Home Remedies For Ringworm

Ringworm is one of the common skin diseases. The disease is caused by a fungus, a minute form of vegetable plant life that grows on the skin. The disease is more annoying than dangerous.

Ringworm is a fairly minor fungal infection of the skin's outer layer that is related to athlete's foot, jock itch, nail infections and some forms of diaper rash.

Common Causes of Ringworm

Through scratches or cuts in the skin
Affects damp areas where sweating is common
Using unwashed clothes or sharing combs of infected people
Swimming pool
Pets

Natural home remedies

Raw papaya is one of the most effective home remedies for ringworm. The slices of this fruit should be rubbed on the ringworm patches. A paste made from dried papaya seeds can also be applied beneficially on these ringworm patches
Use athletes foot cream or yeast infection cream. Anything anti-fungal.
Make a powder with Mustard seeds. Add some water and make a paste. Apply on the patch till it clears up.
The juice of Holy basil leaves to be applied on the patch 2-3 times.
Cut a lime and dip the inside part in salt and scrub the infected area (tingles a little) after that rince the infected area with water and apply Blue Cream can be purchased at your local drug store. Ive had ringworm twice and this helped. you can also use hydrocortisone cream. the key thing you want to do is to dry that pesky worm away.
Raw vegetable juices, especially carrot juice in combination with spinach juice, have proved beneficial in the treatment of ringworm. The formula proportions considered helpful in this combination are 300 ml of carrot juice and 200 ml of spinach juice to make 500 ml or half a litre of juice.

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