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Natural Cures
Frequently
Asked Questions
What
about using Vicks to cure toenail fungus?
Some people suggested the natural cure of applying Vicks to toenail can
cure the
fungus. There's not much evidence that Vicks would work well even
though it seems to slow down the fungus growth.
Pharmacist
Tom's recommendations: Use tea
tree oil first. There are scientific research studies
to show that tea tree oil actually works to cure toenail infections.
I've
heard that mayonnaise kill head lice. Is that true?
People have tried many home natural remedies designed to "drown" the
head lice.
These include vinegar, isopropyl alcohol, olive oil, mayonnaise,
melted butter and petroleum jelly. Mayonnaise is not very effective at
killing head lice.
Petroleum jelly was the only treatment that killed the most head lice,
allowing only about 6% to hatch.
Pharmacist
Tom's recommendations: May we suggest using
the natural cure tea
tree oil first? There's
much more scientific evidence to show that tea tree oil actually works
to kill head lice.
Ultimately, manually removing the eggs (that is combing the hair and
scraping the egg off) will be required.
No
treatment is 100% effective without manual removal of the nits (eggs),
including those products sold in
pharmacies (such as Nix and Kwellada). The use of white
petrolatum or mayonnaise is messy (really) and I wonder how much
work you'll need to do just to wash the stuff out...
Related topics that may be of
interest to you
Tea
tree oil - A potent antiseptic that can kill bacteria, viruses and
parasites.
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