Enjoy making your own homemade Foot Balm
Scrub your feet with coarse sea salt vigorously prior to applying
a homemade foot balm.
Your feet, a complex structure of 28 bones, muscles, ligaments and
tendons deserve a little care for the weight they bear. Massaging foot
balm into your feet offers both health benefits to the body and to the
spirit. Balms keep the feet elastic and are especially important to
the soles as these have no oil-secreting glands. If you have athlete's
foot, sweaty or cold feet the balm you prepare can give you great relief.
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Tip:
For cracked skin: soak feet for 10-15 minutes
in a footbath to which 1/2 cup of baking soda has been added.
After drying your feet thoroughly, massage in the balm and cover
with a plastic bag. Socks over the plastic bag, left on for
1 hr. will warm your feet and help the balm soak in. |
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Foot Balm
Recipe:
Balms for athlete's foot
4 tsp. wheat-germ oil
4 tsp. jojoba oil
1/2 tsp. beeswax
25 drops tea-tree essential oil
Balms for cold and sweaty feet
4 tsp. wheat-germ oil
4 tsp. jojoba oil
1/2 tsp. beeswax
10 drops sage essential oil
15 drops ginger essential oil
- In a small double boiler, heat the wheat-germ oil with
the jojoba oil and the beeswax just enough until the beeswax
melts. The mixture should have a creamy consistency.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir the cream vigorously
until it has cooled enough to touch easily with your hand.
- Mix the essential oils into the cream. Pour the cream
into a small cosmetic jar and apply as necessary. The foot
balm will keep for about 1 year.
Caution: Avoid sage essential oil if you are pregnant
or have epilepsy.
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Footbaths
Treat yourself to regular footbaths. They help
you unwind and soften corns and calluses. Adding vinegar to
the footbath will also help you guard against infections by
reinforcing the skin's acid mantle. Add 1 cup of cider vinegar
to 1 gal. of warm water and soak your feet for 10 min.
Caution: Avoid footbaths if you are diabetic. They can
cause your skin to become soft and soggy, leaving you prone
to ulceration - a serious danger if allowed to progress unchecked.
Foot Hygiene
Thorough hygiene protects your feet against
athlete's foot and inflammations. Bathe your feet regularly
with a few drops of tea-tree or lavender essential oil added
to the bathwater. The oils help to cleanse, refresh and deodorize.
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Application:
Apply a foot balm generously to dry feet and ankles after
scrubbing well. Use circular strokes from the toes upward to
the calves; repeat this massage until the foot balm has been
completely absorbed by the skin.
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Ingredient
Benefits:
Wheat-germ oil for nourishment: Golden yellow with
a pleasant, grain-like smell wheat-germ oil is obtained by cold-pressing
wheat kernels. It contains high-quality plant lecithin and large
amounts of unsaturated fatty acids. Its abundant levels of vitamin
B and E smooth and nourish the skin, which make it an excellent
remedy for dry skin.
Jojoba oil for rashes and inflammations: The pea-sized
seeds of this evergreen desert plant yield jojoba oil, a liquid
wax which solidifies when allowed to cool.
 The
many unsaturated fats in jojoba oil moisturize and protect the
skin's surface; the oil also deeply penetrates into the skin
to keep it supple. Jojoba has anti-inflammatory effects, bringing
relief to skin plagued by eczema or psoriasis.
Beeswax to prevent moisture loss: Unfiltered, unrefined
beeswax is obtained naturally by melting empty honeycombs. It
gives foot balms a creamy consistency and a hint of sweet honey
fragrance. Beeswax contributes to the health of the skin by
coating it to prevent dehydration. Plus, the propolis, or "bee
resin" in the wax is a mild natural antibiotic that aids healing
of minor infections.
Essential oils for cold feet: Cold feet are often
caused by poor circulation. A foot balm containing the essential
oils of ginger and sage will help stimulate blood flow. Ginger
oil warms the feet, and sage oil helps reduce perspiration that
makes feet clammy. This home remedy may be the sweaty cold feet
treatment that helps you..
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