Natural Cure for Ringworm

The ring on my hand
looked something like this

I thought it was washing my hands more and more that caused the skin to crack and peel.  Then, I noticed it.  This red ring on the bottom of my hand.  I knew instantly that I had somehow gotten ringworm.  I'm itching all over just writing about this!  But, where could I have gotten it from?  And I wash my hands like crazy.  This dry skin had been going on for weeks.  I hadn't been around pets before I got it.  People usually get it from pets.  Did I get it from a play date?  Maybe I got it at the gym the one time I was able to go.  The spots it developed in looked similar to where I would hold the elliptical.  Note to self: wipe down the elliptical before I use it, not just after.  Ugh.  That is, if I get to go to the gym again this year.  Lily's nap time  on a 2-nap schedule is right when I need to leave to hit the gym before work.

Not a parasite or worm, as the name suggests, ringworm is a fungus that is very contagious.  I kept my hand wrapped for while until I got it under control, threw every once-or-more-used towel in the house in the washer, washed the bed sheets, vacuumed, and mopped the floor.  It's characterized by itchy, flaking skin and eventually looks like a red ring.  It looked like it was cutting a hole in my skin. 

Tapering off after 2 days of treatment

The infection is gone, but my skin is still healing now.  I had immediately googled natural rememdies for ring worm, and I came up with this site that gave great ideas.

I tried:

• apple cider vinegar
• apple cider vinegar/salt compress
• tea tree oil

I also bought some garlic, but I didn't need it.  I started out with the vinegar/salt compress 2 times daily and swabbed tea tree oil several times a day.  That was working okay, but I felt like I was still battling the fungus.  Eventually, I switched to straight apple cider vinegar.  I dipped cotton balls in the vinegar and secured them to the infection with bandaids for anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes one to two times per day.  That worked like a charm.  BAM.  Take a dose of ACV you fungus!