Baths for the health and beauty of feet
A modern woman should be beautiful and well-groomed from head to toe. Foot baths are a great way to not only make your feet beautiful, but also relieve fatigue from your lower extremities. After all, they are under enormous loads throughout the day. And various bath recipes will help restore the strength and beauty of your legs.
Well-groomed and healthy feet for a modern girl are one of the main aspects of success and beauty. However, the legs are constantly under increased stress. Problems with sweating often occur. And sometimes you can become infected with such unpleasant infectious diseases as nail and foot fungus. Foot baths are of great importance for the beauty and health of the lower extremities; they are easy to do at home.
There are different types of baths. The choice of recipes depends on the purpose of the procedure. There are healing, hardening, toning, restorative baths and many others. Naturally, the procedures need to be carried out regularly, since one session will not give positive results. After taking a foot bath, the feet should be thoroughly dried and treated with a nourishing cream or ointment (for example, for fungus, cracks, etc.).
Salt baths
Salt foot baths have good cleansing properties.
There are many recipes for such procedures, since, in addition to salt, various other components can be included. For example, a recipe for a foot bath with sea salt and soda. In 1 liter of water you need to stir 1 tbsp. l. sea salt and 2 tsp. soda The feet are kept in the solution for 15-20 minutes, after which they are rinsed. The procedure should be carried out every day. After 10 sessions, the frequency can be reduced to 3-4 times a week. Sea salt can be replaced with table salt.
It is worth noting that soda baths for heels are very good. They help soften the skin, remove rough areas, and heal cracks and calluses.
Salt foot baths also have a good tonic effect. In this case, only sea salt is used. Mix 2 tbsp in 1 liter of water. l. product. The duration of the procedure is 10-15 minutes.
Another foot bath with salt. This procedure is best done in the morning before a difficult day at work. 1 tbsp dissolves in 1 liter of water. l. sea salt and 4-5 drops of rosemary essential oil. The duration of the procedure is 10-15 minutes. This tonic session will give you a surge of energy throughout the day.
Baths for sweaty feet
How to make foot baths for sweating? It is necessary to choose the right recipe for their preparation. Since ancient times, baths based on oak bark have been taken to relieve sweat. To prepare, you need to make a decoction of oak bark. For this, 2 tbsp. l. product, pour 1 liter of hot water, the mixture is boiled for 15-20 minutes. Next, the solution is cooled to a warm state, and the feet are immersed in it for 10-15 minutes. You need to repeat such procedures every day for a month. Sage has a similar effect, so you can replace oak bark with this plant.
An infusion with chamomile has a good effect. To obtain it, you need to pour 3 tbsp. l. plants 1 liter of boiling water, close the container with a lid and wait about 1 hour. The resulting infusion must be warmed up and your feet should be lowered into it. After the session, the feet can be treated with a mixture of talc and boric acid.
Baths with nettle and St. John's wort also help normalize the functioning of the sweat glands. To do this, take 2 tbsp. l. each plant and pour 1 liter of boiling water. When the solution has cooled slightly, lower your feet into it for 15-20 minutes.
Therapeutic baths
You can perform therapeutic foot baths at home. Contrast baths have an excellent effect. They relieve fatigue, increase immunity, and reduce the risk of developing colds. To carry them out, you need to alternately lower your feet into cold (for 2-3 seconds) and warm (for 7-10 seconds) water. The contrast baths end with cold water.
Baths with potassium permanganate have disinfectant and cleansing properties. To do this, dissolve a few drops of potassium permanganate in 1 liter of water until it turns pink. The feet are kept in this solution with potassium permanganate for 15-20 minutes.
Another disinfecting and disinfecting bath is an infusion of chamomile and calendula. To do this, pour 1 liter of boiling water into 1 tbsp. l. each plant. The infusion is kept for half an hour, after which the legs are lowered into it for 10-15 minutes.
There are also baths for joints. As a rule, they are prepared from a decoction of herbs such as string, horsetail, tansy, elderberry, wild rosemary, and burdock root. You can use either a decoction of one herb or a combination of several. Baths for joints with a decoction of pine cones, juniper, spruce branches and other coniferous trees also have a beneficial effect.
There are many other foot bath recipes. All of them have a certain beneficial effect on the feet and legs, on the body as a whole.
However, it is worth remembering that there are also contraindications. Thus, it is not recommended to carry out procedures at elevated body temperature, hypertension, a tendency to bleeding, varicose veins, and with diseases of the kidneys and cardiovascular system.
