Treatment of sweaty feet with folk remedies

Sweating combined with an unpleasant odor can become a serious problem, which sometimes even leads to isolation and depression. The causes of sweating are often our bad habits, poor nutrition, the presence of fungal or endocrine diseases. It is not always possible to completely get rid of this problem, so many people in search of a solution use folk remedies for sweaty feet - and, often, really find a way out of the situation.

There are quite a few folk remedies known, the effect of which allows you to eliminate discomfort and forget about it for several days or even more. Most often, such remedies are represented by herbal decoctions or other available preparations with astringent and antimicrobial action.

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Foot baths for sweaty feet

Foot baths and tubs for sweaty feet are not only useful – they are also a very pleasant procedure. The effect depends on what components are added to the water. For example, essential oils – jasmine or rose, eliminate unpleasant odor, and at the same time relieve fatigue, stress, and improve mood.

Citrus oil is a great toner, rosemary gives strength, and pine oil relaxes and soothes.

Baths with oils and sea salt are very popular. For example, add a few drops of chamomile and lavender oil to salt (3 tablespoons), add warm water (3-5 liters), immerse your feet in the water for 25 minutes. After the procedure, rinse your feet with running water and wipe dry.

The following composition has also proven itself to be excellent: take a few drops of eucalyptus, lavender and rosemary oils, add them together with 1 tbsp. of salt and 1 tbsp. of soda to 4 liters of water. Keep your feet in this solution for at least 20 minutes, then rinse your feet with clean water and treat them with an antiseptic solution.

In addition, you can use infusions of medicinal herbs as a solution for the bath, as well as strong tea without additives (both black and green).

Oak bark for sweaty feet

Oak bark is considered an excellent remedy for sweaty feet - this raw material can be easily purchased at any pharmacy. The easiest way is to prepare an infusion based on it, for which the following components are needed:

• five full tablespoons of bark;
• up to a liter of water;
• enamel container.

The bark is poured into a container, filled with water and boiled for half an hour, then covered and infused for another couple of hours. Then the infusion is filtered through a piece of gauze and used for baths or for wiping feet.

To enhance the effect, many experts recommend adding verbena or lemon juice (can be replaced with citric acid) to the bark decoction.

The use of oak decoction is limited to two weeks: then you should take a break for the same period of time.

Vinegar for sweaty feet

Vinegar will help to get rid of sweaty feet - but not simple table vinegar, but apple vinegar, and of natural composition. It is desirable that the vinegar be prepared at home. If it is an industrial product, then the packaging should indicate that you have a natural remedy in front of you, and not a synthetic solution flavored with apple.

Apple cider vinegar contains high-quality organic acids and tannins: on the skin, these substances help form a protective film with antifungal and antimicrobial action.

How to use vinegar correctly?

A solution is prepared from one part of the 9% product and one part of boiled water. The solution is then used in different ways:

• Before going to bed, wipe your feet with the solution, after washing and drying them. In the morning, wash your feet with cool water and soap.
• In the evening, take a half-hour bath consisting of 5 liters of lukewarm water and 100 ml of vinegar. The course of therapy is two weeks, then a break of 3-4 weeks.

Boric acid for sweaty feet

One of the main properties of boric acid is disinfection, which occurs due to the folding of proteins and the destruction of most microbes and fungi that live on the feet and in the spaces between the toes. In addition, boric acid narrows the pores, reducing the secretion of sweat glands and drying the skin of the feet.

Boric acid is used for sweaty feet in the following way:

• moisten a napkin or cotton pad in an alcohol solution of boric acid;
• wipe your feet thoroughly with the solution;
• For the left and right feet, use different wipes or cotton pads.

To increase the effectiveness, boric acid can be combined with Teimurov paste, Fukortsin or Novotsindol.

Homemade recipes for foot sweating remedies

You can forget about sweaty feet forever only if you follow certain conditions. Firstly, you need to wash your feet daily, at least twice a day, preferably with tar or laundry soap. Secondly, you should always wear only clean socks or tights, clean disinfected shoes. By the way, shoes should be made of natural materials, and they should be selected according to the weather and season, so that your feet do not steam or overheat. Thirdly, you need to review your diet, since food directly affects the aroma emitted by a person. It is advisable to greatly limit or exclude the consumption of fatty foods, smoked foods, chocolate and cocoa, alcohol, hot spices.

As a supplement, the following recipes are used for excessive sweating of the feet:

• To reduce sweating of the feet, you should regularly drink tea with mint or lemon balm.
• Prepare an infusion of two tablespoons of sage and a glass of boiling water. Take the infusion one-third of a glass three times a day for 20 days. Pregnant and nursing women should not drink the infusion.
• Take baths or foot baths with an infusion of mint leaves, medicinal betony, walnut leaves, chamomile flowers, sage. The listed plants can be used independently or in combination with each other.
• Oak bark is ground into dust and sprinkled into cotton socks before going to bed. In the morning, the socks are removed and the feet are washed with cool running water. The bark can be successfully replaced with regular starch.
• An alcohol tincture is prepared from one part birch buds and five parts vodka. The resulting medicine is used to wipe clean feet in the morning and evening.
• In an emergency, this recipe can help: wipe your feet and the spaces between your toes with wet wipes, and then with a slice of lemon.

Oils for sweaty feet

Various oils are often used to eliminate foot sweating. Flax, eucalyptus, cedar, and olive oils are especially popular. Vegetable oil extracts perfectly moisturize, nourish, tone, and deodorize the skin.

Olive oil is the most accessible – its effect is to cleanse and rejuvenate the skin of the feet.

How to use oils correctly for sweating?

Oil solutions are applied to the feet and between the toes, cotton socks are put on and the feet are washed in the morning with warm water and soap.

In case of slight foot sweating, it is recommended to treat the feet with a mixture of vegetable oil and baby cream, and in case of a pronounced problem, the oil is added to zinc ointment. The proportions are selected individually.

Baking soda for sweaty feet

Everyone knows baking soda – it is a successful remedy for sweaty feet. Moreover, it has been used for this purpose for many years.

Soda normalizes the pH level of the skin.

Soda stops inflammation and inhibits the development of pathogenic flora.

Soda creates conditions on the skin that are unacceptable for the further development of microbes that cause unpleasant odor.

Today, there are several recipes for sweaty feet using soda:

1. Take 2 tbsp. of soda, the same amount of starch, mix. Add 5 tbsp. of softened cocoa butter to the mixture, mix, form a piece at your discretion and put it in the refrigerator. If necessary, take the piece out and wipe your feet with it - the product acts like a deodorant.
2. Take 1 teaspoon of soda and rub the powder into your feet.
3. Take a piece of laundry soap, grate it, put it in a saucepan. Add 200 ml of water, put it on the fire and boil until the soap part dissolves. Let the mixture cool and add 1 tbsp. of soda, mix. Apply the mixture little by little to the feet every evening for 15 minutes, then wash off with warm water. With regular procedures, sweating gradually decreases.

Soap for sweaty feet

Laundry soap is irreplaceable in the fight against sweaty feet. Moreover, many people get rid of sweaty feet without a special recipe - you just need to wash your feet as often as possible during the day using laundry soap. Soap not only cleanses the skin from germs, but also dries it.

In case of heavy sweating and a pungent odor, baths will help:

• On the coarse side of a grater, grate a piece of soap, add a small amount of water and mix until foam forms;
• The resulting mass is applied to the feet for about a quarter of an hour.

The procedure is repeated twice a week. It is best to use soap marked "72%".

Tar soap also has similar properties, but it does not have the most pleasant smell, and in addition, it can cause allergies in some people.

If the smell of tar does not seem unpleasant to you, and you do not have an allergy, then you can use tar soap to get rid of sweating. You just need to wash your feet with it every day, for 2-3 weeks continuously. Tar dries the skin, stabilizes the work of sweat glands.

Tar soap will also help against fungal infections, as sweating and foul odor are often a sign of fungus.

To make the treatment most effective, it is preferable to buy tar soap in pharmacies.

Iodine and salt for sweaty feet

Alcohol solution of iodine is a strong antiseptic that destroys both bacteria and fungal infections. In addition, iodine improves the condition of the skin and nails. But it should be taken into account that iodine can cause allergies and even burns, so before starting treatment, it is important to make sure that there is no intolerance to this drug.

Iodine and salt can be used to remove foot fungus – but this procedure will only be effective at the initial stage of the infection.

Salt successfully complements the action of iodine. In addition, salt softens the skin and normalizes the microflora.

• Take 1 tbsp. of salt and the same amount of soda, then add 1 tsp. of iodine (per two liters of lukewarm water). Use the solution as a foot bath. The procedure lasts 10 minutes, after which you need to wash your feet with detergent.
• Mix 2 tablespoons of salt and 1 tablespoon of iodine in one liter of water. Keep your feet in this mixture for about half an hour.
• Fill a basin with warm water, add half a bottle of iodine. Keep your feet in the basin for about 10 minutes. After that, dry your feet with a napkin and treat them with 3% hydrogen peroxide.

Peroxide for sweaty feet

To treat sweaty feet, use a specially prepared solution based on hydrogen peroxide:

• take 200 ml of water and two tablespoons of 3% hydrogen peroxide;
• if the skin on your feet is rough, there are calluses and corns, then you can add another 1 teaspoon of peroxide;
• soak a napkin in the solution and thoroughly wipe your previously washed and dried feet, then sprinkle with talcum powder or baby powder.

The prepared solution with peroxide does not last long, so you will have to make a fresh one each time. To enhance the effect, it is recommended to add freshly squeezed aloe juice to the solution. The resulting product is used not only for wiping, but also for compresses - they are put on at night for two weeks. Such a course will help you forget about the problem for a long time.

Herbs for sweaty feet

Experts advise applying fresh birch leaves, couch grass, or barley or oat straw to your feet and toes twice a day after washing your feet.

You can fill cotton socks with regular dry grass, put them on overnight. In the morning, take off the socks and wash your feet with soap.

It is also recommended to apply lemon grass leaves, sage, mint or lemon balm to your feet. Apple, willow and thyme leaves have a deodorizing effect.

Celandine also helps with sweaty feet. Many people know about the beneficial properties of celandine for healthy skin. The healing properties of this plant are truly limitless: celandine successfully and quickly fights inflammation, heals small wounds and cracks, gets rid of germs, deodorizes and disinfects.

Baths with celandine are especially helpful if sweaty feet are accompanied by a stench, itching and peeling of the skin on the feet. Pour 400 g of dry plant with four liters of boiling water, insist until cool. This amount of infusion should be enough for two procedures.

Bay leaf for sweaty feet

Bay leaf is rich in essential oils and organic acids, which determine its antimicrobial, healing and anti-inflammatory effects.

To eliminate foot sweating for a long time, steam three dozen bay leaves in a five-liter enamel container. Based on the infusion, make foot baths every evening.

Steamed bay leaves can be reused several times.

Tansy for sweaty feet

Tansy is often used externally. This is due to the plant's pronounced anti-inflammatory and bactericidal properties.

It happens that the feet do not just sweat, but also itch and seem to "burn". In such a situation, traditional healers suggest treating with tansy, or more precisely, baths based on the infusion of this plant. To prepare the infusion, pour a handful of tansy into a thermos, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water and leave for three hours. After the procedure, the feet should be well sprinkled with talc or baby powder.

These procedures can be repeated daily before going to bed for 4-6 weeks.

Essential Oils for Sweaty Feet

Essential oils are included in many cosmetic and hygienic products. The point is that such oils perform a combined role of deodorant, antiseptic, and also stabilizer of cellular metabolism.

Which essential oils are considered the most effective for sweaty feet:

• cypress oil;
• bergamot oil;
• tea tree oil;
• citrus oils;
• lavender oil.

Tea tree for sweaty feet has the ability to quickly limit sweating, narrowing the pores. Tea tree oil stabilizes sweat function, helps destroy microbes that provoke the appearance of an unpleasant odor. As a rule, it is enough to rub a couple of drops of oil into the foot area for the effect to be noticeable.

Bergamot, among other things, has antifungal properties, so oil based on it should be used by those who have problems with foot mycosis.

Fir oil for sweaty feet is used no less often, as it has a pronounced disinfectant and anti-inflammatory effect. Fir suppresses the growth of staphylococci, rod-shaped bacteria, viruses. Fir oil can be rubbed into the feet and shins, added to baths or creams.

Many patients mix several different oils, but there is no general recipe for making such mixtures. Everyone chooses the best combination for themselves. To get more reliable protection against sweaty feet, you should test the effectiveness of all ingredients in practice, as well as the individual reaction of the skin to them.

Shea butter

Mix one teaspoon of starch with the same amount of shea butter, and also with a small amount of soda (a third of a teaspoon). Apply the resulting paste to clean feet every evening, and wash and dry your feet in the morning.

Alcohol for sweaty feet

The following composition helps well against sweaty feet: take a few pinches of vanillin, 100 ml of water, 2 tbsp. of alcohol. Fill the resulting mixture into a spray bottle and periodically spray it on the area of the feet and toes.

If you sweat a little, you should wash your feet well and wipe them with salicylic, boric or resorcinol alcohol. When using any of the alcohol solutions, be careful not to overdry the skin. If signs of overdrying appear, you should additionally lubricate your feet with nourishing cream.

Vodka for sweaty feet works on the same principle: however, there is no need to dilute the vodka. You just need to wipe clean feet with a napkin soaked in vodka at night. As a deodorant, you can add a few tablespoons of lemon juice to the vodka.

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Potassium permanganate for sweaty feet

In what cases should you remember such a simple and effective remedy as potassium permanganate?

• If your fingers and feet itch or burn.
• If the skin on your legs turns red and peels.
• If small cracks or bubbles appear.

Before use, potassium permanganate must be diluted, otherwise the concentrated solution can harm the skin. It is optimal to prepare a liquid with a 0.04% concentration. This solution will be pinkish, but not red, and especially not purple.

Keep your feet in the solution for about 15 minutes, every evening, for 2-3 weeks. Don't be alarmed if the skin on your feet darkens a little - this is temporary. After a while, the skin will lighten on its own, but if you need to speed up this process, you can lubricate your feet with lemon juice - the skin will return to its natural shade.

In addition, experts recommend soaking the socks you use in the same solution. Of course, these socks should not be light-colored, otherwise they will irreversibly lose their color. Soaking is done after washing.

Additionally, it is essential to treat the insoles in your shoes – there are many different preparations for this that can be purchased both in pharmacies and in specialty stores.

Alum for sweaty feet

Burnt alum is an old and affordable pharmacy remedy for getting rid of sweaty feet. This remedy has a lot of useful properties:

• disinfects, ensuring cleanliness for a long period of time;
• stops bleeding, heals wounds, scratches, ulcers;
• prevents and stops the development of the inflammatory process;
• astringent, adsorbent, dries the skin.

Sweaty feet can be eliminated with alum powder – sprinkle it on your feet, folds, toes, add it to shoes, socks or tights.

Users claim that such simple application allows to eliminate the problem of sweaty feet in 3-4 days.

Copper sulfate for sweaty feet

Treatment with copper sulfate has many fans. Copper sulfate - and this is the well-known copper sulfate, is an excellent moisture-absorbing substance. In agriculture, copper sulfate is considered an effective antiseptic, fungicide, it is widely used to disinfect damaged plants.

Copper sulfate is moderately toxic, so it should be used with extreme caution, following the recipe:

• Pour 1 tbsp of copper sulfate into a glass container;
• pour in warm boiled water;
• mix and pour into a basin.

Clean, pre-washed feet are immersed in the solution so that the feet do not touch the bottom of the basin. Hold for about six minutes. After this, the feet should be dried without wiping them.

As indicated in the recipe, this method allows you to get rid of sweaty feet in just 3 days.

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Henna for sweaty feet

Henna has a good effect on normalizing sweating. With one condition: the henna must be real and high-quality.

Take a pack of henna, dilute it to the consistency of sour cream. Apply it to the feet and leave until completely dry, then wash off with warm water. Repeat the procedure daily for a week.

At the end of the treatment, the skin on the legs will acquire a reddish tint - this is not scary, the redness will go away on its own after some time, and with it the sweating of the legs will go away. In the future, it is recommended to carry out preventive procedures - approximately once every 2 months.

Shark fat for sweaty feet

Shark fat is considered a natural antibiotic, with strong disinfectant, antimicrobial, antifungal and antiviral effects. Fat helps with dermatitis, herpes. It will also relieve sweating.

There are many shark fat-based products available in pharmacies. The most famous one is "Shark fat and Amur cork tree foot cream-balm", a universal product that normalizes the sebaceous and sweat glands. The cream can be used for treatment or prevention of fungal infections.

The cream is used according to the instructions: gently rub into clean skin of the feet in the morning and evening.

Cement in socks for sweaty feet

Using cement powder is a controversial way to get rid of sweaty feet. Cement powder can cause severe dryness of the skin, even to the point of cracking. It also has an adverse effect on the nail plates.

However, there are people who try this extraordinary remedy on themselves, following this recipe:

• sprinkle the feet and spaces between the toes with dry powder;
• They put on socks and walk around indoors for several hours.

The course of such treatment is about a week. The amount of powder for one procedure is approximately 2-3 tbsp.

As for the opinion of experts, they advise replacing the controversial product with regular baby powder or oak bark ground into powder.

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Mustard for sweaty feet

Mustard powder can be used against sweating by pouring it into socks or adding it to baths - the water should not be hot, but barely warm.

Some people put a kind of "insole" made of packed mustard plasters into their shoes - they claim that this method helps eliminate unpleasant odors and reduce sweating. Users are silent about whether they experience any unpleasant sensations while wearing the shoes.

Sea salt for sweaty feet

Sea salt is used as a stabilizing scrub or as a foot bath.

• Salt strengthens the skin and nails.
• Sea salt increases local immunity.
• Baths with the addition of sea salt relieve inflammation and pain.
• Salt crystals activate local blood circulation, improve the functioning of nerve fibers and the glandular system.

Sea salt is dissolved in hot water, cold water is added and pre-washed feet (up to the ankle) are immersed in the solution for a quarter of an hour. The proportions of the solution are as follows: 200 g of salt are taken per 2 liters of water. After a quarter of an hour, the feet are washed with a stream of clean water and wiped dry. There are no restrictions on the number and frequency of such procedures.

To get rid of sweating for a long time, you need to try a lot of different methods. There is no universal solution to the problem yet. At the same time, the most effective folk remedies for sweaty feet are discovered only through individual practice of use.