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* ❌ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem Neem] (Azadirachta indica). Ayurvedic medicine holds that Neem is the best herb for treating worms and other parasites and that a simple decoction of Neem leaves can kill all parasites present in the intestines. Neem extract has also been shown to be [http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/DUJBS/article/view/8836 more effective against rodent helminths] than standard chemotherapy with albendazole or mebendazole. | * ❌ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem Neem] (Azadirachta indica). Ayurvedic medicine holds that Neem is the best herb for treating worms and other parasites and that a simple decoction of Neem leaves can kill all parasites present in the intestines. Neem extract has also been shown to be [http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/DUJBS/article/view/8836 more effective against rodent helminths] than standard chemotherapy with albendazole or mebendazole. | ||
* ✅ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica_dioica Nettle, stinging] (Urtica dioica) This was found to have anthelminthic effects in one study [https://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOPHARMCJ/TOPHARMCJ-3-38.pdfhttps://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOPHARMCJ/TOPHARMCJ-3-38.pdf] but this was carried out ''in vitro'', using a nettle ''extract'', and in a non-therapeutic worm (the Indian earthworm) so these findings are not directly applicable to humans using human-adapted helminths. There have been no reports of any adverse effect on human helminths after their hosts have drunk nettle tea. | |||
* ❓ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noni Noni] (Morinda citrifolia, also known as great morinda, Indian mulberry, beach mulberry and cheese fruit). A test tube study[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1158424] found that noni helps to eliminate the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, but, so far, no helminth hosts have reported using this. | * ❓ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noni Noni] (Morinda citrifolia, also known as great morinda, Indian mulberry, beach mulberry and cheese fruit). A test tube study[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1158424] found that noni helps to eliminate the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, but, so far, no helminth hosts have reported using this. | ||