Nail Fungus

[Heritage Essential Oils]

Ashely asked: My husband has had a fungus under his toenails for years. The doctor said that the only way to cure it is by using this awful antibiotic that made him incredibly sick or by rubbing Vicks on it every day for like 6 months to a year. He got it from I guess cow feces back on his parent's ranch. Is there anything I could try to help him get rid of it for good?

Linda's answer: It seems to be correct that it takes 6-12 months to eradicate fungus on a toenail. We have an explanation on the website and testimonies from others who have used the oils for this. Click on the green HEALTH ISSUES tab at the top of the website, then click on HEALTH CARE TOPICS and then on NAIL FUNGUS. It takes consistent treatment until the nails completely replace themselves. Missing a single application starts the timer again. ;-/

Here's the explanation per my understanding:

One thing to consider is that you are not "killing" the topical fungus (nails, skin, vagina, mouth etc.), your goal is to inhibit growth of the fungus in tissue that has grown that day during treatment. The growing cells must incorporate some of what is being applied, right into the cell, so that particular cell will no longer be susceptible to the fungus. The natural shedding of old cells and the growing of new, unaffected cells will take place only if you consistently apply treatment twice daily (morning and night).

If a single application is missed, any tissue that grew that day will be susceptible, and the treatment may have to start all over. So resources say that it takes 4 weeks to replace your skin, so if you stop treatment of any skin fungus before 6 weeks, the problem may recur. It takes at least 6 months to grow an new toenail, so if the treatment is stopped less than a month after the nail looks normal, the problem will likely recur. Fungi abhors an acid environment. The normal colon contents are very acid which is what normally protects us from having Candida issues. 

So, keep in mind that the toenail will have to grow the infected nail off the body. If treatment is missed for even one single time, the nail that grew that day may not be resistant to the fungus, and the fungus can infect the new growth (since you are not killing the fungus - you are inhibiting it from attaching itself to the new growth). Likely, the treatment time starts all over when you miss a treatment. 

The protocol for a toenail fungus should be:
Apply a couple drops essential oil at the growing base of the affected nail every morning and night, and within a few months, a normal nail should begin to show at the base of the nail.