Feet too needs care
Our feet need constant care. No wonder they say: untidiness - the enemy of beauty. In addition, groomed feet spoil gait, posture worse, lead to rapid fatigue, and sometimes to physical suffering because of the pain occurring when walking.
Choosing the right shoes helps to avoid many troubles. Shoes should match the size and shape of the foot, to be easy and comfortable to wear, do not squeeze the foot and did not violate its circulation. Incorrectly matched shoes, especially tight, causing pain in the legs, promotes the formation of abrasions and blisters, excessive sweating. In addition, it can lead to a change in the correct form of the foot. The most dangerous it is for children whose foot is in a stage of development.
main condition - do not forget about skin care foot. Feet should be washed daily at night with warm soapy water and dry it thoroughly. Very useful foot baths. They are well-weariness. However, we must remember that hot foot baths are contraindicated in varicose veins.
Baths of herbs. To prepare foot baths extracts from plants make a general rule. Take 100 grams of dried shredded leaves, grass, bark, roots, pour 1 liter of hot water and boil slowly 15 minutes, 45 minutes, insisting, filtered and diluted with 4.3 liters of water directly to the desired temperature in the basin before the procedure. Of herbs for tired legs, you can use chamomile flowers, sage, field horsetail. When his feet "burn" from fatigue, helps bath infusion of elder flowers black.
swollen and tired feet can be rubbed with a piece of ice, is especially well if the ice is made from the present sage leaves, chamomile flowers, cornflower, mountain arnica, kupavki dye, yarrow, and others
beneficial effect on Massage has legs. Massaging them daily to be a rough towel in the direction of the fingers facing upwards. Foot massage can be strong, and lower leg, knees and hips - is weaker. Foot massage can also be done with a brush. 2 brushes (which must be strictly individual) with the bristles of medium hardness to rub his legs in a circular motion, starting from the feet and move upward to the inguinal folds. Brushes must operate synchronously. Massage continue to redness. After the foot massage should be lubricated by a special foot cream or vegetable oil.
a tough skin will help soften the tibia mix orange juice or lemon juice mixed with vegetable oil. You can also use other sources: 1 / 2 a cup of wheat bran mixed with warm milk and lay on the shin and hold for as long as the paste is dry, then rinse with warm water and rub a nourishing cream.
Often, especially young people, worried about sweating feet. Sputnik sweating feet - an unpleasant smell. Feet should be washed daily with soap and water. After washing your feet should be carefully wiped with a soft towel and apply the tools that reduce sweating. It is useful to 2-3 times a week to do ten-minute bath, adding a few crystals of potassium permanganate in water to make it pink. Can also suggest another recipe - the bath of the present dry chamomile or oak bark, horsetail. Cook them is simple: 2 tablespoons chamomile flowers, oak bark or horsetail herb steeped in 2 liters of boiling water.
Traditional medicine offers many plants to reduce sweating.
Highlander snake (rhizome). Broth: 2 tablespoons pour 1 cup boiling water, for baths, lotions.
Bergenia crassifolia (rhizome). Broth: 1 tablespoon of finely ground roots pour 1 cup water, boil 10 minutes to rinse and local trays.
ling (twigs, stems, leaves, flowers). Decoctions or infusions are used for general or local sweating - for the bath.
Blueberries (sheet). from broth do foot baths with sweating feet.
Blueberry Common (berries, sheet). Infusion bath reduces the overall sweating.
Garnet (peel fruit). The broth used for the local baths.
erect cinquefoil (rhizome). Broth: 2 tablespoons chopped rhizomes pour 1 cup of water. Simmer 15-20 minutes, add to the original volume. Use as a lotion for rinsing.
Apricot (stone fruit). comminuted (core) bone dilute with water to a slurry and put on his hands and feet when sweating .
Rosehip (leaves, petals, fruit). Broth removes unpleasant odor of sweat.
after foot baths to powder foot talc. Socks should be changed daily. Enhance sweating socks and stockings made of synthetic material. In the summer of undesirable wearing tight closed shoes.
sweating skin is less resistant to fungal diseases that often occur between the toes, in skin folds. Therefore, if there are any changes in the skin should see a doctor.
One of the problems associated with the feet - it's dryness and keratinization of skin heels. If on the heels of the skin is dry, for it often cracks or wear. To address this we recommend a daily basis to do the warm foot bath. They not only purify the skin, but also increase blood circulation. Good effect does the addition of baking soda (a tablespoon per gallon of water) or chamomile infusion (3 tablespoons per liter of water).
With a significant thickening of the stratum corneum (typically on the soles), formation of the painful buildup of yellowish color - corn and callosity. They are recommended to handle a pedicure rooms. At home, you can make a poultice from the leaves of ivy, which are superimposed on lesions. Good result lubrication peeves fresh juice from the leaves of sundew rotundifolia, as well as foot baths from decoctions of leaves of coltsfoot and white willow bark.
avoid infection in wounds abrasions desirable to add the water tanning and disinfectants - a decoction of oak bark, nettle leaves, or plantain (2 tablespoons minced raw material per liter of water) and a crystal of potassium permanganate (pink solution). After the bath his feet should be wiped dry, lubricate the emollient cream and make a gentle massage.
If the cracks on their heels, despite the measures taken for a long time does not heal, consult a dermatologist. After cracks in the skin can serve as a gateway to fungal diseases.