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But such skeptics can now lay all hesitation to rest since a double-blind study compared tea tree oil’s effectiveness as an antifungal to its formidable prescription counterpart, clotrimazole, and showed the natural substance to be just as effective at treating fungal infections of the fingernails and toenails (onychomycosis). In his newsletter "Health & Healing", Dr. Julian Whitaker warns that taking prescription oral medications for nail fungus can be extremely toxic to the liver. To eliminate nail fungus, he recommends rubbing the oil onto the nail and adjacent skin twice daily. The key is persistence. As with oral medication, it may take 8 to 10 months before the infection is gone. Tea tree oil is available at all health food stores. |
