The now widespread mycotic infection of the feet, popularly known as fungus, is an urgent problem for every fifth countryman. The pathogens are Candida albicans strains. Pathology requires timely treatment. Advanced disease is more difficult to treat, which creates a number of complications and inconveniences for the patient.
In addition to medical methods for eliminating mycoses between the toes, home treatment with folk remedies is of increasing interest.
The most common folk methods
Antimycotics are manufactured on the basis of expensive substances synthesized abroad, which is why they incur high costs even in the form of generics. Simple grandmother's recipes will tell you better than professors how to cure fungus between the toes relatively quickly and without much effort.
Traditional treatment methods are becoming increasingly popular because they are cheaper and safer (no side effects typical of medications). The effectiveness of the methods proposed to humanity by nature itself has been proven for many decades.
Vinegar treatment
A normal table or apple bite can quickly and inexpensively eliminate a fungus between the toes. Lotions, compresses and baths can easily be made from it. Acetic acid is easily mixed with glycerin, iodine, fruit, vegetable and vegetable juices and added to homemade ointments.
Baths are made from 9% table vinegar. This foot fluid is warmed slightly and the affected foot is lowered for 15 minutes.
When preparing a homemade ointment, vinegar and vegetable oil are used in equal proportions. It cures even the most advanced fungus between the fingers. Since the ointment is liquid, it is applied with a cotton swab. A gauze lotion of the mixture and a warm sock for the night will greatly facilitate the patient's life from the first days!
Acceleration of healing of microcracks and ulcers before fungicidal therapy with acetic acid is accompanied by:
- Carrot juice.
- Infusion of marigold flowers.
- Sea buckthorn oil.
If the tingling and burning sensation is severe, the strength of the vinegar solution may be reduced.
The fungus that has arisen between the fingers is "afraid" of the acetate acid of apples, especially when it is taken in a 1: 1 ratio with an iodine solution. The product is intended for daily lubrication until the clinical manifestations of the disease have completely disappeared. A completeThe pathogen can be "expelled" if the treatment is continued for a little longer.
Taking apple cider vinegar internally helps to provoke an acidic reaction, which is unfavorable for the pathogenesis of mycosis. The daily dose is 15 ml per glass of water.
Antifungal properties of sea salt
Fungus between toes can be cured with regular sea salt therapy sessions. Baths are prepared from it in the ratio of 20 grams per 1 liter of warm, but not hot, water. 15-20 minutes is the optimal time to steam damaged areas of the foot in a saline solution.
After the procedure, you should put on clean, ironed socks on dry feet. It is more advisable to take salt baths regularly for 14 days before going to bed.
Garlic ointment
Fungus between toes can be cured not only with baths. Therapy with "grandmother's" remedies includes a recipe for garlic ointment. To prepare it, two medium-sized cloves are enough, which are chopped and mixed with 100 g of melted butter. Leave for 24 hours before use. The course duration is 1 month.
Iodine bath
An ordinary tincture of iodine has a detrimental effect on the fungus that has touched the toes. 20 drops are diluted with warm water (3 liters) - the medicinal bath is ready. You need to keep your legs in it for a quarter of an hour. Treatment with iodine lasts 2-3 weeks.
Potato peel
Toe fungus disappears by steaming the feet in a broth made from potato peelings. The affected areas should be left in the liquid for 25-30 minutes. It is advisable to also wipe the affected areas with potato peels. This way the effect will be stronger. After this manipulation, blot the moisture between your fingers with a napkin and grease with pork fat.
Compressed with birch tar
Birch tar effectively eliminates finger and toe fungus. Before the procedure, the feet should be steamed in soapy water, the scales scraped off with a pumice stone, the skin wiped dry, and then tar liquid should be applied for 90 minutes.
Herbal medicine in the fight against fungi
The fungus can be treated gently and painlessly with herbal remedies. Plants in the yard or on the nearest roadside have an antiseptic, wound-healing and drying effect in the form of infusions and decoctions.
Antifungal plant extracts from herbs and flowers are prepared for external use:
- Celandine.
- Marigold.
- Burdock.
- Mint.
- Nettle.
- Johannis herbs.
- Sage.
- Chamomile.
For 1 liter of water, 60 milligrams of celandine herb are calculated. After boiling, let the extract steep for 5 minutes. The strained decoction is used for compresses and foot baths and taken for half an hour daily for 21 days. Add 30 ml of vinegar to the cooked stem cake to use as a compress.
Field and meadow herbs (mint, chamomile and nettle, St. John's wort, sage) are dried, chopped, mixed and placed in socks for the whole day. The procedure lasts 3 weeks.
Herbal remedies for external treatment
Burdock juice has a harmful effect on athlete's foot. To obtain it, young leaves are collected, beaten with a hammer and wrapped around the feet at night, fixing them with a piece of gauze, a bandage or a sock. Do the same with the rowan leaves, changing them every half a day.
To wash between your fingers with marigold infusion, you need to take 250 grams of dried flowers and a glass of boiled water. The steeping time is 30-35 minutes. The effect 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.
- Plantain.
To obtain a healing mixture, herbs must be taken in equal proportions. A decoction is prepared at the rate of 5 grams of mixed plants per 100 ml of water. The extract is infused for 6 hours and is then ready to use in the morning before meals.
Treatment with anti-dandruff shampoo
For those who do not have the time or desire to deal with alternative medicine techniques, the fungus can be treated by showering with anti-dandruff shampoo. They should wash and dry their feet regularly and wear clean socks at night.
Practical tools that help
The solution to the problem of candida foot infections lies on the kitchen shelves and in the refrigerator itself. Rock salt and soda, which are available to every housewife, can be used as effective home remedies. If you regularly steam your feet in a soda-salt solution, you can successfully and quickly cure fungus between your toes.
Molecules of a saturated saline solution penetrate deep into the skin layers and inhibit the development of pathogenic cells. A 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 a short time! The chicken egg should be placed in a jar filled with vinegar essence with a concentration of 75% and kept in a dark place until the shell completely dissolves. When you take the egg film into the glass, add butter (5 grams) and stir until smooth. The ointment is ready in 24 hours. The product allows you to cure the fungus painlessly and effectively when used twice a day.
- Even ground coffee can cure mycoses between the toes. Five tablespoons of this drink are brewed in a liter container with boiling water. At bedtime, the cooled infusion is poured into a basin, where the feet are immersed for 30 minutes. Wear cotton socks if your feet are wet. After waking up, feet should be rinsed with fresh water. The procedure helps to get rid of the fungus within a month.
- Garlic cloves cut in half and rolled in table salt can destroy the infection within 10-12 days. They are rubbed onto the affected areas and also left on the skin and bandaged.
- You can make a paste from onions using a meat grinder and spread it on the sore interdigital area. If the skin is irritated, add an equal amount of petroleum jelly to the chopped onion.
ammonia
The main ingredient in a home first aid kit, ammonia, works well for treating athlete's foot. 15 ml of ammonia solution must be mixed with 200 ml of water. To make a compress, use a soft cloth soaked in the resulting liquid. Use a plastic bag along with a compression bandage at night. For a full course, 8-10 procedures are enough.
Eliminating mycoses that have settled between the fingers with folk remedies allows you to save money and avoid a number of side effects of drug therapy. However, we do not recommend taking active measures without consulting your doctor!