Onychomycosis is a difficult to treat nail fungus disease, which in our time 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 fungal spores get on the surface of the nail plate. You can treat an infection in many ways, but folk remedies for nail fungus deserve to be considered the best in terms of safety for the body.
Almost all antifungal agents of the drug have toxic effects and affect the function of vital organs. Therefore, in the early stages of the disease, folk remedies can be more effective than synthetic drugs.
The use of folk recipes should be combined with strict adherence to hygiene measures, this will help prevent the spread of infection and protect others from the possibility of 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 ingredients:
- Iodine.
- Vinegar.
- Onion.
- coffee.
- Garlic.
- Propolis.
- Kerosene.
- Novocaine.
- Tar birch.
- Essential oils.
- The mushrooms.
- Hydrogen peroxide.
- Apricot colored gum.
Consider the most effective measures in the treatment of nail fungus with folk remedies.
The essential oil
Choose quality essential oils. It's not supposed to be cheap. Only 100% oil will help. Usually sold there are 10 ml bottles. This amount is enough for a full year and still remains.
Every day at night with a pipette built into the bottle, drip on each nail drop by drop. The fluid covers the entire nail plate, the area around the nail and even the interdigital space.
Dry your fingers outdoors. Wrap in gauze and wear cotton socks.
Iodine
5% iodine solution is most commonly used. By the public, it is considered the most effective, affordable and helpful method with significant disinfection and a strong antiseptic beneficial effect.
For a day, you need to apply twice to all the affected places where there is fungus. There is direct tanning and cauterization on the entire fabric. We also treat the skin around the affected area with this iodine until it is completely gone.
Tar birch
It is necessary to treat nails with tar after a steaming bath. You need to do this 2 times a week. On the dry surface of each plate, drip a drop of pharmaceutical birch tar. Wait until the product is dry, wear cotton socks and do not wet your feet for two days. Then repeat the procedure until improvement.
You can also prepare an ointment. For one part tar, 4 parts internal fat or baby cream is taken, all mixed and rubbed daily on the nails before bed. The fingers are wrapped with polyethylene, bandages are fixed, socks are placed. In the morning, you can wash your feet with warm water and laundry soap.
You can still use tar soap, then not enough tar, only 10%.
Propolis
Propolis with fungus relieves itching, inflammation, and also prevents the development and spread of infections. With proper treatment, diseased nails will fall out and healthy ones will quickly grow in place.
- We take an alcohol tincture of propolis (20%) at the pharmacy, soak a cotton swab and apply on the affected nails. After that, we wrap the cotton wool and leave for 1 day. After 24 hours, we repeated the procedure, having previously cleaned the top soft layer with a file.
- You can treat the infection with propolis, which is crushed and mixed with antifungal ointments and creams. After that, these drugs are used according to instructions. This will help increase the therapeutic effect of the drugs.
- Twice a day, carefully steam the feet, cut the affected nail area, peel off the top layer and place a piece of propolis on the treated surface. Leave on foot for 30 minutes. In a month you will be able to see positive results.
- Propolis tincture can be added to therapeutic foot baths at the rate of 15 drops per 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 lubricate the skin around the nail plate with hydrogen peroxide.
Proper implementation of the recipe guarantees complete disappearance of nail fungus after 3 months.
Celandine
I present the treatment of fungus on the feet with folk remedies with the help of much-needed celandine, which has a general and effective antifungal effect. In the summer, we choose celandine, in place of fractions, the juice we need will look orange color (maybe with a little). With this juice, we lubricate all existing diseased and affected areas.
At first you may feel itchy, but it will definitely start to gradually disappear. Repetition of this procedure should occur after 3. 5 minutes. So we repeated exactly 4 times as needed. For the current day, it is important to do 2 such cycles. A month of treatment will bring remarkable changes and improvements.
Vinegar
The fungus is destroyed under the influence of an acidic environment, so vinegar is widely used for treatment, with its help you can quickly get rid of infections, relieve skin inflammation, and even restore the structure of nails.
- For treatment, it is necessary to prepare a solution of vinegar, in the proportion of 1 part vinegar to 8 water. In this case, the liquid should be at room temperature. Before treatment, the foot should be steamed in hot water, and then the affected part of the nail should be removed. Then you have to dip your feet into 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, place them on your feet, pull fur socks on top and sleep in this form. In the morning, rinse your feet with cold water and dry thoroughly. Clean the soft surface of the nail with a file and treat with an antiseptic solution.
Optionally, essential oils such as mint, rosemary, lavender, and eucalyptus oils can be added to the water. They are endowed with a relaxing, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effect and allow you to destroy fungal spores in a short time.
pes soda
To form a thick mixture, you need to dilute the required amount of soda with water. Then mix everything thoroughly until a homogeneous mass is formed. This paste should be applied in the same layer on the nails, then drip a few drops of lemon juice on top of the soda.
As a result, it will pinch slightly and feature 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 important to use an antifungal ointment.
Compressed with mint and salt
If the infection from the nail has spread to the skin between the fingers or heels, this method can be used. finely grind fresh mint to give juice, mix with salt. In parallel with the nail compress, we put it on the sore spot and wrapped it.
It should not be used for open wounds and cracks: there is no need to warn of severe pain when exposed to salt on damaged skin.
Fast fungal treatment with hydrogen peroxide
To quickly suppress the activity of fungi that have invaded the nail plate, external application of hydrogen peroxide is allowed according to the Neumyvakin method.
- For the treatment of onychomycosis, the professor recommends steaming the feet in a soda solution (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water), and then "bite" a small portion of the affected nail with manicure chopsticks. Next, a piece of cotton wool should be saturated with a 3% peroxide solution and applied to the fingernail area.
- With the fungus on the hands, such applications are kept for 10 - 15 minutes, on the feet - from 40 to 60 minutes. The session frequency was 2 per day until complete recovery. Hand and foot baths for onychomycosis with hydrogen peroxide are made from water heated to 50 ° C and 3% peroxide. Ratio - 2 tbsp. l. x 1 liter of water. Limbs hover 2 p. a day for 15 min. in a week.
Also, peroxides can be mixed with other ingredients and receive effective folk remedies for the treatment of nail fungus:
- Half a cup of slaked 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 into the batter. The preparation is saturated with a cotton swab and lotion applied with plaster on the affected plate. Change bandages 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. During the hissing mass, the feet are immersed in it. Next, the fingertips were placed for half a minute in bleach diluted with water, and the limbs were washed rapidly under a running stream. The procedure is completed by treating the nails with a mixture of vaseline and tea tree oil (1: 1) and wearing warm socks. The treatment lasted for 1 week.
Lotion with Novocain will help to quickly and easily remove fungus from nails. A piece of cotton wool is soaked with liquid medicine and tied to the affected plate. Just 2 lotions - and the fungus on the nails heals forever.
Visitor Recipes
I would like to share a method that helped me. The nails on the big toes were almost completely destroyed by the fungus, and only then did I pick them up. I prepare a mixture (medicine) of 3 tbsp. spoons of acetic acid (96%) + Art. sudu vodka + st. one tablespoon of glycerin. Medicines should be stored in an airtight dark glass container. Before applying this remedy on the nails, you must wash your feet thoroughly and clean the loose diseased part of the nail to expose the entire nail as much as possible.
We dry the feet, especially diseased nails, until the moisture is completely removed (the skin and nails must be completely dry, otherwise the fungus has a chance to survive longer). Then, with a cotton swab on a match or a stick for the ears, we moisten the sore spot on the finger profusely. It is best to do this in the evening, after coming home for the night or on the weekends. Without shoes and socks, the effect of the treatment will be maximum.
Very good along with this remedy, finding the feet in the fresh air and especially in the sun helps! My treatment lasted about 6 months. So you have to be patient. It all ends with the complete disposal of the fungus on the toenails. And most importantly - I don’t use any pills and medications in it!
In addition to external treatment, it is necessary to rethink your behavior and understand the moral and psychological reasons that contribute to the onset of the disease.