J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2002 Dec; 32(3): 797-803.

Eucalyptus globulus (camphor oil) in the treatment of human demodicidosis.

Morsy TA, Morsy GH, Sanad EM.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt. morsy2000@hotmail.com

Demodex folliculorum (Follicular or Demodicid mite) is a zoonotic obligatory parasite with clinical manifestations range from normal infestation to complicated ones. Treatment of human facial demodicidosis with freshly prepared camphor oil with or without glycerol dilutions gave complete cure with concentrations of 100%, 75%. and 50%. Incomplete cure but marked drop in infestation density was achieved with diluted camphor oil at concentrations of 25-20%. Camphor oil application proved to be safe with no side effects.