Rob (Kentucky) on 10/31/2024
Rob (Kentucky) on 10/02/2024
From the book; Health Knowledge; a Thorough and Concise Knowledge of the Prevention, Causes page 1390, by John Leader Corish 1919
If a cripple will take a lemon, cut off a piece, then nick it so as to let in the toe with the corn, the pulp next the corn – tie this on at night so that it cannot move – he will find next morning that with a blunt knife the corn will come away to a great extent. Two or three applications of this was make a "poor cripple" happy for life.- London Field.
Book - Dr. Chase’s New Receipt Book and Medical Advisor or Information for Everbody by A.W. Chase M.D., 1920
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Jennifer (New York) on 08/10/2020
The banana peel worked in about two days on a soft corn in between my pinky and fourth toe. I also had success with peel on a rough patch of skin on my thigh that popped up overnight...raised pores and almost like sandpaper. for my part, even old saved banana peels, still work, including peels from bananas I had to freeze before they went bad because I didn't use them enough.
Mama To Many (Tn) on 11/17/2018
She used charcoal poultices overnight for the pain and inflammation for a couple of nights.
We finally decided it was a corn and not a wart. The first thing to do was change her footwear. She wears cheap flats or cowboy boots most of the time. Both were putting pressure on the toe, causing the corn in the first place. We found a pair of comfortable shoes with a large toe box. This brought some immediate relief as the corn was no longer being aggravated.
She started to use a pumice stone on the corn after each shower. We could see improvement daily. She used it gently.
Then it started to look like a scab. She stopped doing anything to it and the large scab came off on its own and now the toe looks normal again.
As a side note, I have learned a few things about feet with my broken baby toe.
Feet and toes need room to spread out! So much footwear restricts the movement of the foot!
I realized that I could wrap my toe and toes with some cohesive tape and as soon as I stood up, the tape was too tight so my toes couldn't do as they were supposed to. When they are squished, corns and even bone deformities can result over time.
I also found that even my little pinky toe is used to fine tune balance.
Tight shoes are not good for you!
Probably barefoot is best, but not practical for most people except at home. I will be making more of an effort to find shoes that do not bind my feet or my children's and allow our feet to do their job better.
~Mama to Many~
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Robert (Vancouver, Bc, Canada) on 08/01/2016
2. Idea > I have a callus "lawn mower" thingy. After trying soaks and Vaseline my soft corn was a bit soft. I very carefully ran my callus tool for a few seconds only and it helped reduce the pain a little. NOW I'm going to try the banana piece taped on which sounds so easy. Thanks to all for the great ideas. Soft corns ARE amazingly painful.
Todayishine (America, New York) on 01/27/2016
I broke my little toe about October last year. In November, I decided I would buy boots so I would not have worry about the cold air on my feet when my shoes flopped. Once I starting wearing the boots I had NO more foot pain.
The little toe that had been broken, and had been wrapped the most in the castor oil to help the broken toe heal, the corn that had been on that toe was completely gone first. About two week later the remainder of the corn on the other little toe came off. I gave my feet no extra oils or wrapping after I got the boots, because the boots were kind to my feet.
I should also say that, I did get these boots that were lined with fake fur a size bigger than my normal size. They were a no name bran. I have used castor oil and other things to remove my corns before, only to have the corn to shorty grow back. I believe the boots keeps the corns from reocurring, because they do not press on the toe. A day or two when I wanted to look cute I was able to wear fitting shoes with no kind of pain.
Girlinms3 (Mchenry, Ms) on 10/09/2015
Here's how I did it and I hope this helps other people because I really understand the pain you go through now and I feel so fortunate that I found mention of this on a website somewhere and gave it a try.
I took a cotton ball tore in less then half apart, made a circle out of it with the center open so the corn could come through the hole.
Pour a small about of castor oil on the cotton, but first place the cotton circle on tape that will stick to the bottom of your foot. I used medical tape that's like cloth from the drugstore. Tape it to the bottom of your foot and wear all day and one on all night. Normally in the morning I would take it off, file the corn with an emery board (black one from Sally's) and put the castor oil patch right back on.
With in 3 days, it was almost gone. I was so happy! Here's a picture of the castor oil I bought and how my cotton donut shaped patch looks. Good luck!!
Mark (Missoula, Mt) on 02/23/2015
It worked great. It took about a week and a half of continually changing the banana and bandaid but it totally got rid of the corn!
Mia (Illinois, US) on 06/12/2014
In the morning I changed the garlic and band-aids and already the corns were softening. I also noted an analgesic effect from the cloves. In the evening I changed them again and the core of the most long-standing corn came out easily when I tugged on it leaving a small crater. Now tonight all three corns are small craters and I am not sure how much longer I should use the garlic and will it help make granulation tissue? If anyone knows please advise.
Also using garlic with good results so far for gum disease. Thanks all and Earth Clinic.
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