Product Description
THIS IS AN ANTI-FUNGAL "MIST" APPLICATION
There are many botanical antidotes to fungal infections of the skin, from ringworm to athlete's foot to the kind of fungal rash women sometimes get under the breasts due to moisture.* I initially created these formulas on request of a client with a fungal infection of the forearm due to sports and hot, sweaty gloves.
I am not enthusiastic about this as a toenail fungus remedy, as toenail fungus is very difficult to treat. This is because of the toenail that covers it. I have formulated a much more targeted product on paper but haven't made it yet, and it isn't on the top of my priority list. I do recommend that people use something internally - not antifungals but serrapeptase - to "digest" the dead skin under the toenail the fungus is growing on, as fungus grows on dead skin. However, eradicating toenail fungus is difficult, it takes time and patience, and I don't have a magical recommendation. Toenail fungus is NOT Candida, by the way, so it will not respond to Candida cleansing approaches. I will say that I once had someone with very severe, longstanding toenail fungus issues, and for other reasons I wanted to increase his magnesium levels quickly. I had him soak his feet in a soak with warm water and magnesium chloride for that purpose, and, lo and behold, it actually made a difference quite quickly in his toenail fungus.
INGREDIENTS: Fractionated coconut oil, fractionated distilled aloe vera gel; witch hazel; potassium iodide; essential oils of tea tree (melaleuca atirniolia), citronella (Cymbopogan nardus), lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus), orange (Citrus sinensis), palmarosa (Cymbopogon martini), patchouli (Pogostemon cablin), rose geranium (Pelargonium graveolens); grain alcohol and polysorbate 80 from coconut (to blend).
2% dilution
*This statement not evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Antibacterial and antifungal activity of ten essential oils in vitro.
Source
Regional Medical Research Centre, (Indian Council of Medical Research), Bhubaneswar, India.
Abstract
The essential oils of aegle, ageratum, citronella, eucalyptus, geranium, lemongrass, orange, palmarosa, patchouli and peppermint, were tested for antibacterial activity against 22 bacteria, including Gram-positive cocci and rods and Gram-negative rods, and twelve fungi (3 yeast-like and 9 filamentous) by the disc diffusion method. Lemongrass, eucalyptus, peppermint and orange oils were effective against all the 22 bacterial strains. Aegle and palmarosa oils inhibited 21 bacteria; patchouli and ageratum oils inhibited 20 bacteria and citronella and geranium oils were inhibitory to 15 and 12 bacterial strains, respectively. All twelve fungi were inhibited by seven oils (aegle, citronella, geranium, lemongrass, orange, palmarosa and patchouli). Eucalyptus and peppermint oils were effective against eleven fungi. Ageratum oil was inhibitory to only four fungi tested. The MIC of eucalyptus, lemongrass, palmarosa and peppermint oils ranged from 0.16 to > 20 microliters ml-1 for eighteen bacteria and from 0.25 to 10 microliters ml-1 for twelve fungi.
- PMID:
- 8893526
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
