I recently read up on the medicinal uses of Henna, the plant used for
dyeing hair.
Apparently it is a traditional anti-fungal treatment. But it will make
your toes brown
for a week or so.
I buy it at internatural.com by the pound for my hair. I never have any
scalp fungus
or dandruff. Different colors have different amounts of Henna, the red
is the pure
henna, other colors have other plants added.
I am not thinking of trying it on my toes, but will wait until sandal
season is over. Toe
fungus is more of a problem during the winter for me anyway, due to
wearing shoes
more.
Janet
[email protected] wrote:
Recently, we concluded a brief.....but promising DIY protocol
designed to address toenail fungi colonies. This simple methodology yielded
surprisingly effective abatement/control of expressing fungal insults involving
the toenails....most especially the great toe.
The procedure was as follows: (1) a brief, preliminary foot-soak in
warm tap-water (5 minutes average); (2) Using a solution of saturated
bicarbonate of soda
(70% by volume), blended with 30% by volume (Full Strength DMSO)...liberally
applied via
eye dropper or Q-Tip type applicator [thoroughly soaked)]....insuring the
crease between
the nail wall and the adjoining tissue is filled with liquid, apply (3) the beam of a
conventional laser pointer (or about a 3500 mw LED bulb)----held "very close"
(within
about 1/8th inch of tissue/nail surface).....for a total exposure time of 10
minutes [approximately] per toenail. Actually this works out to be about 2.5
minutes per side of
the nail, proper. No harm was caused by the occasional, accidental touching of
the toenail/tissue surfaces. Although our arrangement was somewhat more
elaborate (using 4 units in a single assembly) and allowed us to reduce the
total time to less than 3 minutes per toenail....time is, probably, less
expensive for most----than assembling the more extensive array.
One interesting phenomenon was that from among a family of presenting
fungal agents (4 varieties, in total) NONE proved resistant to the control
effects of the sodium bicarbonate.
Interestingly, the sodium bicarbonate X DMSO , alone, yielded quite
acceptable control---albeit over a rather extended period of time (10 to 12
days).....adding
the laser or LED ancillary function, dramatically accelerated the favorable
response time (5 to 7 days). This protocol was employed 3 times daily for the first 3 days and twice daily thereafter.
In the worst cases (where the entire under-surface of the nail was
presenting
an insult) the time required for favorable resolution was around 30 days.
This was not the only protocol that proved effective....but was by far the most COST-EFFECTIVE in both time and expense. This protocol proved to be simple, effective and economical.....ideal for the DIY experimenter.
Sincerely, Brooks Bradley.
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