The now widespread mycotic infection of the feet, popularly called fungus, is an urgent problem for every fifth compatriot. The causative agents are strains of Candida albicans. Pathology requires prompt treatment. Advanced disease is more difficult to treat, which causes the patient a number of complexes and inconveniences.
Along with medical methods to eliminate mycosis between the toes, home treatment with folk remedies is attracting increasing interest.
The most common folk methods
Antifungal drugs are produced on the basis of expensive substances synthesized abroad, which is why even in the form of generic drugs they have a high price. Grandma's simple recipes will tell you better than the professors how to cure the fungus between the toes relatively quickly and without much expense.
Traditional treatment methods have become more popular because they are cheaper and safer (without the side effects typical of drugs). For many decades, the effectiveness of the methods offered to humanity by nature itself has been proven.
Vinegar treatment
Fungus between the toes can be eliminated quickly and cheaply with a simple table or a bite of an apple. It is easy to make lotions, compresses and baths. Acetic acid is easily mixed with glycerin, iodine, fruit, vegetable and plant juices and added to homemade ointments.
Baths are made from 9% table vinegar. This liquid for the feet is slightly warmed and the sore foot goes down for 15 minutes.
When preparing homemade ointment, equal proportions of vinegar and vegetable oil are taken. Treats even the most advanced toenail fungus. The ointment turns out to be liquid, so a cotton swab is used to apply it. Gauze lotion from the mixture plus a warm sock at night will greatly facilitate the patient's life from the first days!
Acceleration of the healing of microcracks and ulcers before fungicidal therapy with table acetic acid is accompanied by:
- Carrot juice.
- Infusion of marigold flowers.
- Sea buckthorn oil.
In case of severe tingling and burning, the strength of the vinegar solution can be reduced.
The fungi that appear between the fingers are "afraid" of the acetic acid of apples, especially if they are taken in a ratio of 1: 1 with iodine solution. The product is intended for daily application until the complete disappearance of the clinical manifestations of the disease. It will be possible to completelyto "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 to 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 sessions of sea salt therapy. Baths are prepared from it in a ratio of 20 grams per 1 liter of warm, but not hot, water. 15-20 minutes is the optimal duration of steaming the damaged areas of the foot in saline solution.
After the procedure, you should put clean, ironed socks on dry feet. It is better to take salt baths before going to bed, regularly for 14 days.
Garlic ointment
Fungus between the toes is treated not only with baths. Therapy with "grandmother's" means includes a recipe for garlic ointment. For its preparation, two medium-sized cloves are enough, which are crushed and 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
Ordinary iodine tincture has a detrimental effect on the fungus that has touched the toes. 20 drops are 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 peel
Fungus on the toes disappears by steaming the feet in a decoction of potato peels. The affected areas should be kept in the liquid for 25-30 minutes. It is recommended to additionally wipe the affected areas with potato skins. So the effect will be stronger. After performing this manipulation, absorb the moisture between the fingers with a napkin and smear with lard.
Compresses with birch tar
Birch tar effectively removes fungus on hands and feet. Before the procedure, the feet should be steamed in soapy water, the scales should be scraped off with a pumice stone, the skin should be wiped and then a tar liquid should be applied for 90 minutes.
Herbal medicine in the fight against fungi
Fungi are treated gently and painlessly with herbal preparations. Plants located in the yard or by the road, in the form of infusions and decoctions, exhibit an antiseptic, healing and drying effect.
Antifungal plant extracts of herbs and flowers are prepared for external use:
- yellow flowers.
- Calendula.
- burp
- Mint.
- Nettles.
- St. John's Wort.
- sage tea.
- chamomile.
For 1 liter of water, 60 milligrams of celandine herb are calculated. After boiling, the extract is allowed to soak for 5 minutes. The strained decoction is used for compresses and foot baths, taking half an hour every day for 21 days. Add 30 ml of vinegar to the cake of boiled stems to use as a compress.
Field and meadow herbs (mint, chamomile and nettle, St. John's wort, sage) are dried, crushed, mixed and placed in socks for the whole day. The procedure lasts 3 weeks.
Herbal medicines for external treatment
Burdock juice has a detrimental effect on foot fungus. To obtain it, young leaves are collected, pounded with a hammer and wrapped at night around the legs, securing them with gauze, a bandage or a sock. Do the same with rowan leaves, changing them every half day.
To wash your fingers with an infusion of calendula, you need to take 250 grams of dried flowers and one glass of boiled water. The infusion time is 30-35 minutes. The effect is achieved after 30-40 days.
Herbal decoction for internal use
Water extracts of well-known medicinal plants help to destroy the fungus that lives between the toes:
- Common burdock.
- yarrow.
- wormwood.
- Plantain.
Herbs should be taken in equal proportions to make a healing mixture. A decoction is prepared in the amount of 5 grams of mixed plants per 100 ml of water. The extract is infused for 6 hours, after which it is ready for use in the morning before meals.
Anti-dandruff shampoo treatment
For those who don't have the time or desire to engage in alternative medicine techniques, the fungus can be treated by showering with an anti-dandruff shampoo. They should wash their feet regularly, dry them and wear clean socks at night.
Handy tools to help
The solution to the problem of candida foot infections is on the kitchen shelves and in the refrigerator itself. Rock salt and soda, available to every housewife, can be used as an effective home remedy. If you regularly soak your feet in a soda-salt solution, you can successfully and quickly cure the fungus between the toes.
The molecules of a saturated solution of table salt penetrate deep into the layers of the skin, suppressing the development of pathogenic cells. Cotton wool moistened with this product is inserted into the perineum of the phalanges without causing pain or burning. After the first two weeks of salt therapy, the itching disappears, and after 2 months, the cracks heal.
Foods to treat fungus
- It is possible to cure toe fungus in no time! The chicken egg should be placed in a jar filled with vinegar essence with a concentration of 75%, placed in a dark place, waiting for the shell to dissolve completely. When you remove the egg film in the jar, add butter (5 grams) and mix until smooth. The ointment will be ready in 24 hours. The product will allow you to painlessly and effectively cure the fungus with a twice-daily application.
- Even ground coffee can cure mycosis between the toes. Five tablespoons of this drink are brewed in a liter pot of boiling water. For going to bed, the cooled infusion is poured into a basin, where the feet are immersed for 30 minutes. Wear cotton socks on wet feet. After waking up, the feet should be rinsed with fresh water. The procedure helps to get rid of the fungus within a month.
- Garlic cloves cut in half, rolled in table salt can kill the infection in 10-12 days. They are rubbed on the affected areas and also left on the skin, bandaged with a bandage.
- You can use a meat grinder to make an onion paste to apply to the inflamed interdigital area. If there are irritated lesions on the skin, add an equal amount of petroleum jelly to the chopped onion.
Ammonia
The main component of the home remedy, ammonia, works well in the treatment of athlete's foot. 15 ml of ammonia solution should be combined with 200 ml of water. For a 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.
Get rid of the mycosis that has settled between the fingers with the help of folk remedies, allows you to save money and avoid a number of side effects of drug therapy. However, we do not recommend you to take active actions without consulting your doctor!