Folk remedies are good as an additional treatment method, for example, in cases where they eliminate certain symptoms.
For example, a decoction of burnet relieves diarrhea, but cannot cure dysentery.
Rinsing the nose with sea water helps to remove swelling of the mucous membrane and normalize breathing, but cannot relieve allergic rhinitis.
In the same way, traditional medicine for foot fungus can help in treating this unpleasant infection, but only if "heavy artillery" is played along with it - special antifungal or antimycotic agents.
Is it dangerous to treat fungus with folk remedies?
It seems that treating foot fungus with folk remedies, even if they are not effective enough, will still help.
This is true, but there are some pitfalls here:
- As a rule, those who want to quickly cure foot fungus with folk remedies self-medicate and, therefore, do not visit the doctor.In some cases, time may be lost;
- lack of medical consultation can cause psoriasis or eczema to be mistaken for "fungus", and treatment will proceed in the wrong way;
- the lack of test results also makes it impossible to understand what type of mycosis appears on the feet, and which medicine is more effective;
- using folk remedies, often without effect, and changing them, one does not notice how time passes, which can be reserved for serious treatment;
- finally, after getting used to the "penny" cost of vinegar and potassium permanganate, and, faced with the urgent need to buy a special liquid or varnish for a relatively large amount, a person turns out not to be ready for such costs and begins to "play for time".
All these signs are indirect, but they deceive and drag a person into a series of tests.However, is it possible, for example, to use only folk remedies for toenail fungus without using medication?
When you can do it yourself
Such therapy can be understood by the doctor only at the beginning of the development of the disease, for example, when a small spot appears on the edge of the nail, which does not exceed 5-10% of the nail area.At that time, folk remedies such as creolin, tar and vitriol would quickly get rid of foot fungus.
If there are no positive dynamics within 10 days of treatment, then you need to immediately go to a dermatologist, do tests and start serious treatment.
The main problem is that often when the toenail is affected, the problem is noticed only when it has become quite large in size, and time has passed.
However, we list the main group of folk remedies for fungus between the toes, on the heels and on the nails.
What people like
Pathogenic fungi like to experience "strong feelings."Therefore, oxidizing agents, acids and aromatic phenols are required.Therefore, the most commonly used methods are:
- potassium permanganate, "potassium permanganate";
- table vinegar, 9-10% strength.It is easily obtained by diluting the essence of vinegar seven times;
- copper sulfate solution, diluted 1 teaspoon per liter;
- hydrogen peroxide solution, 3%;
- creolin, which can be purchased at a veterinary pharmacy.Be careful!Creolin is only intended for use on nails!If it comes into contact with the skin, it can cause severe burns.
How to apply it?
How to cure foot fungus with folk remedies?With the help of a warm bath, used morning and evening.
First, a regular hot bath with a soap and soda solution is used, after which the feet, nails are treated and the dead skin is removed.Then the water in the basin is changed and one of the products of your choice is poured.One condition is that if you choose potassium permanganate, then all the crystals should dissolve, and the color should be medium purple, but not brown.
The duration of the therapeutic bath is 15 minutes, the duration of the treatment is until the fungus disappears.Interdigital mycosis disappears the fastest, followed by damage to the feet.But the treatment of toenail fungus with folk remedies may not be effective, for example, if the nail is not removed.The fungus hiding under the plate may be resistant to these drugs.
You can not experiment and change the composition of the bath every day.It is enough that you carefully monitor the color and size of the spots, and change the medicine only after there is no change for 3-4 days.As already mentioned, if after 10 days there is no effect, you need to consult a doctor.Do not forget about the famous joke: "I was treated for jaundice, but it turned out to be Chinese."
There are facts when signs of varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, trophic leg ulcers in diabetes mellitus have been mistaken for fungus, and they just waste time trying to cure the fungus.
About prevention
Both medical and folk remedies must be used, according to the rules of daily treatment of the inner surface of shoes with a special antifungal spray.Drying shoes in the sun, freezing them in the refrigerator, and also using a special antifungal ultraviolet electric shoe dryer is very important.
In addition, each sick person must have his own rubber slippers, which are cleaned daily, and his own towel.Socks need to be changed every day, and iron them and the insole with a steam iron.Needless to say, a person treating his own fungus should not wear other people's slippers when visiting, or going to a public bathhouse, or to a swimming pool.
Only thorough compliance with these simple rules will not only cure mycosis on the nails and feet, but also protect your family members and others from infection.