Mycosis, popularly called fungus, is an infectious disease of the feet caused by various types of microscopic fungi. Foot fungus is often accompanied by onychomycosis - damage to the nail plate. This disease cannot be ignored, because the skin of the feet itches, there is discomfort when walking, and the nails deteriorate. Folk remedies against foot fungus will both help to eliminate the problem and serve as a method of prevention. Unlike antifungal ointments, creams, folk remedies will be safer for human health.
Treatment of foot fungus with folk remedies
Mycosis of the feet occurs in every tenth person, which indicates that the disease is common. Anyone can get a fungal infection: in a water park, swimming pool, beach, wearing shoes, after using untreated pedicure accessories. You can also get mycosis due to poor foot hygiene, so it is necessary to treat shoes and change socks in time.
The first symptoms of mycosis appear between the toes, burning, peeling and itching. Then the infection spreads to the foot and nail plate. If you do not start treating nail fungus in time, the top layer of the nail plate will begin to peel off, the nail will deform and change color. It is difficult to treat mycosis in the last stage, so if you see the first manifestations of infection - a change in the color of the nail, peeling, itching of the legs, the appearance of scales, roughness, redness, you should treat it. immediately start treating nail fungus with folk remedies.
Traditional medicine recipes
Folk remedies against nail fungus can replace pharmaceutical drugs. The infection multiplies rapidly in a slightly alkaline, neutral environment, which is why many alternative medicine recipes include baking soda and vinegar. However, iodine, birch resin, essential oils, kombucha, hydrogen peroxide, apricot resin tincture, etc. such substances are also applied. Treatment of nail fungus with folk remedies will save you from the need to buy antifungal drugs that can have a negative effect.
Foot baths
Fungus can be treated by taking medicated foot baths. They can be based on baking soda. Add soda to warm, but not boiling, water poured into a basin, a special foot bath or other container at the rate of 1 tablespoon per 2 liters of water. It is good to add sea salt. Continue the procedure for 30 minutes, then dry your feet well and put on clean socks.
For the following recipe, you need ½ teaspoon of potassium permanganate, 1 tablespoon of grated laundry soap, 1 tbsp. spoon of soda, 2 tbsp. spoon of mustard powder for 1 liter of liquid. Feet should be steamed in a hot bath for half an hour. Vinegar baths are also effective. To prepare them, take half a glass of table or apple vinegar mixed with a liter of liquid. If you feel discomfort or tingling, add a little water to dilute the vinegar concentration. After the procedure, dry your feet with a clean towel.
Ointment
Applying a homemade ointment promotes rapid healing. Take 70% acetic acid and glycerin, olive oil, dimethyl phthalate, mix the ingredients in a ratio of 1: 1: 1: 2 until smooth, then apply, keep for 9 hours, then wash your nails with laundry soap. Dimethyl phthalate can be replaced with repudin. Ointment made of equal proportions of vinegar, olive oil, glycerin and repudi is applied to fingers and affected nails, feet are lubricated and left for 6 hours.
Another way to prepare an ointment: wash and dry a chicken egg, pour 100 g of vinegar essence, leave for 5-7 days. During this time, the shell will completely melt. Add 100 g of melted butter to the resulting mixture, beat until creamy. Rub the ointment on the affected areas of the leg every evening for several hours, wrap it with a bandage.
If most of the foot is infected, you can use the following method: mix 100 g of vinegar, 40 g of talc, 50 g of glycerin, and 700 g of distilled or boiled water until smooth. Leave for three days. Rub 3 tablespoons of the mixture into your feet until it is completely absorbed. Use for 11 days, then rub with 1 tablespoon for 10 days. The disease will subside within a week, but the course must be completed in full.
Compresses
You can use celandine juice for treatment. In medicine, celandine containing phytoncides is used to fight skin diseases. Chop the leaves of the plant, mix 1 tablespoon of celandine with 2 drops of tea tree oil. Apply the mixture for 3 hours, wrap your feet and toes with cling film. You can make an effective decoction from celandine.
Pour unrefined vegetable oil over the dried leaves so that it covers the plant by about 3 cm, keep the decoction at room temperature for 2 hours, then send it to any cool place for 2 weeks. Filter after expiration. Moisten a cotton pad or clean cloth and apply for 2 hours. Steam your feet thoroughly before doing this. It is possible to treat fungus with tincture of iodine. Mix 20 ml of iodine, 20 grams of celandine. Apply a solution of iodine and celandine twice a day for an hour.
Treatment of foot fungus in children
Folk remedies for athlete's foot are also used to treat infections in children. Mycosis can occur at any age, because the infection is transmitted from person to person, so it is important to immediately identify the disease in a child. For treatment, you can use propolis or apply iodine to the infected areas of the feet and nails. Propolis tincture can be used effectively as a compress: apply propolis to a cotton pad and apply it to the leg until the pad is completely dry. So, using folk remedies for foot fungus, you can easily treat a child's disease without harming health.