Folk remedies are good as auxiliary methods of treatment, for example, in cases where they remove a specific symptom.
For example, a burn decoction relieves diarrhea, but cannot cure dysentery.
Rinsing your nose with sea water helps eliminate swelling of the mucous membrane and normalize breathing, but cannot relieve allergic rhinitis.
Likewise, a folk remedy for foot fungus can help in the treatment of this unpleasant infection, but only if “heavy artillery” comes into play 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 it is not effective enough, will still help.
This is true, but there are several pitfalls here:
- As a rule, those who want to quickly cure foot fungus with folk remedies self-medicate and therefore do not go to the doctor.In some cases, time may be wasted;
- Failure to consult a doctor can cause psoriasis or eczema to be mistaken for a “fungus” and treatment to go wrong;
- the lack of test results also makes it impossible to understand what type of mycosis appeared on the legs and which remedies are most effective;
- using folk remedies, often without effect, and changing them, a person does not notice how time flies, which could be devoted to serious treatment;
- finally, having gotten used to the “penny” costs of vinegar and potassium permanganate, and faced with the urgent need to purchase a special liquid or varnish for a rather large amount, a person is simply not ready for such costs and begins to “buy time”.
All these signs are indirect, but they deceive and drag a person into a series of trials.And yet, is it possible, for example, to use just folk remedies for nail fungus without resorting to the help of medicines?
When you can do it alone
This therapy can only be understood by doctors at the very 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 to 10% of the nail area.It is then that folk remedies such as creolin, tar and vitriol quickly eliminate foot fungus.
If there is no positive dynamics within 10 days of treatment, you need to urgently go to the dermatologist, take tests and start serious treatment.
The main problem is that often, when toenails are affected, the problem is only noticed when it becomes very large and time is lost.
However, we have listed the main groups of folk remedies for fungus between toes, heels and nails.
What people love
Pathogenic fungi love to experience “strong feelings”.Therefore, oxidizing agents, aromatic acids and phenols are needed.Therefore, the most commonly used means are:
- potassium permanganate, "potassium permanganate";
- table vinegar, concentration 9-10%.It is easily obtained by diluting vinegar essence seven times;
- diluted copper sulfate solution 1 teaspoon per liter;
- hydrogen peroxide solution, 3%;
- creolin, which can be purchased at a veterinary pharmacy.Carefully!Creolin is only intended for application to the nail!If it comes into contact with the skin, it can cause serious burns.
How to apply?
How to cure foot fungus with folk remedies?With the help of hot baths, applied morning and evening.
First, a regular warm bath with soap and soda solution is used, after which the feet, nails are treated and dead skin is removed.Then, change the water in the basin and add one of your preferred products.One condition is that if you choose potassium permanganate, all the crystals will dissolve and the color will be moderately 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 more quickly, followed by damage to the feet.But treating nail fungus with folk remedies may be ineffective, for example, if the nail is not removed.The fungus that hides under the plate may be invulnerable to these remedies.
You should not experiment and change the composition of the baths daily.It will be enough to carefully monitor the color and size of the spots, and change the medicine only after there are no changes for 3-4 days.As already mentioned, if after 10 days there is no effect, you need to consult a doctor.Don’t forget the famous joke: “I was being treated for jaundice, but it turned out I was Chinese.”
There are facts that signs of varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, trophic ulcers on the feet in diabetes mellitus were mistaken for a fungus and simply wasted time in the search for a cure for the fungus.
About prevention
Medical and folk remedies should be used, following the rules for daily treatment of the inner surface of shoes with a special antifungal spray.Drying shoes in the sun, freezing them in the freezer and also using special anti-fungal ultraviolet electric dryers are very important.
In addition, each patient must have their own rubber slippers, which are cleaned daily, and their own towels.Socks need to be changed daily and ironed and insoles with a steam iron.It goes without saying that a person who is treating their own fungus should not wear someone else's slippers when visiting, nor go to a public bathhouse or swimming pool.
Only comprehensive adherence to these simple rules will not only cure nail and toe mycosis, but also protect your family members and others from infections.