Home remedies for head lice give you the pride to flaunt your locks that had been the empire of lice, a short time ago. They are natural and don't pose any threat to the natural shine of your hair and besides killing the lice they also provide nutrition to the hair. 

The home remedies for head lice are simple naturopathic treatment. They provide holistic care to your hair and are nutritional treatment done by herbal medicines. Some of them are essential oils that stop the multiplication of the parasites. There are no dietary supplements for the head lice.
 
The various causes of head lice are:
1. Head to head contact is one of the primary ways of transmission from one person to another.
2. Indirect contacts like sharing of hat, combs, pillows, towels and alike also transmits the parasites.
3. A direct physical contact with a person having lice will transmit head lice.

Symptoms of head lice might include:

• Itching on the scalp.
• Appearance of the red bumps on the scalp and neck.
• Finding nits i.e. lice eggs, the tiny white oval shaped specks generally attached to the sides of hairs.

Don't use chemicals on your child's head, go for some of the following home remedies for head lice:

• Never share personal belongings like comb, towel or other things.
• Wash the hair with vinegar. Vinegar kills all the nits.
• Apply a little bit of coconut oil to your head, after shampoo and condition your hair since, lice cannot survive in oily environments.
• Mixing ten to fifteen drops of tea tree oil into your shampoo bottle keeps the lice away.
• Massage with mayonnaise properly and comb it after 2 hours. This will kill all the lice and their eggs.
• Put a mixture of lemon and butter for 15 seconds on your head and then rinse it off.
• Disinfect your combs.
• Keep your child's hair short.