Alum for foot odor

Many people in our daily lives have foot odor. There are many reasons for foot odor. We need to treat the symptoms during treatment to treat foot odor more thoroughly. White alum is mainly a crystal extracted from alum stone. It has the effects of deodorization, bactericidal and disinfection, and has obvious therapeutic effect in treating foot odor. Many people don’t know how alum can treat foot odor. Let’s take a look below.

In many cases, foot odor is caused by fungal infection. We need to treat it symptomatically and at the same time maintain good foot hygiene. This two-pronged approach can better cure foot odor. Alum is a good choice for treating foot odor.

Alum is a crystal formed by processing and refining the mineral alum stone. The main chemical component is potassium aluminum sulfate dodecahydrate. Mineral Chinese medicine, external use can detoxify, kill insects, dry dampness and relieve itching; internal use can stop bleeding, stop diarrhea and resolve phlegm. Indications: stroke; epilepsy; throat paralysis; scabies and eczema; carbuncle and swelling; burns from water or fire; mouth and tongue ulcers; ulcers and eye ulcers; pus from the ear; nasal polyps; pain from hemorrhoids; metrorrhagia; epistaxis; bleeding from injuries; chronic diarrhea and dysentery; leucorrhea and vulvar itching; rectal prolapse; uterine prolapse, etc. Alum is sour and astringent in nature, cold and poisonous. Therefore, it has antibacterial and astringent effects, and can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine. Soak your feet in a ratio of 10% alum to 90% warm water twice a week. The alum should be ground into powder and soaked in water to treat athlete's foot.

Alum has an antibacterial effect: it has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus (test tube method). It also has obvious inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus anthracis, Shigella dysenteriae (French, Shigella), Salmonella typhi, Bacillus paratyphi A, Proteus, as well as Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans (paper disc and plate method); it has the strongest effect on viridans streptococci, hemolytic streptococci, pneumococci and diphtheria cortisone; it has the second strongest effect on bovine Brucella, Bordetella pertussis and meningococci, and has no effect on influenza bacilli (paper disc method). High concentration alum solution also has an inhibitory effect on human (H37RV) and bovine tuberculosis bacteria.

The above content is an introduction to using alum to treat foot odor. I hope it can be of some help to you. Alum is very effective in treating foot odor, but the amount should be controlled when using it. The concentration of alum should be controlled at about 5%. If the concentration is too high, the feet will become too dry, which is not conducive to treatment. At the same time, we also need to maintain good foot hygiene in our lives to make our feet healthier.