Garlic Kill Scabies

There is no scientific evidence that garlic can kill scabies or use in treatment of it. Because onion has been used as an alternative form of treatment for some worm infestation, it is considered to be effective against scabies. However, let us see what scabies is all about.

Scabies

What Is Garlic And Scabies

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus Allium. Its close relatives include the onion.

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The Sarcoptes scabiei mite, commonly called scabies, is spread through contact with an infected person or with clothing and bedding used by an infected person. If you're infected with scabies, the mites burrow under your skin to live and lay their eggs. This causes intense itching, not because of the burrowing activity of the mite, but because of your immune system's response to the mites' presence, explains PubMed Health.

Garlic Kill Scabies

Garlic is active against worms in the intestine. Eating it can have some effect against the worm. The morphology of worms is completely different from that of scabies mite. Scabies live under the skin. The effect of garlic against scabies can only be effective if the ingredients get to the skin after eating.

Garlic does contain nutrients that can benefit your skin and return it to health after you contract a scabies rash. The manganese in garlic contributes to healthy nerves, and the vitamin B6 in this vegetable contributes to healthy skin.

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Garlic contains high levels of quercetin, which can help to ease any irritation in the skin and act as an antibacterial agent. They also contain sulphur, a mineral that can potentially kill any persisting mites. Allicin is one of the compounds that gives garlic their antibacterial properties.

You can either increase your dietary consumption of these foods, or apply them topically as a paste once they have been diluted. The ingredients that can kill scabies may not get to the skin. Applying it to the skin may work better. But give a gap of 2-3 days.