Remedies for Athlete's Foot

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Yes, Lisa, the cure is worse than the disease - but some of the same

remedies work for both. Speaking of athlete's foot,

 

Remedies for Athlete's Foot

 

• Apple cider vinegar. Soak your feet in hot water with apple cider

vinegar - one part white vinegar to four parts water - a couple of

times a day for 20-30 minutes. This seems to kill the actual fungus.

Dry your feet. Apply a moisturizer to your feet. As your skin

cracks and peels from fungus, that skin dries out and dies, yet makes

more spots for the fungus to take hold. The remedy kills the fungus,

then medicates and moisturizes the skin so it can heal. If you have

fungus underneath your toenails you may need to file them down until

they're pretty thin so the remedy can reach the fungus underneath. A

good moisturizer would be the crushed garlic in oil that you can find

in the grocery store. Other good choices would be tea tree oil,

sesame oil and olive oil. Note: Garlic oil, tea tree oil and sesame

oil are effective by themselves against athlete’s foot, as noted below.

• To prevent future outbreaks of athlete’s foot, repeat the above

remedy once each week.

• Hydrogen Peroxide. Apply hydrogen peroxide with a Q-Tip or cotton

swab especially just after a bath, shower or foot soak. Allow to dry.

If you wish, you may follow with an application of apple cider

vinegar and then, after your feet have dried, apply one of the

moisturizers mention above. Repeat twice daily until all signs of

athlete’s foot are gone.

• Tea tree oil. Rub on feet twice a day. Tea tree oil kills the

fungus that causes athletes feet.

• Sesame oil. Rub the oil all over the infected area once a day.

Athletes feet will usually be gone within a few days.

• Hair Dryer. Wash feet and dry thoroughly using any good bath soap.

With hair dryer on high heat setting, dry feet well especially between

toes. Get as close to feet as you can without burning. If dressing

afterwards always use clean dry socks (preferably white cotton socks).

Do this at least morning and evening. If you regularly blow dry your

feet, you should never have athlete's feet again.

• Grandma's Gallberry Root Remedy - Boil some gallberry roots and soak

your feet in the solution (let it cool somewhat, don't want to scald

yourself). Do this each day for a week. This is a very old remedy that

works. Note that this is a foot soak, so do not drink!

• Be sure to wash all your white socks in water containing bleach.

Then wash your other socks and wash or clean your shoes regularly.

From time to time, mist the inside of your shoes with Lysol.

Note: Use of anti-bacterial soap actually makes athlete’s feet worse

and increases the chance of getting athlete’s feet by killing the good

bacteria as well as the bad, often allowing bad bacteria to take over

and to accumulate and grow in the shower.

 

Live long, live healthy, live happy!

 

Tony Isaacs

http://health.oleander soup/

 

, " Lisa "

<lisa.stewart wrote:

>

> An interesting historical factoid: a long time ago poison ivy was

> sometimes used by the mountain people of Kentucky to help clear up

> athletes foot and other fungal skin infections. From personal

> experience (not intentional) I know it does work, but the cure is

> worse than the disease!

>

> Lisa

>