Folk remedies for fungus

Nail fungus treatment with folk remedies is widely used in people’s daily lives for many good reasons. First of all, this is the nature of such drugs and almost 100% absence of side effects (the only exception, perhaps, is the partial rejection of the body of individual components).

In addition, "folk" recipes can successfully supplement treatment with traditional pharmaceuticals and are often advised by doctors themselves to combine them. Also, price factors play an important role in their popularity.

There are many folk recipes aimed at combating fungal diseases, including in the groin and ears. In this article you can read the most effective and common of them.

Recipes using plants

This is the most popular category of folk remedies for nail fungus, as many modern pharmaceutical drugs contain common flora components in their composition.

• The mushrooms- one of the most common means against mycoses. Kombucha from nail fungus is used mainly in the form of lotions and compresses. A plate of kombucha or part of it should be applied to the diseased area on the nail plate of the hand or foot, wrapped with a waterproof material (usually cellophane is used more often) and wear clean socks. The procedure is performed in the evening, just before bedtime, compresses are removed in the morning. After applying the compress, be sure to rinse the affected area with water and clean the nail plate, then lubricate with iodine.
• Celandine. Another leading folk way to fight fungal infections. From nail fungus, celandine can be used in pure form and celandine oil. Soak the juice from the leaves or oil with a cotton swab, apply on nails damaged by fungus and bandage. Store such compresses should be from 4 to 5 hours. Lotion to perform until complete recovery of the nail plate.
• Kalanchoe. This common house plant can also help in fighting fungal diseases. Separate the callanchoe sheets from the film covering them, place on the nails, wrap them with cellophane and place on socks. Repeat every evening until recovery, in the morning be sure to treat the nail plate with sterilized manicure accessories.
• mustache. You can make a tincture from this plant yourself, but to save time you can buy it at the pharmacy. Tincture recipe: pour 50 joints of "golden mustache" with half a liter of vodka or pure alcohol, leave for 14 days. Then one part tincture must be diluted with three parts water. Rub on the affected skin 2-3 times a day.
• Mint. Mix the crushed mint leaves with salt and apply the resulting slurry in the interdigital folds for an hour. Compress is applied once or twice a day until recovery.
• Indian chicken or onion. The juice of this plant helps with nail fungus and interdigital zone fungus. This juice must be applied gently to the infected skin area 1 to 2 times a day until it heals.
• Spurge. Half a glass of dried plant collection should be diluted with one liter of boiling water and infused for half an hour in a water bath. Use the infusion for 7-10 days.

• Pine cones and needles. Pour 250 grams of crushed needles or cones with alcohol (at least 70%) and leave in a dark place for two weeks. On average, such compression should be done for about two weeks.
• Thyme. Dilute 3-4 tablespoons of dried herbs in boiling water, let cool for an hour. Soak a soft cloth or bandage with the resulting solution and wrap the affected area. It is necessary to hold the compress for two hours twice a week.
• Rowan. Fresh rowan leaves are good for getting rid of harmful fungal spores in spring and summer. The crushed leaves are rubbed on the diseased skin area and wrapped with a soft cloth (bandage). The lotion is made daily for 30 days.
• The air. The roots of this plant are sold in pharmacies. Grind the roots, add 100 ml of boiling water, pass through a sieve. Take orally 2-3 times a day.
• Lilac. Another "spring" antifungal recipe. Add a glass of medicinal alcohol to the fresh purple flowers, leave for 15 days. Lubricate with infusion of skin areas damaged by fungi.
• pears. Crushed pear leaves have a healing effect similar to antibiotics. Dilute 1 teaspoon of crushed leaves with 250 grams of warm water and heat slightly on the stove. After the solution has cooled, compresses can be applied to the affected area.
• garlic. Grind 1-2 cloves and add a little table salt, strain. Treat diseased skin with infusion 2-3 times a day.

• burdock. A fresh leaf of this plant should be rubbed (in case not it should be washed under running water), soften a little vein on the inside of the leaf (so that the juice of the plant appears) and lubricate the affected area with it, then fix with a bandage and leave for several hours. The procedure is performed within three weeks.
• cocklebur. Squeeze the juice from the leaves, soak a cotton ball or other absorbent material with it and apply on the infected skin until fully recovered.
• Herbal Mixture:calendula, oak bark, blackberries, verbena, horsetail herbs. Approximately the same amount of material pour 200 grams of water, put on the stove and boil for 20 minutes. Leave the solution for 2-3 hours, can be taken orally or used to compress. Inside - one tablespoon 3-4 times a day. Apply compresses before bed.

Folk remedies for nail fungus use pharmaceuticals

Despite the fact that the main ingredients of such folk recipes are sold in regular pharmacies, they still have some features that distinguish them from very specialized antifungal ointments. First, the price varies significantly (as a rule, it is much lower), and secondly, the "folk" medicine is only one of the components of the recipe, and the method of its use has been developed decades ago. Below is a list of the most popular and economical ways to treat fungal infections.

• Propolis. Nail fungus treatment with propolis, along with "herbal" recipes, is a very effective and popular traditional medicine recipe. Wet the cotton with propolis dye (20%) and apply on the infected skin area or nail plate. Apply until healthy nails grow.
• Eucalyptus oil. From eucalyptus tree oil, you can get a good antifungal ointment. It is necessary to mix 30-40 grams of oil with 15 grams of honey and add half a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. Leave the mixture for three days in a cool, dark place. Apply to the affected skin area once a day until the symptoms of the disease disappear.
• Hydrogen peroxide. Before applying the solution, it is necessary to steam the nail plate damaged by the fungus, and only then carefully apply the solution with a cotton swab. Rub the skin twice a day until the signs of the disease disappear.
• Salicylic ointment.Treat damaged skin areas and nail plates with a 35% solution of this ointment before bed, then wrap with cellophane and wear socks. Repeat the procedure until complete recovery.
• rosemary oil. Rosemary is also good for toenail and nail fungus. This oil is suitable for the treatment of arms, legs and body. Apply at bedtime until the signs of mycosis disappear.
• Iodine. Treatment of nail fungus with iodine is one of the easiest but most effective ways to combat mycotic diseases. A 5% solution of iodine is applied gently to the infected skin area at least twice a day. The duration of the procedure is 20 days. However, when using the drug, a strong burning sensation may occur. In this case, the number of rubs should be reduced to 1 time a day.
• A solution of glycerin, iodine and vinegar. Mix in the following proportions: one tablespoon of glycerin, iodine, vinegar, 2 tablespoons of boiled water. Lubricate the affected skin with the resulting solution overnight.
• Tar birch. It is sold in any pharmacy, before use it is recommended to wash your feet thoroughly with laundry soap. Method of use: soak a cotton ball with tar and apply to the affected area, then wrap the feet with a bandage and wear clean socks. You can also use a special tar soap for nail fungus.

Folk antifungal recipes "from the pantry"

This category of folk remedies against fungal infections can be found right on the kitchen shelf of your home. Treatment of nail fungus with such folk remedies is by no means less popular than traditional medicines. The most popular products and recipes from them:

• coffee. A very popular way to combat mycosis, and, therefore, one of the most effective. It is necessary to brew strong grain coffee and let it cool slightly, then lower your hands or feet briefly into the drink. From nail fungus, coffee helps almost immediately: the itching disappears, the skin becomes softer and looks healthier.
• Vinegar. Treatment of nail fungus with vinegar is carried out as follows: the feet should be soaked for a few minutes in apple cider vinegar or wine, after washing them well. Often, vinegar treatment is for foot fungus.
• Lemon. The legs should be steamed well, then dip the cotton in lemon juice and make a compress lasting no more than an hour.
• salt. Sea salt from nail fungus is used in the form of daily foot baths (hands can also be steamed). Recipe: Dissolve 100 grams of sea salt and 4 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in 5 liters of boiled water, dip your feet in the resulting solution for half an hour.
• Vodka. In a quarter cup of vodka, add a teaspoon of lemon juice and half a teaspoon of potassium permanganate, mix, leave for 3-5 days. The infusion should be treated with the infected area on the skin and nail plate twice a day.
• Eggshell ointment, vinegar and butter. Pour the vinegar into the empty eggs and place in a dark place, after the shells have dissolved, remove the film, and add the butter into the resulting mixture. Treat skin and nails twice a day until they recover.