METHOD FOR PREPARING PRODUCT BASED ON LEAVES OF THE SEDUM TELEPHIUM PLANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF NAILS INFECTED WITH ONYCHOMYCOSIS

Abstract

Procedure for preparation of a product based on the leaves of the plant Sedum telephium for the treatment of nails infected with onychomycosis.

The procedure consists in strip away the skin of the leaf of the Sedum telephium plant of one of its faces, after which the stripped face is impregnated with sulfanilamide powder and then applied as a dressing on nails infected with onychomycosis.

It is also used for topical application in the form of cream or ointment on nails infected with onychomycosis.

Claims

1. A method of preparing a product based on the leaves of the Sedum telephium plant comprising the following steps: a) stripping the skin that protects the leaf of the Sedum telephium plant; and b) once stripped, superficially impregnating the surface with sulfanilamide powder.

2. A product based on the leaves of the Sedum telephium plant obtained according to the process steps of claim 1.

3. Use of the product according to claim 2 for manufacturing a topical medicament for the treatment of nails infected with onychomycosis.

Description

DESCRIPTION

[0011] It has been unexpectedly discovered that the stripped use of the plant leaf Sedum telephium together with a sulfanilamide powder solution has healing properties of very rapid effect against nail onychomycosis caused by fungi and yeasts.

[0012] The product obtained by the described process is used for direct topical application of the leaves or in the form of a cream or ointment on nails infected with onychomycosis.

[0013] In one embodiment, the invention is as explained below.

[0014] A leaf is separated from the plant Sedum telephium and the skin is removed from only one of its facespreferably the beam. Once the blade has been stripped, a fine solution of sulfanilamide powder is applied to the surface and then applied to the infected nail by covering it completely, including a few millimeters around it. On the sheet is superimposed a gauze that completely occludes and on the gauze an adhesive strip or tape that firmly grasps the finger in his around and should remain so for at least 12 hours straight.

[0015] If the night is used it is more effective the treatment since the immobility is convenient to avoid the detachment of the plaster. Once this time is over, the sheet can be replaced if necessary. Depending on the progress of the infection, several days may be necessary, although experience shows that it is not necessary to apply the treatment beyond one week, at which time the infection completely disappears. If the patient needs to move, he can do so, but by the probable displacement of the plaster, healing can be delayed. Comparing the efficacy of this treatment with the current ones, their results are astonishing, since all studies show that onychomycosis is an infection that is usually very rebellious to current treatments, especially in the elderly or those with diabetes.