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to want to shout from the rooftops : USE GARLIC

57 replies

TalkinPeace2 · 14/10/2012 18:10

I've had an infected foot and toenails for years
antibiotics - nyada
topical creams - nyada
THEN
discovered garlic
.
cut a clove across and rub the oil into the skin / nail / sore bit
wash off after an hour (otherwise it stings like billyo)
.
foot nearly fully healed
YIPPEE

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QuintessentialShadows · 14/10/2012 21:56

Latara, you sure she was not Transylvanian rather than Ukrainian?

kim147 · 14/10/2012 21:57

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hermioneweasley · 14/10/2012 21:57

I use lots of garlic in cooking and have used it up my fanjo for thrush on numerous occasions (DW objects to the garlic breath it gives me though - who knew those two body parts were linked?). I love finding new uses for garlic.

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TalkinPeace2 · 14/10/2012 21:59

skiing
peel clove of garlic.
slice off tip
rub on nail till the oil (stink) is clear
once or twice a day
nails are resistant so it'll take a while to show (during which I put nail varnish back on !)
On skin, twice a day, couple of days, healing should be obvious

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MummysHappyPills · 14/10/2012 21:59

5foot, I once looked up natural remedies for thrush and they recommended sticking a scored clove of garlic up your fanjo! Grin

QuintessentialShadows · 14/10/2012 22:00

I used to stick garlic cloves up my nose - against sinus infection.
Garlic cloves into my ears, against air infection, with onion ring slices on the outside, covered by cling film, to ensure NO onion/garlic vapours escaped....

debka · 14/10/2012 22:02

A Russian girl I lived with used to crush a few cloves of garlic, mix them with water, then snort it through her sinuses when she had a cold.

ike1 · 14/10/2012 22:09

I have stuck a clove up my fanjo before to cure thrush symptoms. It worked, But wierdly I could taste garlic in my mouth at the same time!!!!!

ike1 · 14/10/2012 22:09

Debka now that IS hardcore!

debka · 14/10/2012 22:13

She was a bit of a nutcase, you wouldn't mess with Olga!

MummysHappyPills · 14/10/2012 22:14

When I had a cold recently someone recommended cutting up a garlic clove, putting it on a teaspoon and swallowing it with water! It was foul, it gave me heartburn and I swear to god my farts stank of raw garlic! Blush

And I'm not even sure it got rid of my cold quicker! Don't get me wrong, I live garlic, but this was just too much! Grin

mathanxiety · 14/10/2012 22:16

Talkinpeace -- don't use nail polish if you're getting fungal infections. Your nails need to breathe.

Original poster
TalkinPeace2 · 14/10/2012 22:17

Math
I know - but its SO ugly. I could not wear varnish for nearly 2 years because there was no 'surface' to put it on !
The nail is getting better as I'm clearing up the nail bed ...

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VivaLeBeaver · 14/10/2012 22:19

Putting garlic in the chickens drinker is meant to be a natural wormer.

akaemmafrost · 14/10/2012 22:23

So to clarify this is a fungal nail infection you used this for?

ddubsgirl · 14/10/2012 22:26

garlic is good for allsorts of health issuses,garlic can also help diabetes but garlic thins the blood so if taking it alot check with gp first.

Latara · 14/10/2012 22:27

Haha, no, my garlic-bulb-eating-friend was definitely Ukrainian... but i do have 2 friends from Transylvania..... one looks a lot like Kate Beckinsale who starred in the Van Helsing film.

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TalkinPeace2 · 14/10/2012 22:28

Not fungal nail infection.
Foot infection : as antibiotics, antivirals, surgery (yes really) and topical antiseptics did not whack it - but garlic did.
The nails are on top of the infected toes and grow slower than the skin ...

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oldraver · 14/10/2012 22:28

I've used raw garlic when I've had Mastitis three times. I had a couple of cloves chopped into small pieces and swallowed with orange juice, I think the 'recipe' was to have 8 cloves a day.

Who knows if it was co-incidence but I didnt have to resort to Anti Biotics ( dont have an issue with using them if really needed)

snice · 14/10/2012 22:34

to get rid of garlic breath you need to chew some parsley

IneedAsockamnesty · 14/10/2012 22:36

snice by the sounds of it if you bung some parsley up your fanjo that should also do the job Grin

leelteloo · 14/10/2012 22:37

I really really can't believe anyone would put garlic up their fanjo and even more can't believe anyone would sew a little garlic vag bag to do just that. There are very few thing I will insert in my fanjo and garlic certainly isn't one, doesn't matter how damned itchy it is.
Used to give garlic to my horse as a fly repellent though.

PrincessSymbian · 14/10/2012 22:43

Quite frankly, garlic is probably not the strangest thing I've shoved up my fango and sewing it into a bag is a sensible idea as it makes it easier to find, come morning when one wishes to remove it.
Oh and it works more effectively and is cheaper than canestan.

RafflesWay · 14/10/2012 23:31

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quirrelquarrel · 14/10/2012 23:39

Yes, we should all eat it, and then everything'll taste fab and we won't smell anyone's halitosis. Good idea OP.