The now widespread mycotic infection of the feet, better known as fungus, is an urgent problem for every fifth of our compatriots. The causative agent is a strain of Candida albicans. Pathology requires timely treatment. Advanced disease is more difficult to treat, causing patients to experience some complexities and difficulties.
Along with medical methods to get rid of mycosis between the toes, home treatment with folk remedies is becoming increasingly attractive.
The most common folk method
Antifungal drugs are made on the basis of expensive substances synthesized abroad, which is why even in generic form they have a high cost. A simple grandmother's recipe will tell you better than a professor how to cure fungus between the toes quickly and without much expense.
Traditional treatment methods have become more popular because they are cheaper and safer (no side effects typical of drugs). For several decades, the effectiveness of the method proposed to humans has been proven in nature.
Treatment with vinegar
Fungus between the toes can be quickly and cheaply eliminated with a regular table or bite of an apple. It is easy to make lotions, compresses and baths from it. Acetic acid is easily mixed with glycerin, iodine, fruit, vegetable and plant juices, and added to homemade ointments.
The bath is made of 9% table vinegar. This foot liquid is slightly heated and the affected foot is lowered for 15 minutes.
Vinegar and vegetable oil in equal proportions are taken when preparing homemade ointment. It cures even the most advanced fungus between the fingers. The ointment turned out to be runny, so a cotton swab was used to wipe it off. Mixed gauze lotion plus warm socks at night will make the patient's life easier from the first days!
Accelerate the healing of microcracks and ulcers before fungicide therapy with table acetic acid accompanied by:
- Carrot juice.
- Infusion of calendula flowers.
- Sea buckthorn oil.
In case of severe tingling and burning, the strength of the vinegar solution may be reduced.
The fungus that appears between the fingers is "afraid" of apple acetic acid, especially if it is taken in a ratio of 1: 1 with iodine solution. This product is intended for daily lubrication until the clinical manifestations of the disease disappear completely. It is possible to completely "drive out" the pathogen by continuing this treatment for a little longer.
Taking apple cider vinegar internally will help create an acidic reaction that is unfavorable for the pathogenesis of mycosis. The daily dose is 15 ml per glass of water.
Antifungal properties of sea salt
Fungus between the toes can be cured with regular sea salt therapy sessions. A bath is prepared from it in the ratio of 20 grams per 1 liter of warm, but not hot water. 15-20 minutes is the optimal period of steaming the damaged leg area in saline solution.
After the procedure, you need to put on clean and ironed socks on dry feet. It is better to take a salt bath before going to bed, regularly for 14 days.
Garlic ointment
Fungus between the toes can be cured not only by bathing. Therapy with "grandmother's" medicine includes a recipe for garlic ointment. To prepare it, two medium-sized cloves are enough, which, crushed, are mixed with 100 g of melted butter. Leave for 24 hours until ready to use. The duration of the course is 1 month.
Iodine bath
The usual tincture of iodine has a bad effect on the fungus that has touched the toe. 20 drops diluted with warm water (3 liters) - and the healing bath is ready. You need to keep your feet in it for a quarter of an hour. Treatment with iodine lasts 2-3 weeks.
Potato skins
Toe fungus disappears by steaming the feet in a potato skin stew. The affected area should be kept in the liquid for 25-30 minutes. It is recommended to wipe the affected area with a potato peel. This way the effect will be stronger. After carrying out this manipulation, remove the moisture between the fingers with a napkin and grease with lard.
Compress with birch tar
Birch tar effectively removes toe and toe fungus. Before the procedure, the feet should be steamed in soapy water, the peeling scales should be scraped off with a pumice stone, the skin should be wiped dry, and then the tar liquid should be used for 90 minutes.
Herbal medicine in the fight against fungus
Fungus can be treated gently and painlessly with herbal remedies. Plants located in the yard or on the nearest roadside, in the form of infusions and decoctions, exhibit antiseptic, wound healing and drying effects.
Antifungal plant extracts from herbs and flowers are available for external use:
- Celandine.
- Calendula.
- Burdock.
- Mint.
- Nettles.
- St. John's wort.
- Sage.
- Chamomile.
60 milligrams of celandine herb is calculated for 1 liter of water. After boiling, the extract is allowed to steep for 5 minutes. Strained decoction is used for compresses and foot baths, taken for half an hour every day for 21 days. Add 30 ml of vinegar to the boiled log cake to use as a compress.
Field and meadow herbs (mint, chamomile and nettle, St. John's wort, sage) are dried, crushed, mixed, and put in socks all day. This procedure lasts for 3 weeks.
Herbal medicine for external treatment
Burdock juice has a bad effect on foot fungus. To obtain it, young leaves are collected, beaten with a hammer, and wrapped around the feet at night, tying them with a piece of gauze, a bandage, or a sock. Do the same with rowan leaves, changing every half day.
To wash between your fingers with calendula infusion, you need to take 250 grams of dried flowers and a glass of boiled water. Infusion time is 30-35 minutes. Effects can be achieved in 30-40 days.
Herbal decoction for internal use
Aqueous extracts of well-known medicinal plants help destroy the fungus that lives between the toes:
- Common burdock.
- Yarrow.
- Wormwood.
- Banana banana.
Herbs must be taken in equal proportions to obtain a healing mixture. The decoction is prepared at the rate of 5 grams of mixed plants per 100 ml of water. The extract is infused for 6 hours, after which it is ready to be used in the morning before meals.
Treatment with anti-dandruff shampoo
For those who don't have the time or desire to bother with alternative medical techniques, fungus can be treated by bathing with anti-dandruff shampoo. They should wash their feet regularly, dry them and wear clean socks at night.
Useful tools to help
The solution to the problem of candidal foot infection is on the kitchen shelf and in the refrigerator itself. Rock salt and soda, available to every housewife, can be used as an effective home remedy. If you steam your feet in a soda salt solution regularly, you can successfully and quickly cure the fungus between your toes.
Molecules of a saturated solution of table salt penetrate deep into the layers of the skin, preventing the development of pathogenic cells. Cotton swabs moistened with this product are inserted into the phalangeal perineum without causing pain or burning. After the first two weeks of salt therapy, the itching disappeared, and after 2 months the cracks healed.
Foods to treat fungus
- It is possible to cure toe fungus in no time! Chicken eggs should be placed in a jar, filled with 75% vinegar essence, placed in a dark place, waiting for the shell to dissolve completely. When removing the egg film into the jar, add butter (5 grams) and stir until smooth. The ointment will be ready within 24 hours. This product will allow you to cure the fungus painlessly and effectively with twice daily use.
- Even ground coffee can cure mycosis between the toes. Five spoons of this drink are brewed in a liter container with boiling water. For sleep, the cooled infusion is poured into the basin, where the feet are soaked for 30 minutes. Wear cotton socks on wet feet. After waking up, feet should be rinsed with fresh water. This procedure helps to get rid of the fungus within a month.
- A clove of garlic, cut in half, rolled in table salt, can destroy the infection in 10-12 days. They are applied to the affected area and also left on the skin, wrapped with a bandage.
- You can use a meat grinder to make a paste from the onion to spread on the painful interdigital area. If there is an irritating lesion on the skin, add an equal amount of petroleum jelly to the chopped onion.
Ammonia
The main component of the home first aid kit, ammonia, works well in the treatment of toenail fungus. 15 ml of ammonia solution must be combined with 200 ml of water. To compress, use a soft cloth soaked in the resulting liquid. At night, use a plastic bag along with a compression bandage. For a full course, 8-10 procedures are enough.
Eliminating the mycosis that has settled between the fingers using folk remedies allows you to save money and avoid some adverse reactions of drug therapy. However, we do not recommend you take active measures without consulting your doctor!