Onychomycosis is an intractable fungal disease of the nails, 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 of the pool or water park for the spores of the fungus to reach the surface of the nail plate. You can treat the infection in many ways, but home 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 negatively affect the functions of vital organs. Therefore, at the initial stage of the disease, folk remedies can be much more effective than synthetic drugs.
The use of folk recipes must be combined with strict adherence to hygiene measures, this will help prevent further spread of infection and protect others from possible infection.
The best home remedies for nail fungus.
Home remedies for toenail fungus can be combined with pharmacy medications 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.
- Onion.
- 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 with folk remedies.
tea tree oil
Choose a quality essential oil. It shouldn't be cheap. Only 100% oil will help. Usually on sale there is a vial of 10 ml. This amount is enough for a whole year and still remains.
Every day at night with a pipette that is integrated in the bottle, drip drop by drop on each nail. The liquid envelops the entire surface of the nail, the area around the nail and even the interdigital spaces.
Dry your fingers in the open air. Wrap it with gauze and put on cotton socks.
Iodine
The most common 5% iodine solution is used. By the people, it is considered the most effective, affordable and adjuvant method with an important intense and beneficial disinfectant and antiseptic effect.
For a day, you will need to apply twice to all affected places where there is a fungus. There is tanning and direct cauterization of all the 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 steam baths. You have to do this 2 times a week. On the dry surface of each plate, drop a drop of pharmaceutical birch tar. Wait for the product to dry, put on cotton socks and do not get your feet wet for two days. Then repeat the procedure until it improves.
You can also prepare an ointment. For one part of tar take 4 parts of inner fat or baby cream, mix everything together and apply daily on the nails at bedtime. The fingers are wrapped in polyethylene, the bandage is fixed and socks are put on. In the morning, you can wash your feet with warm water and laundry soap.
You can still use tar soap, so there is not enough tar, only 10%.
Propolis
Propolis with a fungus relieves itching, inflammation, and also prevents the development and spread of infections. With proper treatment, the diseased nail will fall off, and a healthy one will quickly grow in its place.
- We take an alcohol tincture of propolis (20%) in a pharmacy, soak a cotton swab in it and apply it to the affected nail. After that, let's bandage the cotton and leave it for 1 day. After 24 hours, we repeat the procedure, having previously cleaned the softened upper layer with a file.
- You can treat the infection with propolis, which is ground up and mixed with antifungal ointments and creams. After that, these drugs are used according to the instructions. This will help improve the therapeutic effect of drugs.
- Twice a day, carefully steam the legs, cut off the affected areas of the nail, remove the top layer and put a piece of propolis on the treated surface. Leave it on the leg for 30 minutes. In a month you will see a positive result.
- 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 dry your nails and feet and lubricate the skin around the nail plate with hydrogen peroxide.
Proper implementation of the recipes guarantees the complete disappearance of nail fungus after 3 months.
Celandine
I present the treatment of foot fungus with folk remedies with the indispensable help of celandine, which has a general and effective antifungal effect. In the summer, we collect celandine, in the place of the break, the juice we need will appear orange (perhaps with a hint). With this same juice, we lubricate all existing diseased and affected areas.
At first you may feel itchy, but it will surely begin to disappear little by little. Repetition of this procedure should occur after 3. 5 minutes. Thus, we repeat exactly 4 times necessary. For the current day, it is important to do 2 of those cycles. A month of treatment will bring tremendous 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 the infection, relieve skin inflammation, and also restore the structure of the nail.
- For the treatment it is necessary to prepare a vinegar solution, in the proportion of 1 part vinegar to 8 parts water. In this case, the liquid must be at room temperature. Before treatment, the legs should be steamed in hot water, and then the affected part of the nails should be removed. Then you need to soak your feet in a container with a prepared vinegar solution for 15 minutes. This procedure is carried out once every two days.
- Another way is to soak clean socks in the vinegar solution, put them on your feet, put the wool socks on top, and lie down like this. In the morning, rinse your feet with cold water and dry them well. Clean the soft surface of the nail with a file and treat it with an antiseptic solution.
Optionally, essential oils such as peppermint, rosemary, lavender, and eucalyptus oil 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.
soda paste
To form a thick mixture, you need 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, then drip a few drops of lemon juice on the soda.
As a result, it will be pinched a little, and the characteristic bubbles will form. After 5 minutes, the paste should be removed by washing the feet with warm soapy water. During the treatment of nail fungus with soda, it is imperative to use antifungal ointments.
Compresses with mint and salt
If the nail infection has spread to the skin between the toes or heels, this method can be used. finely grind fresh mint to give juice, mix with salt. In parallel with nail compresses, we put it on a sore spot and wrap it.
It can not be used for open wounds and cracks - it is not necessary to remember the terrible pain when exposed to salt on damaged skin.
Quick fungus treatment with hydrogen peroxide
In order to quickly suppress the activity of the fungus that has invaded the nail plates, the external use of hydrogen peroxide according to the Neumyvakin method is allowed.
- For the treatment of onychomycosis, the professor recommends steaming the legs in a soda solution (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water), and then "biting" a small part of the affected nail with manicure tweezers. Next, a piece of cotton should be saturated with a 3% peroxide solution and applied to the finger nail area.
- With a fungus on the hands, such an application is held for 10-15 minutes, on the legs - 40-60 minutes. The frequency of sessions is 2 per day until complete recovery. Hydrogen peroxide hand and foot baths for onychomycosis are made with water heated to 50°C and 3% peroxide. Proportion - 2 tbsp. and x 1 liter of water. Limbs float 2 p. per day for 15 min. during the week.
Also, peroxide can be mixed with other substances and receive effective folk remedies for the treatment of nail fungus:
- Dissolve half a cup of slaked soda in 4 cups of water and pour in a quarter cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide. Add a half cup of magnesium sulfate and a quarter cup of vinegar to the mix. The preparation is saturated with a cotton swab, and the lotion is fixed with a plaster 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 dough sizzles, the feet dip into it. The fingertips are then placed for half a minute in bleach diluted with water, and the extremities are quickly washed under running water. The procedure is completed by treating the nails with a mixture of petroleum jelly and tea tree oil (1: 1) and putting on warm socks. The treatment lasts 1 week.
Novocaine lotions will help to quickly and easily get rid of nail fungus. A piece of cotton wool is impregnated with liquid medication and tied to the affected plaque. Just 2 lotions, and the nail fungus is cured forever.
Visitor Recipes
I want to share a method that helped me. The fungus almost completely destroyed the nail on the big toe, and only then did I pull it out. I prepared a mixture (medicine) of 3 tbsp. tablespoons of acetic acid (96%) + art. tablespoon of vodka + st. a tablespoon of glycerin. The medication should be stored in an airtight container made of dark glass. Before applying this medicine to the nail, you should wash your feet well and clean the loose part of the diseased nail to expose 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 absolutely dry, otherwise the fungus has a chance to stay alive longer). Then, with a cotton swab on a matchstick or a stick for the ears, we abundantly moisten the sore area of the finger. It is best to do it in the evening, after returning home at night, or on weekends. Without shoes or socks, the effect of the treatment will be maximum.
Very well together with this medicine, finding the feet in the fresh air and especially in the sun helps! My treatment lasted about 6 months. Therefore, you must be patient. It all ended with the complete removal of the toenail fungus. And most importantly - I did not use pills or drugs inside!
In addition to external treatment, it is necessary to rethink their behavior and understand the moral and psychological reason that contributed to the appearance of the disease.