Susan, Sorry to hear about your infection. From your description, I'd also guess it's a fungus. Do you get your nails done at a salon? Some good advice I once read is to bring your own *complete set* of manicure tools (brushes, files, clippers, cuticle pushers, buffers and even polish) to the nail salon so you won't catch anything from theirs. I'm told that one should get a discount for doing this. Dandelion root tea (which is a very paleo coffee substitute by the way) will help detoxify the liver. Pau D'Arco tea is a powerful antifungal. I always recommend using bulk herbs for tea. You'll want to boil these herbs (seperately) in purified water in a non-reactive pot for about 10 minutes. You can rub pure lanolin into the fingers. Lanolin has antibacterial/antifungal properties. You can infuse the lanolin with minced garlic if you wish. Be sure to eat plenty of foods rich in calcium, which aids healing. As I understand, it's very difficult to kill a nail fungus. Please let us know if you have success with these (and Siobhan's) suggestions. Paleobest, Stacie (yup, I'm still here) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com