Natural Care Remedies for Feet

If it is not possible to avail professional pedicure service, regular care with natural remedies can take adequate care for feet. A few natural foot care remedies are mentioned here.

Ideal shoe/footwear should be of half inch longer than original foot size. It is always recommended to purchase footwear in the second half of the day, because this time due to fluid movement feet remain slightly swollen which helps to detect perfect footwear out of the lot. It may look apparently attractive but wearing high heels and pencil heels are injurious for spine; comfort should be of the first priority in purchasing footwear.

Socks play a vital role in maintaining healthy foot. It is mandatory you use fresh washed socks everyday. Always it is better to wear cotton socks than nylon types.

At the end of the day, before bedtime give some time to your feet. Apply foot cream, put gentle pressure on toes, move the toes up and down, practice flexing feet from the ankle, and gently massage the foot sole. Regular practice of this schedule will improve foot circulation, will affect god for your feet. Instead of foot cream you can apply a mixture of rose water and glycerin on feet; regular application of this solution will keep foot skin soft and prevents crack heel to occur.

Use of pumice stone is must, it will help for exfoliation of the feet sole. However, over use of pumice stone may have adverse effect skin; it is safe to use a foot file instead. You can make a home made foot scrub by mixing strawberry pulp, one teaspoon of olive oil, and one tea spoon sea slat together. You have to rub the herbal mixture on your ankle and foot sole, retain the scrub on skin for 15-20 minutes then wash off with water.

Instead of normal foot cream you can apply olive oil regularly on feet; it will help to keep the skin tone soft and will take care of toe nails. Regular use of olive oil prevents infection of nail fungus etc.

Formation of corn on foot is adverse effect due to use of wrong and bad quality footwear. Application of lime extract at regular basis or application of marigold tree extract and raw papaya helps to treat corn by herbal process. For good effect, this herbal treatment should be followed regularly till the corn is not eliminated.