Home Treatment for Ringworm

Home Treatment for Ringworm

Ringworm is an infection of the skin, hair, and nails with various fungi, producing ring-like lesions with raised borders.

Ringworm Treatment Using Herbal Decoctions

1.Daily bath with Bayabas leaves decoction. ( english: guava) 

• Boil 10 cups of chopped fresh leaves in 1/2 gallon of water for 15 minutes.
• Add enough cold water to fill up one big pail after straining.
• Bathe with this decoction while still hot.

2.Tabako leaves decoction shampoo (if head and hair are affected) ( english: tobacco) 

• Boil 10 leaves of fresh tabako leaves in 1/2 gallon of water for 15 minutes.
• Cool and drain, Add enough water to fill up a 3-gallon pail.
• Shampoo hair with the decoction, once a day, until healed.

3.Kamantigui compress or poultice ( english: Touch me not balsam) 

• Crush 5-1,0 kamantigui flowers.
• Amount depends upon the size of the infection.
• Crush the flowers until the juice is extracted.
• Apply directly over the infected part as compress for 30 minutes, 2 times a day.

4.Bawang cloves ( english: garlic) 

• Peel and crush one clove and rub it on the affected part until it gets red.
• Apply 2 times a day: in the morning after the morning bath, and at bedtime.

5.Adelfa bark and leaves ( english: Oleander, Adelfa) 

• Chop a one-foot long branch.
• Mix with 1 cup chopped fresh young leaves.
• Mix the juice with 5 drops of fresh coconut oil.
• Apply on affected parts, 3 times a day.

6.Akapulko leaves 9 Crush 5 leaves. ( english: Ringworm bush or shrub) 

• Rub the juice on the affected areas, 2 times a day.