Antifungal cures

If you have this condition, please read this page as well as the nail fungus page, which offers information on both natural and pharmaceutical methods of clearing this difficult fingernail fungus.

Try the Manuka essential oil first. Although it is more expensive, it is also the most strongest, and it would still be less expensive than those pharmaceutical prescriptions.

Also, go with what seems good for you, the essential oil that you feel would work best, with a scent that you like. You can also combine 2 or 3 of them to create the perfect antifungal.

Manuka Essential Oil, Leptospermum scoparium:

Manuka Essential Oil is active against microorganisms that cause irritation and infection of the skin and body, such as athletes’ foot, and most importantly, toenail fungus. Manuka Essential Oil is up to 3000% more anti-bacterial than other leading therapeutic essential oils AND 1000% more anti-fungal!

Manuka, is one of several antifungal cures using essential oils for skin and nails that is also anti-bacterial, anti-allergenic, anti-septic, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory, including effectiveness against acne, eczema, psoriasis, foot and body odor, irritated skin, itchy scalp as well as being beneficial for stress, nervousness and anxiety.

Manuka Essential Oil is gentle yet powerful in it’s fight against a broad spectrum of bacteria and fungi, including yeasts and E.coli. First by alleviating the symptoms, then eliminating the root causes of these conditions. The indigenous people of New Zealand have used the healing properties of Manuka Essential Oil for centuries and today’s laboratory tests prove its effectiveness against dozens of bacteria and fungi that affect the skin. Manuka Essential Oil is considerably more expensive than most antifungal cures using essential oils, which is why you will not find this vitally active anti-fungal essential oil in any other anti-fungal remedies.

Clove Essential Oil, Eugenia caryophyllata:

Clove Essential Oil has pronounced anti-fungal, anti-septic, germidical, disinfectant, anti-bacterial, anti-microbial and antiviral compounds as well as an anaesthetic with pain-relieving properties. This amazing essential oil also kills intestinal parasites and eliminates a wide range of fungi and bacteria. Other qualities of this essential oil include the relief of headaches, toothaches, indigestion, intestinal gas, and is capable of opening sinuses and breathing passages.

Its attributes include being a reputed aphrodisiac, mentally stimulating, and memory improving. This essential oil’s compounds have also been used for arthritis, bronchitis, dental infections, fatigue, hiccups, infections, insect bites, mouth ulcers and sore gums, nausea, relaxing and sleep-inducing, stimulating dreams, viral hepatitis, viruses, and warts. Clove Essential Oil has been used medicinally for decades with outstanding results.

Oregano Essential Oil, Origanum vulgare:

The components that make Oregano Essential Oil miraculous are carvacrol and thymol, creating antifungal cures, containing anti-parasitic, anti-septic, anti-microbial, and anti-bacterial qualities. Oil of Oregano can treat internal as well as external fungi such as athlete’s foot, psoriasis, eczema and toenail fungus, regardless of where the fungi or yeasts may reside. These antifungal essential oils for skin and nails also treat infections of the gums and teeth, with no side effects.

Oil of Oregano is also a powerful pain reliever, with anti-inflammatory properties, known to boost the immune system in order to fight infection, colds and flu. This amazing essential oil can revive the senses, ease pain, act as an anti-rheumatic, anti-toxic, anti-viral, diuretic, hepatic, anaesthetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, and expectorant. Oil of Oregano is another essential oil that is seldom added to anti-bacterial and fungus eliminating remedies due to its higher cost, but little is needed.

Tea Tree, Melaleuca alternifolia:

Tea Tree Essential Oil is anti-fungal, anti-biotic, anti-inflammatory, anti-septic, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-microbial and has been used safely for hundreds of years. Tea Tree Essential Oil contains over 100 components, making it soothing, disinfecting, detoxifying and able to penetrate into lower skin layers with its pain relieving and anti-fungal properties.

Considered 13 times stronger as an antiseptic bactericide than carbolic acid. Tea Tree Essential Oil has been applied to pus-filled infections, dissolving the pus and leaving the surface of the wounds clean and without irritating the surrounding healthy skin. It promotes the growth and repair of healthy tissue, which lessens the chance of scarring. It’s powerful immuno-stimulant qualities are great for those who are immune compromised or are slow to recover from illnesses, not by suppressing the infection but by actively battling it. Tea Tree is one of the least expensive antifungal cures using essential oils for skin and nails.

Lemongrass, Cymbopogon citratus:

Medicinally, Lemongrass is another of the antifungal cures with essential oils that are also anti-microbial, pain relieving, anti-septic, and as well as a powerful bactericide, tissue regenerative, diuretic, and mild sedative. Lemongrass’s abilities are still just as anti-viral at a mere 10% solution.

Lemongrass is a very powerful bactericide and antiseptic that fights the spread of infection. This makes it a very effective oil to use when cleaning and sanitizing an area. This essential oil as been used as an antidote against infections (such as staphylococcus), fevers and even cholera. Its anti-inflammatory properties reduce the swelling of arthritis, pulled ligaments, and sports injuries. This therapeutic oil is also beneficial to the digestive system, relaxing stomach muscles and easing respiratory problems and sore throats.

Lavender, Lavindula angustifolium:

Antifungal cures with essential oils such as Lavender, have amazing skin-loving benefits, including the relief of burns, cuts, wounds, psoriasis, bruises, abscesses, and ulcers by being anti-microbial, anti-toxic, and anti-parasitic. Also assists in regenerating skin cells, cleansing and detoxifying.

The anti-viral, analgesic, anti-septic and anti-biotic properties of Lavender Essential Oil make it perfect for treating infections and muscular pain. Excellent for relieving skin conditions and acne by inhibiting the growth of bacteria that causes infection, while stimulating the growth of healthy skin cells. Its list of therapeutic benefits include treating insomnia, anxiety, depression, headaches, exhaustion, candidacies, wounds, eczema, rheumatic ailments, joint and muscle conditions, and circulatory disorders.

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