What are the best natural/non-prescription anti-fungals?

[Hearthfire]

Specifically for suspected ringworm. Anyone have recommendations? Tea tree oil is supposed to be good as well as peppermint oil, from some quick google searches. I also have rosemary oil.

[LucH]

My Pharma book (Danièle Festy) advises to deal with a a E.O. cream for 3 days + gastro-resistant softgels for 3 weeks.

1. Ask your pharmacologist (drugstore) for the cream:
   3 ml tea tree
   3 ml litsea citrata
   3 ml eugenia caryiophyllus
   3 ml mentha piperita
   1 ml tanacetum annum
   300 ml thick cream with zinc oxide

2. Softgels to swallow: 3p/d for 3 weeks during the meal (+/ 60 delayed softgels)
   25 mg tea tree
   25 mg palmarosa (cymbopogon)
   25 mg thymus vulgaris geranialiferum
   25 mg pelargonium asperam (palmarosa).

[LucH]

Tea tree is used to optimize the immune reaction.
Dominique Beaudoux (pharma Dr) advises:
Chinese cinnamon 1 drop ****
tea tree 2 d. **
geranium rosat cv Egypt 2 d. **
thym ct thujanol 2 d. ***

NB: If you use essential oils not strong enough, or not long enough, you'll reinforce the "beast".
Power given in * for fungus.

[BioEclectic]

For spot treatment Lugol's type iodine obliterates ringworm spots within a couple of days, one or two small applications per spot. Heck Lugol's even works for toenail fungus but it may take multiple days and applications.

I do not know if regular povidone iodine works for ringworm but it wouldn't be hard to test.

[LucH]

@BioEclectic said in What are the best natural/non-prescription anti-fungals?:

For spot treatment Lugol's type iodine obliterates ringworm spots within a couple of days,

Well seen.
Begin slowly, 2 Staples.
Lugol 1 % 1 drop each day. Wait 3-4 days.
Then 20 drops. (10 mg).

[Hearthfire]

@BioEclectic Thanks for the reply. This is actually for a family member. I'll advise to use iodine. If that doesn't work we'll try the tea tree oil and maybe some peppermint/rosemary. I also ordered some Lotramin which is supposed to be effective against it.