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Oregano Tea Wrap for Foot Calluses

Cindy (Illinois, Usa) on 07/26/2016
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You probably have everything you need for foot calluses - SUPER easy!

  • One multi-pack of plain, white, all-cotton socks. (alternatives below)
  • 1 pair of plain rubber flip flops, plain "Crocs" or plain rubber boots - I.e. no lining, cork or insole
  • 1 large coffee mug
  • Oregano - just plain oregano - whatever you have in your spice rack is fine, as is generic
  • boiling water
  • an eye dropper

Make yourself some oregano tea

  • 1 tsp plain old oregano
  • 1 cup of boiling water

Let the tea steep for a few minutes.

Add just a little more water and put it in the microwave for 1 minute, on high just to give it another boil with the oregano in it. It will probably boil up so when it's done, you'll want to push the oregano that has come up the sides of your mug back down into the water.

Let it steep and cool. Once cool enough, pour into a bowl of some sort and dip your socks in it.

Wring out the socks so that they're not dripping - you want them wet but not running tea all over the place.

Put the tea soaked socks on and sort of mold them around your feet and between your toes and pull them loose a little bit so that you have enough give at the toe to push the sock down between your big and second toe if you're using flip flops - which just make it so you can walk around in your soaking set socks if you need to.

Wear these for an hour or two, using the eye dropper to keep the socks soaked with the tea.

When you're done with the soak, remove your socks, rubbing your feet as you move them off and then throw them away because they're going to be gross with mushy callous gunk and the more calloused your feet are the more gunk there's going to be.

Use paper towels to wipe off the gunk and wash your feet.

There might still be some callous left, but just leave it alone and repeat the process a couple days later.

I would recommend not using lotion on your feet until the callouses are all gone.

I would also recommend not straining or filtering the tea as it will have a film of oil on the top and it may be psychological but since I was refraining from using lotion, I wanted that oil.

When you wash your feet, you may want to use paper towels instead of a wash cloth. I would not be harsh with the skin of your feet or scrape or brush or anything harsh like that after the soak, just in case there is fungus, virus or bacteria which may leave the skin vulnerable to tearing or otherwise creating a wound of some sort.

An alternative to socks is to cut up an old t-shirt into squares you can wrap your feet in. T-shirt material actually uses less tea because it doesn't soak it up as much.

Don't worry about keeping the tea warm - just use it cold.

I did this because my big toe appeared to have some fungus and because I hadn't done any foot baths or any foot pampering at ALL for several months. I was shocked when the callouses simply wiped away. It was awesome!

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Apple Cider Vinegar Helping Blistered, Callused Feet

Joyce (Lansdowne, Pa) on 07/23/2015

Try putting some iodine on your toes and nails.
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Apple Cider Vinegar Helping Blistered, Callused Feet

Casy (Ocala, Florida) on 07/22/2015
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I got bad blood blisters on 4 toes and calluses on the bottom of my feet from a long hike in the summer sun. I soaked my toes in epsom salt and warm water but it didn't help much. So I went to the doctor. She gave me a cream that I had an allergic reaction to.. so I turned to natural remedies.. which I usually end up doing.

I used ACV soaked in a cotton ball for each of my callused feet, taped it on overnight and in the am washed them used a pumice stone and put olive oil or coconut oil on the callused area.. healing nicely now. Unfortunately the toes are loosing the nails one at a time, very upsetting.. I am going to try ACV on cotton balls taped to the toe area overnight and hope for good results. I am beside myself, had nice toe nails for summer got pedicures now just disgusted. No more summer hikes for me.. I'll be happy when my painful feet heal and I can take long walks.

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Beta Carotene Cures Calluses

Hisjewel (New York, America) on 07/13/2015
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I am taking 25,000 IU of beta carotene 2 or three times a week for calluses. And I have had wonderful sucess.

I will try adding a day until I take it at least 5 days a week. The callous that has been hiding under the fold of my little toe came of about week the second week of taking the vitamin A in Beta Carotene form. Thanks so much.

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Re: Healing Callus with Onion

Zuleyha (Ontario, Canada) on 06/25/2014
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I had a waxing injury on my lower lip that eventually turned into a callus forming on my lip. The fact that I kept picking and trying to exfoliate as vigorously as I can made matters worse. It grow to about a 5 mm callus that stayed for almost 2 years now. My sister said that onions can cure callus on the feet so maybe it would help with the lip as well. so I tried and it worked in 1 week it shrunk to 2mm and is healing beautifully.

Here is the remedy.

Peel an onion. Get a piece of the transparent membrane large enough to cover the whole callus and little bit of the surrounding skin. put the wet sticky side on the callous and make sure there is no air pockets.

It helps if you can prepare the area in advance. No harsh exfoliation. Warm water with little bit oil on a cotton ball to soften the skin. If on feet you can just soak in the water. Gently rub baking soda but be very gentle with lips. Feet may handle being little bit more vigorous. Wash and pat dry, then put on the onion membrane and leave it on as long as you can. Try whole night or if you are staying home you can just walk around with it. Replace the membrane as needed. It will dry out eventually. When not using the membrane moisturize generously and don't pick at it and prevent friction as much as possible.

Here is my theory of how this works. Since callus forms as a defense mechanism of the skin to protect itself from damage or friction harsh exfoliation or scraping the area will never work. It only makes situation worse. Covering the area with thin skin like membrane ensures the body that it no longer needs protection and that the skin is safe. I am sure chemical compound of the onion also plays a healing role but I don't have any expertise on that to explain how. In short once the skin cells are convinced that they don't need to be in the defensive mode they let the new tissue grow and let go of the callus tissue.

Well this is what I have observed in healing the callus on my lip. Now I will try this on little callus on my feet about 7mm. Will try and update with results.

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