Onychomycosis is an incurable fungal disease of the nails that occurs in every 5 inhabitants of the planet today. It is enough for a healthy person to walk barefoot on the beach or in the pool or water park on the floor to get the mushroom spores onto the surface of the nail plate. There are many ways to treat the infection, but folk remedies for nail fungus are rightly considered the best for the safety of the body.
Almost all antifungal drugs are toxic and adversely affect the function of vital organs. Therefore, in the early stages of the disease, folk remedies may be much more effective than synthetic drugs.
The use of folk recipes should be combined with strict adherence to hygiene measures to help prevent further spread of the infection and protect others from possible infection.
The best folk remedies against nail fungus
Folk remedies for nail fungus can be combined with pharmacy medications prescribed by a dermatologist. The outcome of therapy will be higher in this case.
At home, the treatment of onychomycosis is treated with herbs, products and substances:
- Iodine.
- Vinegar.
- Onion.
- Coffee.
- Garlic.
- Propolis.
- Kerosene.
- Novocaine.
- Birch tar.
- Essential oils.
- Tea mushrooms.
- Hydrogen peroxide.
- Apricot gum tincture.
Consider the most effective measures to treat nail fungus with 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 vial. This amount is enough for a whole year and still remains.
Using a pipette built into the bottle every night, apply it drop by drop on your nails. The liquid covers the entire nail plate, the area around the nail and even the spaces between the fingers.
Dry your fingers outdoors. Wrap in gauze and put on cotton socks.
Iodine
The most common 5% iodine solution is used. It is considered by the people to be the most effective, cheapest, and most helpful method with important antiseptic and intensive antiseptic benefits.
It should be applied twice a day to all affected areas where there are mushrooms. All material is tanned and directly cauterized. This iodine is also used to treat the skin around the affected areas until it is completely gone.
Birch tar
After the steam bath, the nails should be treated with tar. You should do this 2 times a week. Apply a drop of pharmaceutical birch tar to the dry surface of each plate. Wait for the product to dry, put on a cotton sock and do not wet your feet for two days. Then repeat the procedure until it improves.
You can also make an ointment. For one part tar, take 4 parts internal fat or baby cream, mix everything and apply it to your nails daily at bedtime. The sleeves are wrapped in polyethylene, the bandage is fastened, socks are put on. In the morning you can wash your feet with warm water and washing soap.
You can still use tar soap, it is low in tar, only 10%.
Propolis
Fungal propolis relieves itching, inflammation, and also prevents the development and spread of infection. With proper treatment, a patient’s nail will fall off and a healthy nail will quickly grow into place.
- Take an alcoholic propolis tincture (20%) at a pharmacy, soak a cotton ball and apply it to the affected nail. The cotton wool is then bandaged and left to stand for 1 day. After 24 hours, the procedure is repeated after cleaning the upper softened layer with a file.
- You can treat the infection with propolis, which is crushed and mixed with antifungal ointments and creams. These medications are then used as directed. This helps to increase the therapeutic effect of the drugs.
- Gently steam the feet twice a day, cut off the affected areas of the nail, peel off the top layer and apply a piece of propolis to the treated surface. Leave on your feet for 30 minutes. You will see a positive result in a month.
- Propolis tincture can be added to the therapeutic foot bath in a ratio of 15 drops / 3 liters of water. It takes 15-20 minutes to keep your feet in such a bath, after which it is recommended to wipe your nails and feet dry and apply the skin around the nail plate with hydrogen peroxide.
Proper execution of the recipes guarantees the complete disappearance of the nail fungus after 3 months.
Bloodweed
I present the treatment of foot fungus with folk remedies with the essential help of celandine, which has a general, effective fungicidal effect. In the summer we take the celandine, the required juice will be orange (possibly with a hint) at the place of deterioration. Use this juice to lubricate all existing patient and affected areas.
You may feel itchy at first, but it will certainly gradually disappear. This procedure should be repeated after 3. 5 minutes. This is repeated exactly 4 times. It is important to perform 2 such cycles on the current day. One month of treatment brings tremendous changes and improvement.
Vinegar
The fungus is killed by an acidic environment, so vinegar is widely used for treatment, helping to quickly get rid of infection, relieve dermatitis, and restore nail structure.
- A vinegar solution should be prepared for the treatment, 1 part vinegar in a ratio of 8 water. In this case, the liquid must be at room temperature. Before treatment, the feet should be steamed in hot water and the affected part of the nail removed. Then dip your feet in the prepared vinegar solution for 15 minutes. This procedure is performed once every two days.
- Another method is to soak clean socks in the vinegar solution, pull them on our feet, pull wool socks on top, and lie down in this form. In the morning, rinse your feet with cold water and dry thoroughly. Clean the softened surface of the nail with a file and treat with a disinfectant solution.
Optionally, essential oils such as peppermint, rosemary, lavender and eucalyptus oils may be added to the water. They have a calming, anti-inflammatory and disinfecting effect and allow the fungus spores to be destroyed in a short time.
soda paste
To form a thick mixture, dilute the required amount of soda with water. The mixture is then mixed thoroughly until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Apply this paste in an even layer on your nails and then drop a few drops of lemon juice on top of the soda.
As a result, it becomes a little pinched and characteristic bubbles are formed. After 5 minutes, the paste should be removed by washing your feet with warm soap and water. Antifungal ointments should be used when treating nails with soda.
Wrap with mint and salt
If the nail infection has spread to the skin between the fingers or the heel, this method can be used. finely grind the fresh mint to make a juice, mix with salt. Place it in a sore spot and wrap it in parallel with the nail compress.
Not to be used on open wounds and cracks: no need to be reminded of horrible pain when exposed to salt on damaged skin.
Fast mushroom treatment with hydrogen peroxide
In order to rapidly suppress the activity of the fungus penetrating the nail plates, the external use of hydrogen peroxide is permitted according to the Neumyvakin method.
- For the treatment of nail fungus, the professor recommends steaming the feet in a soda solution (1 teaspoon to 1 liter of water) and then "biting" a small part of the affected nail with a manicure trap. take the finger to the nail area.
- In the case of a mushroom on the hand, such application is kept for 10-15 minutes and on the feet for 40-60 minutes. The frequency of sessions is 2 per day until complete recovery. Hydrogen peroxide hand and foot baths for the treatment of onychomycosis are made of water heated to 50 ° C and 3% peroxide. Ratio - 2 tablespoons. l. x 1 liter of water. The limbs float 2 p. for 15 minutes a day. during the week.
In addition, peroxide can be mixed with other substances and you can get effective folk remedies for treating nail fungus:
- Half a cup of quenched soda was dissolved in 4 cups of water and a quarter cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide was poured into it. Add half a cup of magnesium sulfate and a quarter cup of vinegar to the mixture. The composition is saturated with a cotton swab and the cream is applied to the affected plate with plaster. Replace the bandage every 10 hours. The duration of general therapy is 1 month.
- The vinegar is mixed in equal proportions with peroxide (concentration of both substances 3%). While the mass is sizzling, the legs are immersed in it. The fingertips are then placed in bleach diluted with water for half a minute and the limbs are washed rapidly under running water. The process ends with treating the nails with a mixture of Vaseline and tea tree oil (1: 1) and putting on warm socks. The treatment lasts for 1 week.
Lotions made with Novocain help to quickly and easily remove the fungus from the nails. A piece of cotton wool is impregnated with liquid medicine and bound to the affected plate. Just 2 lotions - and the nail fungus heals forever.
Visitor recipes
I want to share a method that helped. The big toe nail was almost completely ruined by the fungus, and only then did I pick it up. I made a mixture (medicine) from 3 tablespoons. tablespoons acetic acid (96%) + Art. spoon vodka + st. a spoonful of glycerin. The medicine should be stored in an airtight, dark glass container. Before applying this medicine to your nails, you should wash your feet thoroughly and clean the loose part of the patient’s nails to get the rest of the nails as free as possible.
The foot, especially the sick nail, is dried until the moisture is completely removed (the skin and nails must be completely dry, otherwise the fungus has a chance to stay alive). Then use a cotton ball on a match or a chopstick to moisten the sore area with plenty of water on the finger. This is best spent in the evening after returning home for a night or a weekend. Without shoes and socks, the effect of the treatment will be maximal.
It combines very well with this medicine, it helps you find your feet in the fresh air and especially in the sun! My treatment lasted about 6 months. That's why you have to be patient. It all ended with the complete destruction of the toenail fungus. And most importantly - I didn’t use any pills or medication in it!
In addition to external treatment, it is necessary to rethink its behavior, to understand the moral and psychological cause that contributed to the development of the disease.