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| Reference #: | 611 |
| Submit Date: | 17 Sep 2004 |
| Browse Category: | athletes foot |
| Author: | none |
| Email Address: | none |
| Treatment used: | vinegar, tea tree oil, soaking, sunshine... |
| You can buy this remedy at: | health food store |
| Remedy will cost you: | unknown |
| Country of Remedy: | USA |
| Remedy Source: | Diabetes and the Hypoglycemic syndrone,Thrash, New Lifestyle Books, Seale, AL, p95 |
| More Links about this Remedy: | none |
| # Comments posted to this remedy: | 0 |
| Complaints Reported: | 0 |
| # of times remedy read: | 15,659 |
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| Dosage should be related to weight: | unknown |
| Dosages used in clinical trials are significant: | unknown |
| Maximum dosages in relation to side effects and serious side effects: | unknown |
| Other foods/nutrients/medications that can affect absorption or utilization: | unknown |
| Foods that provide the nutrient recommended as a remedy (or reference giving same): | unknown |
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| Average Rating: | 0.00 |
| Effectiveness: | 0.00 |
| No Side Effects: | 0.00 |
| Ease of Use: | 0.00 |
| Effective after long term use: | 0.00 |
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"Treatment for Acute Case of Athlete's Foot
The toes are inflamed, cracked, weeping or oozing and may be infected, red, or tender, red and swollen. 1. After showering , dry the feet thoroughly, especially between the toes. avoiding trauma to the tools. 2. Soak the feet 20-30 minutes, 4 to 6 times daily, in warm water, no hotter then 103 to 104 degrees. Add one to four tablespoons of vinegar per quart of water. When the acute infection has been cleared, pure vinegar can be applied after the morning shower and air dry or dried with a blow drier before dressing. 3. Rubbing alchol can be applied during the day to encourage drying. Use a towel between the toes, because the alcohol can be trapped between skin surfaces. After alochol has dried put goldenseal powder (can stain fabrics so be careful) or use cornstarch. Use clean socks after each treatment. 4. Try to avoid the use of nylon stockings. As long as the feet are badly infected use canvas sneakers or sandals avoid plastic shoes or nylon linners. Put shoes in the sun every other day and alternate pair of shoes if possible. 5. Warm and cold alternating foot baths with no medicine are also good treatments for acute infections. Start with a warm foot bath, at about 99-102 degrees for 6 minutes, immediately followed by a cold foot bath using cold tap water for one minut, then back into the warm bath and follow once again with the cold. Do the warm to cold procedure three to six times. For severe cases, this treatment may be repeated every 2 hours. Afterthe baths dry the feet completly, using the alchol method described above, and dust with cornstarch or goldenseal. 6. Expose feet to sunshine for 5-20 minutes per day, depending on tolerance. This is a excelleant treatment. 7. The use of tea tree oil has been found effective in many cases. It can be obtained at a health food store. 8. Sometimes a "id" reaction occurs. This is a painful or itching rash which appears somewhat like the rash on the feet. It is a allergic reaction to the fungus products or to overly vigorous treatments. It will subside when the inflamation of the feet calms down. |
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