fungal nails and tea tree

[bsnubdrk]

i know we say use tea tree on fungal nail infections and that it will take ages... can pregnant women use this method to treat their toes?

 

[Jake Buffett]

Hi Rosie

I can see no reason why you could not use tea tree on a pregnant woman with a fungal nail infection, you could also try Rosewood

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[Soolvemet]

Hi Rosie

Not sure about this one as I don't use any essentail oils on pregnant women; when they come for a massage I just use a carrier oil. I think I would reccomend that she ask her doctor for something to help clear it up.

I didn't find Tea Tree on its own very helpful when I was trying to clear up athletes foot. I made up a mixture of three anti-fungal oils, put them with some carrier oil then put some in a bowl of water to soak my feet in. It worked like magic, the athletes foot was gone within 3 days. The oils I used were manuka, rosemary and german chamomile (matricaria recutica)

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[Ashley B]

Hi Rosie

I have been a clinical aromatherapist for nearly 10 years now and I truly believe that there is no reason why you shouldn't use Tea Tree (or any other anti-fungal essential oil) on a fungal nail infection. You could advice using it neat on the infected nail (just a drop daily). I would point out though that often when you are pregnant you "get" infections of this nature and usually it will clear once the baby has been born (strange as that might sound). I certainly would prefer to use a natural solution than a pharmaceutical preparation.

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