How to Treat Athlete's Foot

Athlete's foot is a disease that many people will suffer from. Although it is not a serious illness, athlete's foot is often extremely itchy and unbearable. Many people suffer from it, and athlete's foot is prone to recurrence, especially in summer when feet are more likely to sweat. Many people need to wear leather shoes for various reasons, which makes the feet non-breathable, making the athlete's foot recur more severely.

Athlete's foot can be caused by peeling skin, which looks uncomfortable and unsightly, or by blistering, which is itchy and prone to infection and spread if scratched, which is even more troublesome. Athlete's foot is caused by fungal infection, so it is difficult to cure. If it is treated in time, active prevention is also needed to prevent it from recurring. Here are some methods to treat athlete's foot, which I hope will be helpful to you.

Tools/Raw Materials

10g Sichuan pepper, 20g salt, an iron basin

Methods/Steps

1Let me first introduce the medicinal value of Sichuan pepper. According to Compendium of Materia Medica: Zanthoxylum bungeanum can dispel cold and dampness, clear the three burners, warm the spleen and stomach, help replenish the deficiency of Yuan Yang, and promote Qi and water circulation. Science has now proven that the water extract of Zanthoxylum bungeanum peel has a significant inhibitory effect on certain pathogens; the volatile oil of Zanthoxylum bungeanum peel has an anesthetic and analgesic effect, and has an inhibitory effect on diphtheria Corynebacterium, anthrax Corynebacterium, Pneumococcus, and certain skin fungi. Athlete's foot is a fungal infection. We all know that salt water has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects in daily life.

20g salt, 10g pepper

3 Add water and bring to a boil over high heat

4. Cook until the water turns light yellow, and the effective ingredient, the volatile oil from the peel of the pepper, is boiled out.

5 When the temperature is not hot enough to burn your feet, you can soak your feet in it. Use with caution if you have ulcers or infections. Soak for 20 minutes every night for a week and you will be cured.

6 According to traditional Chinese medicine, people who suffer from athlete's foot have moisture in their bodies and their feet have low resistance, which causes recurring attacks.

7. The folk remedies for athlete's foot can cure athlete's foot on the surface of the body, but cannot improve the situation of heavy moisture in the body. If you only treat athlete's foot and cut off the channels for moisture discharge in the body, the moisture in the body will have nowhere to discharge and will manifest itself in the form of other diseases. Therefore, while treating athlete's foot, you should also eat some diuretic and moisture-removing foods, such as red beans, crucian carp, winter melon, duck, coix seed, etc. In particular, red beans have the best effect. According to Chinese medicine, red beans are mild in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and enter the heart and small intestine meridians. It is mainly used to promote diuresis, eliminate seeds, detoxify and discharge pus. It is used for edema, beriberi, jaundice and red urine, carbuncles, sores, and abdominal pain caused by intestinal carbuncle.

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The editor recommends several home-cooked dishes with therapeutic effects. You can search for the recipes online and cook them regularly to reduce the recurrence of athlete's foot: Poria cocos and coix seed porridge, red bean and crucian carp soup, winter melon and duck stew, pepper and duck stew, and sweet red bean soup.

Do you know how to treat athlete's foot? This method is not suitable for everyone, but you can give it a try, maybe you will get unexpected results. In addition, friends with athlete's foot should try to wear shoes with good breathability and pay more attention to foot hygiene, which can effectively treat athlete's foot.