HOME REMEDIES

• Drink 3 cups of Pau d’arco tea daily.
• Dipping your feet in warm water mixed with Epsom salt should also be beneficial to get rid of the fungal infection.
• Garlic and onion are considered natural anti-fungal and anti-bacterial solutions. Apply freshly crushed onion or garlic paste on the infected area.
• Apply honey and brewer's yeast twice per day.
• Grapefruit seed extract has strong anti-fungal properties. Apply a few drops to the palm and rub it into the feet two or three times daily.
• Tee Tree oil is highly beneficial in curing athlete's feet.
• Olive leaf extract is an excellent, safe natural healer of microbial infections.
• Mix six tablespoons of dried chaparral (natural herb) to one quart of boiling cheap whiskey or wine; reduce and simmer for 20 minutes; remove and steep for 8 hours. Do not use aluminum cookware. Soak your feet in this solution.
• Use talcum or antifungal powder on your feet.
• Add a few drops of mustard oil or a bit of mustard powder to a footbath. Soak your feet in the bath for up to half an hour.
• Mix one part of pure apple cider vinegar with one part of warm water and soak the feet, in the solution, for about 20 minutes. Cleanse the feet both before and after immersing, using a gentle soap. After the treatment, ensure that the feet are completely dry. Follow this remedy two times a day, for 1-2 weeks, depending on the severity of the situation.
• Plain yogurt containing live acidophilus bacteria is an instant remedy for athlete’s foot. These friendly microorganisms keep the fungus in check. Simply dab the yogurt on the infected areas, let dry, and rinse off.
• Boric powder and baking soda can also be rubbed on the infected skin as a remedy.
• Dissolve 6 aspirins in 1/2 cup of rubbing alcohol. Shake the mixture well and apply on the affected area. Repeat this about thrice a day and continue it for three days or until athlete's foot is gone.
• Mix 2 drops of hyssop oil and 1 drop of thyme oil together and dip the cotton ball into the mixture then rub it between the toes and around the nails.
• Mix 1 drop of lavender oil, 5 drops of thyme oil and 1 tsp of vegetable oil together and massage all over the feet.
• Soak your feet in a basin in over the counter Hydrogen Peroxide (Brown Bottle).
• Soak your feet in hot water and a few cap full of Clorox for 15 minutes. Works like a charm.
• To help ease the redness, cracking, and itching of athlete’s foot, rub the oils of myrrh and lavender on feets.
• Prepare a solution of water and white vinegar – one part of white vinegar to four part of water; soak your feet for 20 to 30 minutes twice day. Sprinkle some baking soda between your toe fingers and rinse your feet after fifteen minutes. It is as effective as an expensive antifungal powder.
• For immediate relief from itching or burning, soak your feet in an antiseptic mouthwash like Listerine.
• Corn starch is effective in soaking moisture, so keep your toe fingers dry by sprinkling some corn starch on them.
• Rubbing the infected area with vinegar, tea tree oil, hydrogen peroxide, or alcohol can also be extremely beneficial for fighting off fungal infection. Soak a cotton ball in one of these solutions and rub it over the infected skin.
• Use nail polish remover in the affected area (between your toes). It stops the itching and burning, gets rid of the redness, and the athlete's foot will be gone in 1-3 days.
• The herb Sosa (Solanum chrysotrichum) is used in Mexico as a remedy for athlete's foot.
• Wear cotton socks, and change them at least once a day.
• Take a large bowl of warm water and soak your feet in it. Try to remove as much hard skin as possible. After this, pat dry your feet and apply a thin layer of oregano oil. Though it may emit a terrible smell, it is very effective in treating athlete's foot.
• Ginger is a strong antifungal. Boil a cup of water, add one ounce of chopped fresh ginger, and simmer for twenty minutes. Let it cool and apply to your feet twice a day.
• Soak the affected (and surrounding) areas in antiseptic mouthwash such as Listerine. Use the original kind (the medicine one). Immediately relieves the itching and burning symptoms.
• Add 1 tsp of aloe vera gel with ½ tsp of turmeric. Apply this mixture on the feets every morning and night and cover them with old socks.
• Apply Vicks vapourub on the affected toes and fingers at night before going to bed.
• Rub the juice of jewelweed, also known as impatiens or touch-me-not, on the infected area.
• Mix a tsp of 1 tsp of neem oil and ½ tsp of carrier oil such as almond oil or olive oil. Apply to affected area twice a day.