Home
» Health Remedies » Infectious diseases»Fungal Diseases»Dermatophyte infections»Tinea Infections |
|
Health Remedies - Ringworm |
|
|
NULL |
Useful
herbs |
Allium ampeloprasum |
To ease the pain of bites and stings and in asthma and high cholesterol (bulb); for ringworm infections, candida and vaginitis (plant) |
Allium porrum |
As a poultice to ease the pain of bites, stings etc (crushed bulb); use in a wide range of ailments, particularly ailments such as ringworm, candida and vaginitis. |
Andira araroba |
In the treatment of herpes circinatus, porrigo scutulata, porrigo decalvans, sycosis, cramps, favus, psoriasis, ringworm, tapeworm, eczema, lichen, acne, and other diseases of the skin. |
Asclepias curassavica |
In piles, gonorrhoea and ringworm (root); in chronic stomach ulcers; haemorrhages and gonorrhoea (leaf juice); for headache (flowers) |
Campsis grandiflora |
In the treatment of women's complaints (flowers and whole plant); to correct menstrual disorders, rheumatoid pains, traumatic injuries, difficult urination, pruritis and oozing dermaphytoses (flower) |
Carica papaya |
For warts, cancers, tumors, corns, and indurations of the skin (juice); to help tumors of the uterus (sinapisms prepared from the root); to cure piles and yaws (roots); reduce urine acidity in humans (papaya); for jaundice (flowers); used in psoriasis, ringworm, and prescribed for the removal of cancerous growths (latex); to treat skin diseases, indigestion, enlargement of liver and spleen, worms, diseases of heart, cough and fever (fruit, leaves, latex and seeds); |
Cordia dichotoma |
In diseases of the chest, bronchitis and urinary passage (fruit); external application for ringworm (kernels); in dyspepsia and fevers (bark decoction). |
Croton bonplandianum |
For cuts and wounds (latex); ringworm (leaf paste). |
Dipterocarpus indicus |
Ringworm infections, ulcers and urinary disorders (balsam). |
Duchesnea indica |
For boils and abscesses, weeping eczema, ringworm, stomatitis, laryngitis, acute tonsillitis, snake and insect bites and traumatic injuries (whole plant); to activate the blood circulation (flowers); to cure skin diseases (fruit) |
Euphorbia thymifolia |
In amenorrhea (root) and skin diseases (latex); to treat ringworm (fresh plant juice). An essential oil distilled from the plant is used in medicinal soaps used to treat erysipelas and as a mosquito and fly repellent. |
Holoptelea integrifolia |
In rheumatism (stem bark) and ringworm (seed and paste of stem bark); for treating oedema, diabetes, leprosy and other skin diseases, dyspepsia, intestinal disorders, piles and sprue (bark and leaves). |
Hydnocarpus kurzii |
In leprosy, scabies, eczema, psoriasis, scrofula, ringworm and intestinal worms (seed oil) and reducing fever (bark) |
Ipomoea aquatica |
In liver problems (plant juice) and eye inflammations (flower juice); for anemia, piles, nervous and general debility (plant); ringworm infection (buds) |
Jasminum angustifolium |
Ringworm and stimulates the gastrointestinal tract (when taken as a tonic) (root); coughs and lung complaints (syrup); to help menstrual pain and lung problems (oil). The oil of the leaf is rubbed on the head to heal the eyes. |
Jasminum humile |
Useful in ringnworm infection (root); in destroying unhealthy lining walls of chronic sinuses and fistulas (milky juice of bark); for the heart and bowels (flowers) |
Juglans nigra |
In the treatment of skin diseases, scrofulous diseases, herpes, eczema etc; diarrhoea and also to stop the production of milk, to allay the pain of toothache, headache (bark); for ringworm, colic and applied as a poultice to inflammations (husk); in the treatment of gangrene, leprosy, and wounds (oil from ripe seeds) |
Leea macrophylla |
Applied to wounds and sores and used for guineaworm and ringworm infection (root tubers). |
Leonotis nepetaefolia |
In skin diseases (such as ringworm), burns and scalds (flower). |
Luvunga scandens |
Scorpion sting and dermatophytosis (fruit and root) |
Mallotus philippensis |
As a vermifuge (fruit); in skin diseases (leaf, root and outer covering of capsule), including ringworm and scabies (outer covering of capsule). |
Ocimum gratissimum |
In neuralgia (seed); in rheumatism (leaves); in stomach ache, ringworm and as anthelmintic (leaf juice). |
Ocimum sanctum |
Used in catarrh, cough, bronchitis, ringworm and other cutaneous diseases, stomachic in gastric disorders of children and in hepatic affections. |
Peronema canescens |
Used to mitigate toothache, to reduce fever and to remove ringworm infections (leaves). |
Pistacia lentiscus |
Can reduce bacterial plaque in the mouth, heal peptic ulcers, for bronchial troubles and coughs and as a treatment for diarrhoea, to boils, ulcers, ringworm and muscular stiffness. |
Plumbago zeylanica |
For dyspepsia, piles, anasarca, diarrhea, skin disease, obstinate skin diseases, ulcers, for treating laryngitis, rheumatism, diseases of the spleen, ring worm, scabies. The root of the herb is used in cases of enlarged spleen, helps improve digestion and it stimulates the appetite. |
Prinsepia utilis |
In rheumatism, to the forehead and temples in the treatment of coughs and colds, pains resulting from over-fatigue (oil). A paste of this seedcake is used as a poultice to treat ringworm or eczema. |
Rhinacanthus nasuta |
For skin diseases and as an antiseptic (root and leaf). Used to treat obesity, helminthiasis, septic ulcers, leprosy, eczema, ringworm, prickly heat, herpes, scurvy, inflammation and cancer, goitre. |
Ricinus communis |
As one of the best laxatives (seed oil); poultice for boils, rheumatism and sores (seed paste); skin diseases, such as ringworm, and itching, as an emmenagogue (leaf decoction);in temporary constipation and wherever a mild action is essential, and is extremely useful for children and the aged, for various cutaneous complaints, such as ringworm, itch, dropped into the eye to remove the after-irritation caused by the removal of foreign bodies (oil); used by nursing mothers as an external application, to increase the flow of milk, as a poultice to relieve headaches and treat boils and diabetes (leaves). |
Sandoricum koetjape |
Used to treat intestinal disorders, colic, dysentery and leukorrhea and to promote digestion (roots); used externally to promote sweating and as a bath to reduce fever(leaves); applied externally to ringworms (paste of the bark); used as a drink to reduce fever and as a poultice to itching (leaves); to stop diarrhea (decoction of the leaves). |
Siegesbeckia orientalis |
In skin maladies (such as ringworm and sores), urethral diseases (urethritis), as an antiseptic and cardiotonic; to cure ringworm and other parasitic infections, in rheumatism and renal colic (plant); used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, pains and aches in the legs and sides, hypertension, sciatica, weeping dermatitis, scurvy, scrofula, syphilis and mastitis (decoction of the plant). |
Solanum nigrum |
Hemorrhoids, liver problems (including cirrhosis), as an emollient, eye-diseases, rat poisoning, skin diseases, oedema, cough, urticarial patches, for achieving conception and to relieve from difficult labour and as a rejuvinative(plant); used externally ease pain and abate inflammation, and are applied to burns and ulcers (fresh leaves); for ringworm, gout and earache, and mixed with vinegar, is said to be good as a gargle and mouthwash (leaf juice); used externally as a poultice, wash etc in the treatment of cancerous sores, boils, leucoderma and wounds (leaves, stem and root); as an analgesic for toothaches (fruit juice). |
Thespesia populnea |
Scabies (fruit, root and leaf); migraine and insect bites (fruit); dysentery (bark powder); for the treatment of skin diseases such as eczema, scabies, psoriasis, ringworm and guinea worm (bark, leaves, flowers and fruits); for treatment of dysentery, piles and diabetes (plant); as an external wash in the treatment of skin diseases (bark decoction); to relieve inflamed and swollen joints (leaf as poultice). |
Vernonia cinerea |
Useful for the purifying the blood, bile and semen, used as a specific for leucorrhoea, menorrhagia, and in the treatment of chronic skin diseases, dysuria, strangury, bladder stones, piles, worms and haematological disorders (plant); for the treatment of amoebiosis, humid herpes, eczema and ringworm and for the extraction of guinea worms, elephantiasis (leaf juice); to treat fevers, rheumatism and conjunctivitis (flowers); effective against roundworms and threadworms, leucoderma, psoriasis and other chronic skin diseases (seeds). |
|
|
|
|
|