Nail fungus is unpleasant, unsightly and almost impossible to eliminate. All those topical treatments rarely reach down into the nail bed where the fungus is actually positioned, but antifungal pills on the other hand have numerous side effects. Luckily, the remedy for nail fungus is so close now, in your pantry.
Apple cider vinegar and baking soda have been used from long ago in the folk medicine. they are some of the most widely used home remedies. Numerous pathogens, fungi included, can only survive in a narrow range of pH. Vinegar is highly acidic, and baking soda is highly basic.
This means that they disturb the pH of the pathogen’s surrounding and contribute to healthier and clearer nails. If you want to utilize their effect, you would need a basin, big enough to put your feet in, some warm water, baking soda and several cups of apple cider vinegar.
- first, you would need to pour the apple cider vinegar in the basin. You should use it in quantities that depend on the basin size, but you should use at least enough to cover your nails.
- Let your feet soak for nearly twenty minutes
- Dry your feet well
- Pour water in the basin, enough to cover your nails
- Add around a half cup of baking soda to the water in the basin
- Soak your feet and wait like that for another twenty minutes approximately
- Dry your feet well
- Repeat this process a few times a day
When you do not do this treatment, in the meantime, it would be good for you to keep your feet clean and dry. Try wearing open-toed shoes, because fungi thrive in dark and wet environments.
Always keep your nails and cuticles neatly trimmed, and you can also brush your nails with some tea tree oil as well. Do the brushing on a daily basis in order to help the fighting of the fungi in between treatments.
It might take a few weeks for the fungus to die off, and it will take even more time for your nails to grow out completely, so you would need to be pretty patient and persistent in the treatments.
In case you do not have apple cider vinegar in your home, you should consider starting to keep some at hand. The apple cider vinegar is great for fighting fungal infections, as well as other common ailments.
There are numerous brands of apple cider vinegar on the market to choose from, and the most popular are generally the non-pasteurized, raw products with the ‘mother’ still intact.
When we say the mother of the vinegar, we think of the catchall term for the microorganisms that turn juices into vinegar, which offers additional health benefits by out-competing pathogens in the body.
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