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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) | * ✅ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica_dioica Nettle, stinging] (Urtica dioica) Stinging nettle was found to have anthelminthic effects in one study [https://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, and one hookworm host has reported regularly eating nettles without issue. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1265558373500115/?comment_id=1265700353485917&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D] | ||
* ❓ [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. | ||