PUAINTA herbal antifungal shampoo review

At around ₱284 as of August 12, 2026. Antifungal shampoos are a real and useful category, and they are also the one where guessing costs the most.

Get it named before you treat it

Itchy, flaky, patchy skin in a dog or cat can be ringworm, yeast overgrowth, mange, an allergy, or a bacterial infection. To an owner they look broadly alike, and they are treated differently.

A vet can tell them apart quickly: a skin scraping for mites, a Wood’s lamp or a fungal culture for ringworm, a tape sample for yeast and bacteria. That visit is the difference between six weeks of the right treatment and six weeks of the wrong shampoo while the animal keeps scratching.

Ringworm spreads to people

Worth its own paragraph, because it changes the urgency.

Ringworm is a fungal infection rather than a worm, and it passes readily between animals and humans. Children and anyone with a weakened immune system pick it up most easily, and in a Filipino household where a dog sleeps in the family room, that route is short.

It also survives in the environment. Spores persist in bedding, on furniture and in carpet, which is why treating the animal alone often leads to reinfection a month later. Hot-wash the bedding, vacuum thoroughly, and keep at it for as long as the vet says.

Contact time is the instruction everyone skips

Medicated shampoos work through contact with the skin, not through the act of washing. Most call for the lather to stay on for around ten minutes before rinsing.

Ten minutes with a wet, unhappy animal is longer than it sounds, and cutting it to two is the most common reason a medicated shampoo appears to do nothing. Set a timer, keep the animal warm, and talk to it.

Rinse thoroughly afterwards. Residue gets groomed off and swallowed, which matters most with cats.

Herbal, and what that leaves unstated

The listing describes it as herbal and antifungal and does not name an active ingredient or a concentration.

That is the gap. Established topical antifungals for pets are specific compounds at specific strengths, and a vet choosing a treatment is choosing those. A herbal blend may work and there is no way to tell from the page which compounds are in it or at what level.

If a vet has diagnosed a fungal infection, ask them what they want you to use.

Who this shampoo suits

Buy this if a vet has confirmed a fungal problem and is happy with a herbal topical, or you want a general soothing wash for mild flakiness.

Skip it as a self-prescribed treatment for an undiagnosed skin condition.

Related products

For the brand’s other antifungal wash, see the PUAINTA antifungal medicated shampoo. For a plain wash on a cat while you wait for a vet appointment, the Vet Remedy cat shampoo 250ml is cat-labelled and cheap.