Folk remedies for sweating feet

Of course, not any hyperhidrosis can be cured by folk remedies. General hyperhidrosis (increased sweating of the whole body) canobserved in a number of diseases (including rather serious, for example, tuberculosis), emotional and physical stresses. In this case, you need to eliminate the root cause of sweating.

But when it comes to excessive sweating of the feet, we are dealing with localized hyperhidrosis. Sometimes this form of increased sweatingis a manifestation of vegetative-vascular dystonia (VSD). But most often, excessive sweating of the legs is manifested when we wear close closed shoes made of artificial materials, synthetic socks, etc. In such cases, folk remedies for sweating feet can be quite effective.

Elevated sweating of the legs is a musttreat. Excessive sweating not only causes discomfort. Quite often, hyperhidrosis is accompanied by an unpleasant odor. Wet feet are much easier to rub, so calluses and corns occur. Besides, sweat creates conditions for the development of fungal and infectious diseases, so if you ignore the problem, together with increased sweating you will have to treat also fungus.

How to deal with increased sweating? First of all you need to change shoes. In summer it is desirable to wear open shoes fromnatural materials, if the shoes are closed - under it you need to put on cotton socks, and not synthetic ones. It is useful to walk barefoot whenever possible. Also you need to monitor your personal hygiene and regularly wash your feet with cold water. In addition, you can try folk remedies for sweating feet: powders, baths, decoctions, etc.

As powders use talc, boric acid powder,potato starch, a mixture of talc and starch (9: 1) or talc, starch and salicylic acid (27: 3: 1). Powders are used after washing feet, after wiping them dry. You can fill in the socks or pantyhose powder of alum or crushed oak bark.

Besides, decoction of oak bark can be used for foot baths. To prepare a decoction of oak bark, you needTake 50-100 g of bark per liter of water and boil over low heat for 20-30 minutes. Strain the broth and use it for daily foot baths. You can make a decoction of oak and willow bark. To do this, take 2 tablespoons. oak bark, 1 tbsp. bark of willow, pour 1.5 liters of water and cook over low heat for 15-20 minutes. Strain the broth and use for the baths every day or every other day.

In addition to the bark of oak to struggle with the raised sweating help horsetail, sage, mint, nettle, lindencolor, chamomile, walnut leaves, bay leaves, St. John's wort, birch leaves, dry celandine grass, ashberry leaves, yellow greek roots, marigold flowers, wormwood, flaxseed.

Very effective a strong oatmeal broth. It is best to combine oat straw withoak bark. For this, take 200 g of oat straw and 50 g of oak bark. Pour the mixture with a bucket of water, bring to a boil and infuse for 30 minutes. Use this decoction daily for 20-minute foot baths.

The acid also helps to sweat with sweating - lemon juice, diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 3 table vinegar solution. They can wipe their feet or add them to the bath. But keep in mind that if there are scratches, cracks, other unhealed injuries on your feet, then this tool should not be used.

For baths and rinses you can also use salt (sea or cooked), a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate, boric acid. Can be added to the bathtub thyme oil (it is a strong antiseptic), and in feet to rub lavender oil.

If folk remedies for sweating of the feet do not help, consult a doctor - The problem may be more serious than you think.