Home remedies for scabies are tough to find and there are even a few who believe there are no such worthwhile remedies and so whenever scabies is diagnosed, conventional medical treatment should start straightaway.

This is since if left untreated, or if treated by inadequate means, scabies may rapidly become serious and can spread amongst those who come into contact with it quickly.  Spread through close contact, scabies develops when a tiny minute mite burrows underneath the skin and lays eggs there, feeding off the blood supply below the skin.  Although it’s an extremely itchy skin condition, the characteristic red rash that a sufferer of scabies presents with isn’t merely as a result of the scratching.  It’s mainly the result of the mites, that have burrowed below the skin, laying their eggs there.  This will then cause an allergic reaction in the sufferer and result in the characteristic red rash.  Scabies will classically affect the fingers (you can very easily catch scabies by merely shaking hands with an infected person) and toes, buttocks, groin and elbows to name but a few.

Having said that there’s some doubt about whether there are any home remedies for scabies that will work, there are a couple of remedies that might be worth considering.

Neem oil mixed with turmeric into a paste, that’s then smeared over the affected area is one of the old traditional Indian  home remedies for scabies  as a matter of fact, a lot of the conventional treatments are based on neem.  You can also drop some tea tree oil into a bath to treat scabies and to help control the itching.

What’s true to say though is that you can assist yourself by abiding by some simple rules of hygiene and housekeeping once you’ve began treatment for scabies.

Even though scabies are not like fleas in that they do not hop, there should still be an attempt to vacuum and clean the house as thoroughly as you are able to.  You want to eliminate all or as much of the mites as possible.  Anywhere that you sit or sleep should be cleaned, that means paying particular attention to bedding and even vacuuming the mattress.

All clothing and bed linen should be washed in hot water and then dried via a hot heat to make certain the mites are completely gone.

Most importantly though, as home remedies for scabies go, if you know that you’ve come into contact with an infected individual or you have to come into contact with one, then avoid any close physical contact with that person.