aking a shower:
1) epsom salt bath(soak for abt 10 to 20 mins)
2) Permasol (Potassium permaganate: use it to wipe with my feet, on doctor's orders)
Fun stuff, I love potassium permanganate. Got to be careful with it though. If using powder make sure it is completely dissolved in water before applying it. And NEVER get it near any compounds like petroleum jelly or glycerine, which are often both in lotions.
3) homemade concoction of honey + turmeric on bread!!! (I decided not to use the antibiotic cream... it just SAT on my skin and didn't do a thing. Bah! :P )
Fungus loves sugar, such as honey.
K see... my toe keeps undergoing this process: healing(pus coming out... protruding flesh starts drying) and then the flesh starts swelling again.
But then I realised today that it's the epsom salts which are probably making my toe swell. Any idea why? Is it cos fungus loves water?
That is going to be part of it. When you fungal infections of the nail you want to keep the nail as dry as possible.
Do you have access to something like Vick's Vapor Rub? The oils in this are strong antifungals. But again keep it away from the potassium permanganate.
Thx for the info about potassium permaganate. Mine is heavily diluted though: 0.1% w/v(whatever the w/v means). Even then, it's very very strong after being diluted 1 part to 8 parts water! It stains my hands and I can feel it killing much of the bacteria right away.
Yes, it is some really strong stuff. I made a 1;50,000 solution once, which is a concentrate by adding one tiny 5 grain tablet in a gallon and a half of water. When I had a cold I took a large glass of this and chugged it down. Tasted like liquid metal going down, an turned my tongue green but the symptoms were gone in less than a minute. I use it in my aquariums quite a bit to help oxidize pathogens, parasites and some of the organics I do not want in the tank. Just a the tip of a spoon full in my 150 gallon tank is more than enough. As an experiment once I added one spoon full to my pool to kill the algae. The spoon full turned the entire pool very dark purple for a few days. It is some incredible stuff, and one of the strongest oxidizers known. But for that last reason it also has to be used with great care. In powder form it can burn the skin and mixed with some other compounds such as glycerine or charcoal it can cause fires or explosions. So it is best to stick to the dilute stuff and as I pointed out earlier keep it away from glycerine and petroleum jelly. This includes the Vick's Vapor Rub!