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If you have toenail fungus, then you know how tough it is to get rid of! And you know how hard on the liver the oral anti-fungal drugs are.

I’ve heard a lot of people tell about success treating toenail fungus with tea tree oil (melaleuca alternifolia). Even Dr. Andrew Weil recommends using tea tree oil on toenail fungus.

Tea tree oil is one of only two essential oils (the other is lavender essential oil) that there is nearly universal agreement on, regarding their safety for external use. Practically every expert I can think of agrees that tea tree oil can be applied “neat” (straight out of the bottle) to skin. (However, don’t use it neat on mucosal skin, like inside your mouth, nose, vagina, etc. Oww!)

Dr. Weil recommends painting the affected toenail twice a day for at least 2 months. It will probably take longer than that to see results. You can simply wet a Q-Tip with the tea tree essential oil and apply it to the entire toenail.

Tea tree oil is inexpensive, and doesn’t require you to get your liver tested, unlike oral prescription antifungals!