Onychomycosis is a difficult-to-cure fungal nail disease, which nowadays occurs in every 5 inhabitants of the planet. It is enough for a healthy person to walk barefoot on the beach or on the floor in a swimming pool or water park so that the spores of the fungus reach the surface of the nail plate. You can treat the infection in many ways, but folk remedies for nail fungus are rightly considered the best in terms of safety for the body.
Almost all medicinal antifungal agents have a toxic effect and adversely affect the functions of vital organs. Therefore, in the initial stage of the disease, folk remedies can be much more effective than synthetic drugs.
The use of folk recipes should be combined with strict adherence to hygienic measures, which will help prevent further spread of the infection and protect others from possible infection.
The best folk remedies for nail fungus
Folk remedies for toenail fungus are allowed to be combined with pharmaceutical drugs prescribed by a dermatologist. The results of therapy in this case will be higher.
At home, onychomycosis is treated with herbs, products and substances:
- Iodine.
- Vinegar.
- Onions.
- Coffee.
- Garlic.
- Propolis.
- Kerosene.
- Novocaine.
- Birch tar.
- Essential oils.
- Tea mushroom.
- Hydrogen peroxide.
- Apricot gum tincture.
Consider the most effective measures in the treatment of nail fungus folk remedies.
Tea tree oil
Choose quality essential oil. It shouldn't be cheap. Only 100% oil will help. There is usually a 10 ml bottle on sale. This amount is enough for the whole year and still remains.
Every day with a pipette that is built into the bottle drop by drop on each nail. The liquid envelops the entire nail plate, the area around the nail, and even the interdigital spaces.
Dry your fingers outdoors. Wrap in gauze and put on cotton socks.
Iodine
A 5% iodine solution is most commonly used. It is considered by the people to be the most efficient, affordable and most favorable method with an important disinfectant and intensive antiseptic beneficial effect.
In one day, you will have to apply twice to all the affected areas where there is fungus. There is tanning and direct cauterization of the entire fabric. We also treat the skin around the affected areas with this iodine until it completely disappears.
Birch tar
It is necessary to treat nails with tar after a steam bath. You must do this twice a week. Drop a drop of pharmaceutical birch tar on the dry surface of each plate. Wait for the product to dry, put on cotton socks and do not wet your feet for two days. Then repeat the process until improvement.
You can also prepare ointment. For one part of the tar, take 4 parts of internal ointment or baby cream, mix everything and apply daily on the nails before bed. The toes are wrapped in polyethylene, the bandage is fixed, the socks are put on. In the morning you can wash your feet with warm water and laundry soap.
You can still use tar soap, then there is not enough tar, only 10%.
Propolis
Propolis with the fungus relieves itching, inflammation, and also prevents the development and spread of infection. With proper treatment, a diseased nail will fall off and a healthy one will quickly grow in its place.
- At the pharmacy, we take an alcoholic tincture of propolis (20%), soak a cotton swab and apply it on the affected nail. After that, wrap the cotton wool and leave for 1 day. After 24 hours, repeat the procedure, previously cleaning the upper softened layer with a file.
- You can treat the infection with propolis that is crushed and mixed with antifungal ointments and creams. After that, these drugs are used according to instructions. This will help improve the therapeutic effect of the drugs.
- Twice a day, carefully steam your feet, cut off the affected areas of the nail, remove the top layer and place a piece of propolis on the treated area. Leave on your feet for 30 minutes. In a month you will be able to see a positive result.
- Propolis tincture can be added to therapeutic foot baths in the amount of 15 drops per 3 liters of water. Keeping the feet in such a bath costs 15-20 minutes, after which it is recommended to dry the nails and feet, and smear the skin around the nail plate with hydrogen peroxide.
Proper application of recipes guarantees the complete disappearance of fungus on the nails after 3 months.
Celandine
I present the treatment of foot fungus folk remedies with the indispensable help of celandine, which has a general, effective antifungal effect. In the summer, we pick celandine, and the orange juice (maybe with a hint) will appear at the place where the juice we need appears. It is with this juice that we lubricate all existing diseased and diseased areas.
You may feel itchy at first, but it will certainly start to disappear gradually. Repeat this procedure should happen after 3, 5 minutes. So, we repeat exactly 4 necessary times. It is important to do 2 such cycles for the current day. A month of treatment will bring huge changes and improvements.
Vinegar
The fungus is destroyed under the influence of acidic environment, so vinegar is widely used for treatment, with its help you can quickly get rid of infections, alleviate skin inflammation, and also restore the structure of the nail.
- For treatment it is necessary to prepare a solution of vinegar, in the ratio of 1 part vinegar to 8 waters. In this case, the liquid should be at room temperature. Before treatment, the feet should be steamed in hot water and then the affected part of the nail removed. Then you need to dip your feet in the basin with the prepared vinegar solution for 15 minutes. This procedure is performed once every two days.
- Another way is to soak clean socks in a vinegar solution, put them on your feet, put woolen socks on top and go to bed in this shape. In the morning, wash your feet with cold water and dry them well. Clean the softened nail surface with a file and treat with an antiseptic solution.
If desired, essential oils such as peppermint, rosemary, lavender and eucalyptus can be added to the water. They are endowed with relaxing, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects and allow you to destroy fungal spores in a short time.
soda paste
To form a thick mixture, it is necessary to dilute the required amount of soda with water. Then mix everything well until a homogeneous mass is formed. This paste should be applied in an even layer on the nail, and then drip a few drops of lemon juice on the soda.
As a result, it will compress a little and characteristic bubbles will form. After 5 minutes, the paste must be removed by washing the feet with warm water and soap. During the treatment of nail fungus with soda, it is necessary to use antifungal ointments.
Coat with mint and salt
If the nail infection has spread to the skin between the toes or heel, this method can be used. finely grind fresh mint to get juice, mix with salt. In parallel with the nail wraps, we put it on the sore spot and wrap it.
It cannot be used for open wounds and cracks: there is no need to remind of the terrible pain when exposing salt to damaged skin.
Rapid treatment of fungi with hydrogen peroxide
For rapid suppression of the activity of the fungus that has attacked the nail plates, external use of hydrogen peroxide is allowed according to the Neumyvakin method.
- To treat onychomycosis, the professor recommends steaming your feet in a soda solution (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water), and then using manicure pliers to "bite off" a small part of the affected nail. Then, a piece of cotton wool should be soaked in 3% peroxide solution and applied to the fingernail area.
- For fungus on the hands, such an application is held for 10 - 15 minutes, on the feet - from 40 to 60 minutes. The frequency of sessions is 2 a day until complete recovery. Hydrogen peroxide onychomycosis hand and foot baths are made from water heated to 50 ° C and 3% peroxide. Ratio - 2 tbsp. l. x 1 liter of water. Limbs float 2 p. daily 15 min. during the week.
Also, peroxide can be mixed with other substances and get effective folk remedies for the treatment of nail fungus:
- Half a cup of baking soda is dissolved in 4 cups of water and a quarter cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide is poured. Add half a cup of magnesium sulfate and a quarter cup of vinegar to the mixture. The preparation is soaked with a cotton swab and the lotion is fixed with a band-aid on the affected plate. Change the bandage every 10 hours. The general course of therapy is 1 month.
- Vinegar is mixed with peroxide (the concentration of both substances is 3%) in equal proportions. As the mass squeaks, the feet are immersed in it. The fingertips are then placed for half a minute in bleach diluted with water, and the limbs are quickly rinsed under running water. The procedure ends with treating the nails with a mixture of Vaseline and tea tree oil (1: 1) and wearing warm socks. The treatment lasts 1 week.
Novocaine lotions will help to quickly and easily remove nail fungus. A piece of cotton wool is impregnated with liquid medicine and bonds to the affected plate. Only 2 lotions - and nail fungus is cured forever.
Visitor Recipes
I want to share a method that helped me. The toenail was almost completely destroyed by the fungus, and only then did I take it. I prepared a mixture (medicine) of 3 tbsp. spoons of acetic acid (96%) + Art. spoon of vodka + st. spoon of glycerin. The medicine should be stored in an airtight container made of dark glass. Before applying this medicine on the nail, you must wash your feet well and clean the loose part of the diseased nail in order to reveal the rest of the nail as much as possible.
We dry the feet, especially the diseased nail, until the moisture is completely removed (the skin and the nail must be completely dry, otherwise the fungus has a chance to stay alive longer). Then, with a cotton swab on a match or an ear stick, abundantly moisten the sore spot on the finger. It is best to do this in the evening, after returning home at night or on weekends. Without shoes and socks, the effect of the treatment will be maximum.
Very good together with this medicine, it helps to find your feet in the fresh air and especially in the sun! My treatment lasted about 6 months. Therefore, you have to be patient. It all ended with the complete removal of toenail fungus. And most importantly - I did not use any pills or medications inside!
In addition to external treatment, it is necessary to reconsider their behavior and understand the moral and psychological reason that contributed to the onset of the disease.