Tea tree oil for ringworm

On October 15, 2007 in Ringworm

Ringworm is a fungal infection of the skin that is contagious and can show up anywhere on your body. Using a tea tree oil ringworm remedy can be helpful as we have found some cases on the net where tea tree oil can cure ringworm.

If tea tree oil is used for the treatment of ringworm, then you need to keep in mind that ringworm can appear on many different parts of the body. Scalp ringworm is pretty nasty and people even get it on their cats and dogs, so many people are looking for a tea tree oil ringworm cure.

Tea tree oil can be effective in the use of fighting ringworm. Lets take a look around the internet and see what others have to say about using tea tree oil for ringworm.

How to apply tea tree oil to ringworm

Lydia has some great feedback about using a home remedy for treating ringworm. She posted this home remedy over at otan.dni.us. She has some pretty good advice about using tea tree oil on ringworm.

INGREDIENTS: 100% tea tree oil (5% cineole, 35% terpinen-4ol)
Blue Star ointment
Nu Skin bandage
box of Q-tips (300 or more)
INSTRUCTIONS: OK! Here is the best herbal and cheapest way to get rid of ringworm! I had ringworm for a week and I used the OTC creams (Lotrimin,Lamisil) to treat it, it took a week and it was finally going down. Then I saw this home remedey site and read about how nail polish was effective. I researched other sites and found the same information, also
I really wanted to get rid of that thing. I found some clear nail polish and used it. The nail polish did seem to “suffocate” the ringworm, but I wasn’t sure if I remove it and apply a fresh coat, or just keep applying a fresh coat. I should have done the latter. I used nail polish remover and ended up burning my skin. But the worst part about it was that the remover created an allergic reaction in my system. I broke out in lesions all over my body, I did not know if they were ringworms or not. I was desperate, so I made an appointment with my doctor and asked for a dermatologist. The dermatologist didn’t have any openings now! I decided to again take matters in my own hands and went back online for more research. I read about Fungrx and was about to order it, when I saw that one of the main ingredients was tea tree oil. I remembered reading on this site about tea tree oil being a suggested remedy for ringworm. I went to Walmart and got 100% tea tree oil (make sure it’s 5% cineole, 35% terpinen-4ol), got nu skin liquid bandage, and Blue Star ointment. If you go to ( www.pureteatreeoil.com), it gives you step by step instructions for using the tea tree oil with ringworm. Anyway, I used a Q-tip and applied the tea tree oil on every single lesion on my body, being sure to use a different Q-tip each time so as not to get the infection in the bottle. Then I covered each lesion with Nu Skin bandage. The very next day all of the lesions had dried up! (no joke!) Some parts of me were a little itchy so I used the Bule star oitment to stop it. I applied the tea tree oil over and over about 3-4 times a day. The lesions continued to dry up. It is recommended to still apply the tea tree oil for about 2-3 more weeks ,even if the infection clears up. It does work you will see results within days! I promise! I’m not a salesperson but I should be, this stuff works great! Also, DO NOT USE BLEACH! I nail polish remover can burn your skin imagine what bleach will do!.

A remedy that my mother used when we were kids for ringworm was dip a penny into vinegar and tape it over top of the ringworm. The reaction of the vinegar with the copper from the penny does something to the ringworm that makes it go away. I used this on my kids when they were little and it worked for them, too. I know that vinegar kills bacteria but it does something more when it reacts with the copper.

Tea tree oil treatment

Marcus Peterson has some advice for the uses of tea tree oil on ringworm.

Light coatings of tea tree oil should be applied on to the affected area or areas about three or four times a day for two to three weeks until the fungal infection totally disappears. One major advantage of using tea tree oil is that its repeated usage is not hazardous in any way.

Using tea tree oil for fungus and ringworm

Sakura asked on Yahoo answers “Has anyone used tea tree oil for fungus or ringworm?” and here are some of the responses.

apply directly to the area (use q-tips and don’t re-dip into the bottle) 2x per day for as long as you have any visible sign of the lesion, then continue for a week or 2 after all visible marks are clear….also dilute some liquid soap with additional water and add some tea tree oil directly to the soap blend and use daily as a body wash for same period of time. you should start seeing some results in 3 or 4 days.

So as you can see using tea tree oil for ringworm can be effective.

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