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| Reference #: | 217 |
| Submit Date: | 07 Dec 2002 |
| Browse Category: | nails |
| Author: | none |
| Email Address: | none |
| Treatment used: | vicks vaporub |
| You can buy this remedy at: | drug store |
| Remedy will cost you: | around $5 |
| Country of Remedy: | USA |
| Remedy Source: | "Ask the doctor" a newspaper column by Dr. Peter Gott, May 21, 2003 |
| More Links about this Remedy: | none |
| # Comments posted to this remedy: | 1 |
| Complaints Reported: | 0 |
| # of times remedy read: | 16,518 |
| Dosage Info: | |
| Typical Dosage: | unknown |
| Dosage should be related to weight: | unknown |
| Dosages used in clinical trials are significant: | unknown |
| Maximum dosages in relation to side effects and serious side effects: | unknown |
| Other foods/nutrients/medications that can affect absorption or utilization: | unknown |
| Foods that provide the nutrient recommended as a remedy (or reference giving same): | unknown |
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| Total # reviewers: | 1 |
| Average Rating: | 10.00 |
| Effectiveness: | 10.00 |
| No Side Effects: | 10.00 |
| Ease of Use: | 10.00 |
| Effective after long term use: | 10.00 |
| Cost Effectiveness: | 10.00 |
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"First, you must trim the affected nail as short as possible to reduce
the "biomass" of the fjungus, which infects the growing portion of the nail (behind the cutilce) and enlarges as the nail grows. When I say as "short as possible," that's what I mean. Trim the nail back either by filing a hard thick nail or by actually cutting the nail as far back toward the cuticle as you can without pain or bleeding. (The un-sucess stories I have received usually involve applying the Vicks to a nail that was yellow, thick and deformed -- without first cutting the tissue back). Once you have reduced the area of the nail as far as you feel confortable doing, apply Vicks VapoRub twice a day to the nail itself, the cuticle and the toe (or finger). Rub it in well. If you choose to cover the toes (or fingers) after the application, fine. In my experience, this is not necessary. If the VapoRub is sufficiently massaged, there should be relatively little excess. The good news is that Vicks is breathtakingly cheap -- and safe. The bad news is that, in advanced cases, the therapy make take months to be effective -- and may not be effective at all if the infected nail is thick and yellow. SO, be patient. As the nail grows out -- increditvly sloly, it seems --- the fungus-free portion will appear. For pennies a day, your problem will be solved, without using tea-soaks (Pau d'Arco) or espensive prescription medicine This remedy has curred my nail/fingernail funguses...." from "Ask the doctor", a newspaper column by Dr. Peter Gott, Editor note: This remedy also appeared in a Dear Abby column. You may want to soak your nail in epsom salts, for 15 minutes, before trimming your nails, this will soften the thick nail, then trim the nail, then aplly the vicks VapoRub. |
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Comment: Vick's VapoRub cure for nail fungus |
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| Submit Date: | 19 Dec 2009 |
| Author: | Sasssy |
| Email Address: | none |
| More Links about this Remedy: | none |
My 32 year old cousin had to have a liver transplant due to using an oral medication for nail fungus. Vick's VapoRub is a much better alternative. |