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Also called tapeworm, the tapeworm lives and thrives in the small intestine or stomach of humans. It comes from undercooked beef or pork that we eat.
This article will guide you on foods to consume to fight intestinal worms especially tapeworm.
Here is tapeworm symptoms and treatments.
How do we catch it?
When you consume raw or undercooked beef or pork, the chances of consuming tapeworm larvae are greater (1).
That is why pregnant women are not recommended to eat raw, undercooked meat, sushi and the like.
The consumed tapeworm larva will grip in your intestine thanks to its suction cups. It will develop by feeding on what you eat. Usually people with tapeworms have trouble eating.
After 3 months of stay in your intestine, the tapeworm reaches adulthood. It can sometimes be 10 meters long.
The lifespan of the tapeworm can reach 40 years! it reproduces by making rings which are partly rejected in the stool.
These rings in the stool are thin and white in color. They are about 2 centimeters long.
What are the symptoms of tapeworm?
The tapeworm is asymptomatic. It can spend several years in the small intestine without noticing it. One sign that might alert you is the presence of the rings in your stool.
Other signs that are also symptoms of other diseases may appear. This is for example the itching around the anus, a lack of appetite or bulimia.
These symptoms also include weight loss, nausea, and abdominal pain (2).
What are the treatments for tapeworms
Pumpkin seeds
Grown for more than 8000 years in Mexico, squash and mainly squash seeds are real dewormers.
They were used to fight digestion problems and intestinal worms.
Squash seeds are covered with a thin membrane. They are rich in antioxidants, oleic acid, protein, vitamins and minerals.
- 100g of pumpkin seeds
- 5 tablespoons of honey
Preparation
Grind your squash seeds. Add the honey and mix for a good incorporation of the ingredients.
Consume it on an empty stomach in the morning
Nutritional value
Pumpkin seeds are dewormers.
Honey is rich in antioxidants, vitamin E and vitamin C. It has antibacterial properties,
Combined, squash seeds and honey will help you totally destroy tapeworm
Raw cabbage juice
You will need:
- 1/8 green cabbage
- 1 carrot
- 1/8 red cabbage
- 1/8 melon
- 1 lemon
- 1 finger of ginger
Preparation
Clean your cabbages and strip them. Put them in your blender. For clear juices, use a juicer or juice extractor. In this case, increase the amounts taken.
Clean your melon, cut it into pieces. Save the seeds for the juice. They are very effective against intestinal worms.
Wash and scrape the carrots and your ginger finger. If your carrot is organic, save the skin for the juice.
Put all your ingredients in the machine and make your deworming juice.
Nutritional value
Carrot is a natural dewormer. In pediatrics, it is recommended that children with worms eat lots of raw carrots.
The ancient medicines also used the carrot to fight against intestinal worms and in particular the tapeworm. If you want to eat the carrot, do so on an empty stomach for about 8 days (3).
Green cabbage and red cabbage are cruciferous crops. These powerful antioxidants are also good for fighting tapeworms.
Cabbage juice combined with other dewormers will help you overcome this unwanted host.
Melon is also an anthelmintic. Use its seeds also in your juice. Squash and melon seeds are powerful dewormers.
Lemon is known for its multiple benefits. Detoxifying, antibacterial, it supports the activity of dewormers against intestinal worms.
Vitamin C in lemon converts into antioxidants to rid the body of all unwanted things including tapeworms.
Ginger enhances the taste of your juice. Indeed cabbages have a bland taste. The ginger gives an exotic side to this juice.
It also fights against the nausea caused by intestinal worms. It also supports the regulation of intestinal transit which is unbalanced by the presence of tapeworm.
Chamomile and almond blossom tea
- You will need:
- 100g of chamomile
- 100 grams of almond leaves
- 5 tablespoons of honey
- 2 liters of mineral water
- 1 lemon
Preparation
Rinse your ingredients and put them in a cooking utensil.
Boil over high heat for 20 minutes. Then reduce the heat to medium heat and leave for another 20 minutes.
Lower the heat when the chamomile and almond leaves have fully released their properties
When your herbal tea has cooled, add the juice of your lemon.
Nutritional value
Sweet almond leaves contain oleic acid and linoleic acid. Rich in vitamins, carbohydrates and proteins, they are also dewormers.
Moreover, sweet almond oil is recommended to fight against tapeworms and other intestinal worms (4)
Chamomile has soothing properties in the body. It is also a powerful remedy against worms when taken as an infusion or herbal tea. It is very well known in the fight against digestive problems.
Honey is not only useful for the taste. But it takes part in the fight against tapeworm.
Lemon is also an ally to multiply the effects of almond leaves and chamomile on worms. It contributes to the destruction of this unwanted.
Your drink should be taken when it has cooled down and on an empty stomach. It is important to consume deworming remedies on an empty stomach to have the best effects on tapeworm.
Recipe for children
Does your child have worms? poor man, he keeps scratching around the anal route. Little remedy for your child.
- 50 g of sweet almond flowers.
- 50 g of marshmallow flowers
- 50 g of poppy flowers
- 1 liter of mineral water
- Of honey
Preparation
Boil your different ingredients in water over medium heat. Except honey
When the decoction has cooled, add honey to the portion served, i.e. 1 tablespoon per XNUMX cup of the decoction.
Nutritional value
Sweet almond has deworming effects. They help you fight tapeworm. You can replace the sweet almond flowers with sweet almond oil sold in pharmacies or from approved herbalists.
Sweet almond oil is pale yellow in color.
Marshmallow flowers contain flavonoids, polysaccharides including mucilages. They also contain antibacterial, anti inflammatory properties.
Marshmallow flowers also fight intestinal worms including tapeworm.
Poppies are composed of tannins, alkaloids, meconic acid, mucilages and anthocyanins.
Combined à other plants such as chamomile and marshmallow, they stimulate the action of dewormers in the small intestine.
Essential oils against tapeworm
There are several essential oils that can be used to permanently get rid of tapeworms.
Castor oil
Castor oil contains vitamin E, ricinoleic acid, antioxidants, protein, and minerals.
It supports the regime against tapeworms
After consuming the grated carrots in the morning on an empty stomach, consume castor oil 30 minutes before lunch either one or 1/2 teaspoon of castor oil.
Thyme essential oil
It is a dewormer, antifungal, antibacterial. Thyme essential oil helps fight tapeworm
Essential oils against intestinal worms
Beyond tapeworm, you have several other intestinal worms that threaten the balance of your digestive system.
The essential oils of marjoram, hyssop, turpentine, wild thyme, peppermint, sandalwood, cloves will help you in this direction.
Food
Tapeworms can be completely destroyed with a diet rich in Vitamin A.
Moreover by consuming certain foods such as carrot, egg yolk, walnut oil, garlic, cabbage, melon. You favor the destruction of this worm.
Raw carrots, for example, are very effective against tapeworms. Eat 2 grated carrots in the morning on an empty stomach and some time before main meals.
It is important to consume dewormers on an empty stomach for better action against tapeworm. Egg yolk can be used in your grated carrot (5)
Garlic is also a superb dewormer. Take a head of garlic that you are going to get rid of its skin.
Grate the pods and boil them for about 15-20 minutes in milk. Consume this in the morning on an empty stomach. No breakfast until noon for your main meal.
You can also combine your grated carrots with fresh or lightly heated garlic.
Organic hazelnut oil and walnut oils in general are powerful dewormers that you should try to get rid of your concern.
Use walnut oil in your salads, grated carrots.
The seeds of squash, pumpkin, melon, pepper contain active components which have real actions against tapeworms.
You can make pasta from these precious seeds and eat them on an empty stomach, 3 times before lunch. Be sure to remove the thin coating of these seeds before reducing them to a paste.
These seeds are generally recommended for expelling tapeworms in children.
Hygiene precautions
Intestinal worms are accidentally swallowed up in our stomachs through the consumption of beef and pork. If you notice larvae in your or your child’s stool.
Avoid consuming blues, raw meats or sushi. Opt for perfectly cooked meats.
Also wash your hands regularly. Whether after the toilet, or before consuming the food. This also applies after touching soiled objects (garbage cans, earth.)
Expect the same hygiene rules from your children to ensure a healthy environment.
Conclusion
Through this article, we discover various essential foods to fight against tapeworm. Remember to eat healthy, simple and cook your meats, beef, pork, poultry and more.
Another rule of thumb is to wash your hands regularly with soap to avoid consuming contaminated food from dirty hands.
If you experience any symptoms or see small wriggling white worms in your stool, go for the cures with our recipes recommended above.
After 3 months of treatment, tapeworms should be a memory.