| Disease | AN OPEN STUDY ASSESSED THE EFFICACY OF THREE PRODUCTS: AN EMULSIFIED 40% SOLUTION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL WITH ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL 13% (WATER MISCIBLE); AN OINTMENT CONTAIING 8% ESSENTIAL OIL; OR A 100% ESSENTIAL OIL PRODUCT, IN THE TREATMENT OF
60 PATIENTS WITH TINEA PEDIA DUE TO TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM, T. METAGRAPHYTES AND EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM, AS WELL AS OTHER SYMPTOMS SUCH AS BROMIDROSIS, INFLAMED CORNS, CALLUSES, BUNIONS FISSURES AND ONYCHOMYCOTIC TOENAILS. EIGHT PATIENTS WERE
TREATED WITH THE OINTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF 3 WEEKS TO 4 YEARS. THE 40% SOLUTION REDUCED THE SYMPTOMS OF BROMIDROSIS, INFLAMMATION OF CORNS, COALLUSES AND BUNIONS, THE 8% CREAM WAS EFFECTIVE IN THE SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT OF TINEA PEDIS DUE TO
TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES AND EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM, BUT LESS EFFECTIVE INC ASES OF T.RUBRUM. HOWEVER, THE PURE ESSENTIAL OIL WAS ASSESSED AS FAIR TO POOR IN THE TREAMENT OF ONCYOMYCOSIS. |