Now, he is always careful to treat every little itchy skin patch. But going to the lake is not his solution. Instead he uses this little potion I mixed up. My husband uses it daily to prevent jock rash — he calls it his swamp ### cream. His feet are cured. This homemade anti-fungal cream works better than prescription creams. So, if you are tired of all those anti-fungal creams, try this. It works better than Desenex, Lotrimin, Tinactin, Monistat, and Lamisil.

Here’s what you need for homemade anti-fungal cream:

Shea Butter:

One of the main ingredients is shea butter — a white or yellowish fat composed of five fatty acids. Shea butter is extracted from the inner seed of the shea fruit, which grows on the African Shea tree or shi tree (be careful blending that word together). The trees take about 15 years to start producing, but by 20 to 30 years they are in full production, which lasts for 200 years. Now that’s a crop.

Here’s some good points — Shea butter has anti-inflammatory effect(Ref) as well as anti-skin tumor properties (trials showed it inhibits skin cancers(Ref). And it’s an antioxidant as well. And it’s edible. It also blocks UV rays.

Extracting the shea butter

Avocado Oil:

Olive Oil:

Tea Tree Essential Oil (Melaleuca Oil):

Tea Tree oil is an essential oil from the Melaleuca tree, so you don’t need much of this one. It has anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal properties(Ref). Studies have shown that it is effective against candida infections which are the yeast infections(Ref).