Home remedies to cure nail fungus are easy to come by. They have the advantage of being relatively inexpensive, but virtually all of them have mixed reviews: whichever one you pick, you will find that some people say it worked for them and others will say it didn't work. Most of them have not been clinically tested. It's important to remember, however, that the prescription medications get similarly mixed reports, and clinical testing has confirmed that they don't work for everyone either.
Home remedies to cure nail fungus tend to be relatively safe when used as directed, and with a little common sense. Many of them are household products, such as white vinegar or bleach (used diluted!) or common over the counter (OTC) products like Vicks VapoRub, or Listerine mouthwash. All the usual cautions apply to home remedys for nail fungus: think carefully before putting anything in your mouth that isn't food, and always read labels and pay attention to any cautions you see there.
Besides the home remedys for nail fungus, there are a number of commercially available natural remedies that you may want to investigate. The majority of these are topical treatments that are applied to the infected fingernails or toenails. They include essential oils, such as Tea Tree oil, or oregano oil, an antifungal "mud" called Saprox, and various other creams and lotions. The problem with topical preparations and home remedies to cure nail fungus is that they may not penetrate the thick toenail and do not directly contact the fungus. This is one reason that many people prefer a prescription drug that is taken orally.
One of the commercially available home remedys for nail fungus, Leucatin, combines a topical solution and an herbal supplement that is taken orally. The manufacturers of this product claim that the solution is unusually effective at penetrating the nail, while the herbal pills help the immune system fight off the fungus from the inside. If their claims are true (results within two weeks and over 90% success rate), the treatment performs substantially better than any other home remedies to cure nail fungus. And although it's more expensive than white vinegar, it's much cheaper than the prescription alternatives.
R. Drysdale is a freelance writer with more than 25 years of experience as a health care professional. She is a contributing editor to Home remedies for nail fungus, a blog dedicated to the treatment of fingernail and toenail fungus. |
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