic results treating mites and sores that won't heal with dry mustard. What I do is mix 1 teaspoon cold water to 1 teaspoon dry ground mustard. Stir well. Let stand for 10 minutes. Then add about 2 teaspoons coconut oil and mix well. Next add 2-3 ounces of a good lotion, mix well. Then I add about a teaspoon of glycerin and mix well. The dry mustard will burn your skin if too much is used. I also mix the mustard mix with a antifungal shampoo (head and shoulder). Wash my entire body and hair with shampoo mix and let stay on skin a few minutes. Rinse well. After drying off I put the lotion mix on my entire body. I have used lotion several times a day at the beginning. I put it on my face at night, putting thick on eyebrows. Right before bed, I lightly put on eyelashes. But be careful if you use by eyes. Mustard will burn the heck out of your eyes if it gets in or very close to them. Store bought Prepared mustard will not work. And I will repeat: MUSTARD CAN AND WILL BURN YOUR SKIN IF USED TOO STRONG.
