Oregano Oil
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Oregano Oil Health Benefits

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Toenail Fungus
Posted by Nicole (Hawaii) on 04/14/2025
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I have 2 cure stories for using Oregano Oil/Oil of Oregano for toe nail fungus. My own, 4 years ago on a mild case w/1/2 a toe nail and an older friend of mine who I also suspected had toe nail fungus issues. Mine was on 1/2 of my L big toe nail. Had not been there long, since a toe nail polishing..so 2-4 weeks?

First I cured myself by buying the most popular Oil of Oregano from Amazon, Up Nature I believe & empty fingernail polish bottles. That particular batch of Oil of Oregano I could tolerate full strength by brushing it onto my toe nails only on the nail. For 2 weeks I brushed it on twice/day. I put it on all nails on both feet just to be sure to kill it off should it jump to another nail. The affected 1 nail and all my left foot toe nails, I could feel the heat from the Oregano oil. Lasts about 2 hours then heat sensation goes away. My right foot, no toe nail fungus.. also got the treatment on all nails "just in case" those nails had no heat sensation. After 2 weeks the 1/2 nail that had the fungus was powdery, I scraped that top layer off and kept applying the oregano oil. Then about another 2 weeks of brushing on Oregano Oil 1time/day. I very carefully cut my toe nails and disinfected the clippers between each nail whenever needed. 4 months later my toe nail fungus was completely gone! I gave a fresh new fingernail polish bottle with Oregano Oil to my friend who had all her toe nails infected, it turns out..with fungus for 10 years! It took her a full year to rid her toe nails of her fungus. Hers went through periods of the toe nails turning black and red as the fungus was dying off (sorry, I cannot remember which color happened first in her die off of the fungus).

So fast forward 4 years later, must have come across nail fungus again, I live in the Tropics. Turns out the active compound carvacol? in oregano oil must decrease over time, so I purchased a new bottle from Up Nature. That batch was WAY stronger than my original bottle. So be aware that in this case I had to play with how much of a carrier oil (almond oil in my case) I had to use to dilute down this Oregano oil... so try 1 part Oregano oil to 3 parts carrier oil....and see if you can work up, maybe to 1:1 ratio Oregano Oil:carrier oil?? Still got rid of it, just took a little time to figure out the right concentration for the strength of the Oil of Oregano I have now. So be very careful as Oregano Oil is a "hot" oil. If you have too much Oregano oil/super strong strength... you may very well get a skin/chemical burn. It works great and I'll always keep it on hand for anyone who needs to irradicate Toe Nail fungus. It works great!!