fungal infections; how to make your own antifungal soap.

by Hananja Brice-Ytsma (Medical Herbalist) MNIMH, MSc.

300 gr white soap
500 ml water (if your want to be face can use rose water)
5 tbsp of almond oil, or marigold fixed oil(One can make ones own marigold oil by using olive oil, and cover petals of dried marigold, and leave to stand for 10 days in sun, shaking daily, strain after ten days, ready for use)
2 tsp or 10 ml of teatree essential oil
1.5ml or thymus vulgaris (CT Linalol)



Grate the plain white soap with a cheese grater, and put into a bowl. Add 500ml of water, and put the bowl over a pan of boiling water. Stir continously until soap melts.
Add 5 tablespoons of oil, one could just use olive oil, but could also use almond oil, jojoba oil, or a fixed oil of marigold.
Add 2 teaspoons of tea tree essential oils, and 30 drops of thymus vulgaris (linalol), need to make sure it is chemotype linalol essential oil, the other ones will be irritating on the skin, but this one is nice an gentle.
To give the soap a nice look, one can add some dried petals of marigold.

Mix all well, and put in shallow dish, to make a soap loaf, or in individual moulds, leave to cool and set, migh take 1 or 2 weeks.

Cut and wrap the soaps in greaseproof paper, leave to dry further in cool place.

Wash affected area with the soap, use twice daily.

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