Treating nail fungus with folk remedies is widely used in people's everyday life for many good reasons. First of all, this is the naturalness of such drugs and almost 100% absence of side effects (the only exception, perhaps, is the body's partial rejection of individual components).
In addition, "popular" recipes are able to successfully complement treatment with traditional medicines and are often advised by doctors themselves to combine them. Also, the price factor plays an important role in its popularity.
There are many popular recipes aimed at fighting fungal diseases, including in the groin and ears. In this article you can read the most effective and common of them.
Recipes with plants
This is the most popular category of folk remedies for nail fungus, as many modern pharmaceutical drugs contain components of the usual flora in their composition.
- tea mushroom- one of the most common means against mycoses. Nail fungus kombucha is mainly used in the form of lotions and compresses. A plate of kombucha or part of it should be applied to the diseased areas of the nail plates of the hands or feet, wrapped with waterproof material (cellophane is most commonly used) and put on clean socks. The procedure is carried out at night, just before bed, the compress is removed in the morning. After applying the compress, be sure to rinse the affected area with water and clean the nail plates, then lubricate with iodine.
- Celandine. Another leading popular way to fight yeast infections. From nail fungus, celandine can be used both in its pure form and in celandine oil. Soak the juice of the leaves or oil with a cotton swab, apply it to the nail damaged by the fungus and bandage it. Keeping such a compress should be 4-5 hours. Lotions to make up to the complete rehabilitation of the nail plates.
- Kalanchoe. This common houseplant can also help fight fungal diseases. Separate the callanchoe sheet from the film covering it, place it on the nail, wrap it in cellophane and put on a sock. Repeat every night until recovery, in the morning make sure to treat the nail with sterilized manicure accessories.
- golden mustache. You can make a tincture of this plant yourself, but to save time, you can buy it at a pharmacy. Tincture recipe: pour 50 joints of the "golden mustache" with half a liter of vodka or pure alcohol, leave for 14 days. Then one part of the tincture must be diluted with three parts of water. Rub onto affected skin 2-3 times a day.
- mint. Mix the crushed mint leaves with salt and spread the resulting paste on the interdigital creases for an hour. The compress is applied once or twice a day until recovery.
- Poultry or Indian Onion. The juice of this plant helps with nail fungus and interdigital area fungus. This juice should be gently rubbed into the infected areas of the skin 1 to 2 times a day until recovery.
- spurge. Half a glass of dried plant collection should be diluted with a liter of boiling water and infused for half an hour in a water bath. Use the infusion for 7-10 days.
- pine cones and needles. Pour 250 grams of crushed needles or cones with alcohol (at least 70%) and leave in a dark place for two weeks. On average, these compresses should be done for about two weeks.
- Thyme. Dilute 3-4 tablespoons of dried herbs in boiling water, let cool for an hour. Wet a soft cloth or bandage with the resulting solution and wrap the affected area. It is necessary to bear the compress for two hours twice a week.
- rowan. Fresh rowan leaves are good for getting rid of harmful mold spores in spring and summer. Crushed leaves are applied to the diseased area of the skin and fixed with a soft cloth (bandage). Lotions are made every day for 30 days.
- Air. The roots of this plant are sold in pharmacies. Grind the root, add 100 ml of boiling water, pass through a sieve. Take orally 2-3 times a day.
- Lilac. Another "spring" antifungal recipe. Add a glass of medicinal alcohol to fresh lilac flowers, leave for 15 days. Lubricate with infusion the areas of skin damaged by the fungus.
- Pear. Crushed pear leaves have a healing effect similar to antibiotics. Dilute 1 teaspoon of crushed leaves with 250 grams of warm water and heat a little on the stove. After the solution has cooled, compresses can be applied to the affected areas.
- Garlic. Grind 1-2 cloves and add some table salt, strain. Treat diseased skin with infusion 2-3 times a day.
- burdock. A fresh leaf of this plant must be cleaned (in no case should it be washed under running water), smooth the veins on the inside of the leaf a little (so that the juice of the plant appears) and lubricate the affected area with it, then fix with a bandage and leave for several hours. The procedure is carried out within three weeks.
- burr. Squeeze the juice from the leaves, wet a cotton swab or other absorbent material with it and apply to the infected skin until complete recovery.
- Herb mix: marigold, oak bark, blackberry, verbena, horsetail herb. Approximately equal amount of ingredients pour 200 grams of water, put on the stove and boil for 20 minutes. Leave the solution for 2-3 hours, it can be taken orally or used for compresses. Inside - a tablespoon 3-4 times a day. Apply compresses before going to bed.
Folk remedies for nail fungus using pharmaceuticals
Despite the fact that the main ingredients of such popular recipes are sold in a regular pharmacy, they have a number of features that distinguish them from highly specialized antifungal ointments. Firstly, the price differs significantly (as a rule, it is much lower), and secondly, "folk" remedies are only one of the components of the recipe, and the method of application has been developed for decades. Below is a list of the most popular and cost-effective ways to treat yeast infections.
- Propolis. The treatment of nail fungus with propolis, along with "herbal" recipes, is a very effective and popular traditional medicine recipe. Moisten a cotton swab with tincture of propolis (20%) and apply to infected areas of skin or nail plate. Apply until a healthy nail grows.
- eucalyptus oil. From eucalyptus oil you can get a good antifungal ointment. It is necessary to mix 30-40 grams of oil with 15 grams of honey and add half a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. Leave the mixture for three days in a cool, dark place. Rub the affected area of skin once a day until the symptoms of the disease disappear.
- Hydrogen peroxide. Before applying the solution, it is necessary to spray the nail plates damaged by the fungus, and only then carefully apply the solution with a cotton swab. Cleanse the skin twice a day until the signs of illness disappear.
- Salicylic ointment.Treat damaged areas of skin and nails with a 35% solution of this ointment before going to bed, then wrap in cellophane and put on socks. Repeat the procedure until complete recovery.
- rosemary oil. Rosemary is also good for toenail and nail fungus. The oil is suitable for the treatment of arms, legs and trunk. Apply at bedtime until the signs of ringworm disappear.
- Iodine. Treating nail fungus with iodine is one of the simplest but most effective ways to fight fungal diseases. A 5% iodine solution is gently applied to infected skin areas at least twice a day. The duration of the procedures is 20 days. However, when using the drug, a strong burning sensation may occur. In this case, the number of rubs should be reduced to 1 time per day.
- A solution of glycerin, iodine and vinegar. Mix in the following proportions: a tablespoon of glycerin, iodine, vinegar, 2 tablespoons of boiled water. Lubricate the affected skin with the resulting solution overnight.
- birch tar. It is sold in any pharmacy, before using it is recommended to wash your feet well with soap powder. Application method: wet a cotton swab with tar and apply to the affected areas, then wrap the foot with a bandage and put on a clean sock. You can also use a special tar soap for nail fungus.
Popular antifungal recipes "from the pantry"
This category of folk remedies against yeast infections can be found on the kitchen shelves in your home. Treating nail fungus with these folk remedies is not inferior in popularity to traditional medicines. Their most popular products and recipes:
- Coffee. A very popular means of fighting ringworm and therefore one of the most effective. It is necessary to prepare strong coffee beans and let it cool a little, then briefly lower your hands or feet into the drink. From nail fungus, coffee helps almost immediately: the itching disappears, the skin becomes smoother and healthier looking.
- Vinegar. The treatment of nail fungus with vinegar is carried out as follows: the feet should be lowered for several minutes in apple cider vinegar or wine, after washing them well. Most of the time, vinegar treatment is for foot fungus.
- Lemon. The feet must be well steamed, then dip a cotton swab in lemon juice and make a compress lasting no more than an hour.
- salt. Nail fungus sea salt is used in the form of daily foot baths (hands can also be steamed). Recipe: Dissolve 100 grams of sea salt and 4 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in 5 liters of boiled water, soak your feet in the resulting solution for half an hour.
- Vodka. In a quarter cup of vodka, add a teaspoon of lemon juice and half a teaspoon of potassium permanganate, mix, leave for 3-5 days. The infusion should be treated with infected areas of skin and nail plates twice daily.
- Eggshell, Vinegar and Butter Ointment. Pour vinegar into an empty egg and put it in a dark place, after the shell dissolves, remove the film and add butter to the resulting mixture. Treat skin and nails twice a day until recovery.