Kim (Dustin, Nebraska) on 03/27/2012
Hence, Diatomaceous Earth. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that regular ingestion of Food Grade diatomaceous earth (make sure it's food grade!! ) will rid the body of parasites of all kinds. It should be, however, a life long regimen. After you get rid of the parasites, continue taking the DE daily. DE is full of minerals that our bodies need and don't get anymore because our food is so "clean"... People used to work much closer to the earth as a whole, then most of us do now. Therefore we don't inhale/ingest the dirt and thus minerals that we used to, but also because our food is from the supermarket and not the garden (for many of us) it has been "super-cleaned" and the minerals have been removed. Some other benefits of DE are healthier skin, teeth, bones, and hair (some people with baldness or thinning hair have reported complete hair regrowth) It also cleanses our bodies of built up heavy metals and toxins. Wolf Creek Ranch (google it ;) has a lot of really good info on how DE can help fight off parasites. It should take about a week to two weeks to stop feeling the worms after beginning to take DE. But don't stop there.
Remember the eggs are very hard to control/kill. Reinfection is very very very common. If you choose not to take it as a daily regimen indefinitely, at least take it for 90 days. Paying very good attention to not cause reinfection. Some ideas to help are to: carefully, each morning run all bedding through the dryer as hot as you can get it, and change everyone's underwear. Bathing every other day might be helpful as well. Get a nail brush and clean under those fingernails well (help the little ones) when washing hands each time. Adding a lot of garlic (raw) and coconut oil to your diet and also a daily dose (1 tsp to 1 tbsp as tolerated per person) of Apple Cider Vinegar helps to make the body less hospitable to the parasites. Of the DE, We take 1 tbsp daily for adults and 1 tsp daily for the children, just stirred up in water (it's important to try not to inhale DE, as it can damage your lungs) but it's completely safe for consumption. It's slightly gritty, and tastes a little like fresh-turned dirt smells. The kids really like it mixed with a small amount of applesauce. Also making some garlic oil for applying to the rectum helps disrupt their lifestyle. Cut up several garlic cloves and put in a small amount of coconut oil in a warm place (I used a half pint jelly jar). The longer it sits, the more potent it will be. Use a q-tip to apply to anus first thing in the morning (if you don't choose to bathe right away) and also before bed. This will kill eggs that are present, and also repel the adults from laying more eggs. (they don't like garlic one bit! ) I didn't take it seriously at first, getting lax everytime I stopped feeling things "move', but I'm finally buckling down to focus on making sure we are doing the above things. These things helped the first time and we were free for a while, but then got reinfected, maybe from not taking care of laundry and linens, maybe just by having very small children, or maybe from our outdoor animals and livestock... Hard to say. I'm praying to God, that we can avoid that this time! I'll try to keep you all posted and I hope this helps!
Replied By Kim (Dustin, Nebraska) on 08/08/2012
Currently I'm pregnant and so I'm not pursuing this more aggressively. Also eating 2 cloves of garlic raw every day for about 4 days gets rid of them, maybe I'll try that at the first sign of a reinfection. In the future I'm going to try making green walnut tincture (green walnuts in vodka) and giving it to our family for a while to see if we can kill the worms in our bodies along with any new infestations before they can get started. Another method that I see is mentioned on here is the idea of putting something on the anal oriface to dissuade them from laying eggs... This is a great idea, just a little hard to implement in a large family. I wonder if there is a way to make the worms sterile... Without making us sterile. Maybe the key is to staying on something that kills them chemically (like one or a combination of food and the herbs) and not just mechanically (like the DE) for at least a couple of months to kill off new infections before they can reproduce. ::sigh:: wish the kids were older. Prayers and blessings to all who are struggling with this.
Replied By Readerofec (Los Angeles, Ca) on 08/08/2012
Quassia Amara and Neem leaf or oil. Both are effective. However, what you need also, is to kill the parasite eggs. The Black walnut tincture will kill the adults. Careful when you make the tincture as when made fresh, its very strong!
Fresh ground, high quality cloves will do the trick or 16 drops of clove oil in 8 oz of water 2 or 3 times daily. Careful as the oil can burn. Grinding the cloves may be safer and easier.
Do a web search on the herbs I mentioned to see what is right for you and easy for the whole family. I don't absolutely do not recommend Quassia Amara and Neem leaf teas as they are extremely bitter herbs.
If you have not tried already, take some of the DE (Diatomatious Earth) and dust in your bedding and undergarments so its not visible unless closely viewed. Also, mix 30% DE with 70% grape seed oil and rub on freshly cleaned bottoms.
Each night they become active and when there is DE present they are damaged and dehydrated and unable to reproduce during their peak hours.
There are other herbs that can be used as an enema to kill the them in the gut such as Stemona. Do a web search on it as I have only read about this herb when researching for another topic.
Replied By Timh (Louisville, Ky, Usa) on 08/09/2012
If you have pets, it is completely essential to deworm them regularly. My kitties require regular treatment of both Piperazine and Praziquantel (i have begun using an herbal complex occasionally between the pharm treatments).
I will soon begin Diatomaceus Earth. How best is this taken and in what quantities as per your results???
Replied By Jayne (London, Uk) on 09/13/2012
Replied By Anon (Your Town, Usa) on 09/13/2012
One day, for whatever reason I just rubbed this on my forearms while I was putting some in my hair. What came out of my forearms was lots of black specks. At first my wife insisted it was lint from our towels. I beleived different. I started doing this without touching myself with anything. Sometimes I would do it fresh out of the shower and would not use a towel to dry. Guess what! More black specks. I rubbed the oil on me for sevreal weeks until the black specks came out no more. My arms cleared up from the bumbs and also I had a dull film on my arms that went away. I am pretty much about 99% free of the little buggers now. Hope this will help you.
Replied By Jayne (London, UK) on 09/20/2012
I still want to know about diamotaceous earth though, as I have lots of that. Does it kill worms that are elsewhere in your body - ie. not in your gut?
I'm actually wondering... DOES DE WORK AT ALL???
I'm confused about its ability to kill anything at all. You see I was taking 1 teaspoon of it daily in water for 2 weeks. And then I found a live pinworm in my stool. So does it work at all? I'm not sure whether I should carry on taking it or not.
Any advice would be much appreciated. I had really high hopes for it, but now am a bit disillusioned.
Replied By Michele (Chattanooga) on 09/09/2020
Sounds like scabies.
Replied By Kelli (TX) on 02/12/2026
1 tsp of DE is not enough to do any good for an adult unless you do that 3x per day. For adults the recommended amount is 1 TBSP. You're right it's for intestinal only.
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Replied By Swaggybooks (Los Angeles, California) on 10/02/2014
I was surprised that my doctor has not recommended any of these things! I hope these things work, I recently tried toasted bagels with butter and garlic sprinkled on top, I heard that pinworms hate garlic and immediately after I ate it I felt like they were going away even though they probably didn't.
Okay I need to stop blabbering. Thanks for all of the ideas work and I hope what I said helps, Jayne.
~swaggybooks
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Replied By Alexandra (On) on 03/11/2017
...enemas help or garlic/teatree/vaseline around the entry to the anus helps. - this may be a short term solution but you cannot stop a gravid (egg laden) female from laying her eggs. If you deter them from laying outside your bottom, they will lay the eggs inside your bottom where you can't wash them away. If they're coming down to lay their eggs you WANT them to lay the eggs outside so that you can wash them away in the morning.
Replied By Paul (Florida) on 08/20/2017
My question about DE is when they say to apply it to your bed or clothes or whatever, YET they say do not breathe it because it can DAMAGE your lungs!
If I put it in my bed isn't it possible I would put my head under the covers at night and breathe some of it in? Especially where I've read to use this for bed bugs, you'd need to put a lot of it to cover your mattress - so how would you also avoid breathing it in and damaging your lungs?
Also putting it on a pet - isn't it possible the dog would shake itself and cause the DE to go flying through the air where you would get it in your lungs? To me it seems that IF it can cause lung damage one should not put it on a dog or in the bed etc yet they are saying that it's okay to do this...
Huh? Please explain.