According to Chinese medicine, through the feet you can cleanse your body, get rid of internal toxins and improve your overall health. For this purpose, you will need apple vinegar.
Apple cider vinegar is a popular natural remedy. It contains biologically active compounds that destroy bacteria and microbes. Therefore, it is one of the most effective natural remedies for solving numerous health problems.
Apple cider vinegar baths have long been used for weight loss, alleviating digestive problems, relieving breathing problems, and improving skin condition.
Foot baths with vinegar also help with skin diseases, fungal infections, severe sweating, brittle nails, calluses, corns, bones on the thumb, cracked heels, varicose veins, swelling, or just evening fatigue and a feeling of heaviness in the feet.
Of course, this product has a specific smell that some may not like. But its properties are very useful, and therefore sometimes you can be patient. At the same time, for good results, it is enough to do a bath once a week.
How does apple cider vinegar work?
Within a few minutes after the start of the procedure, you can notice the beneficial effect of this inexpensive and effective remedy. Its composition allows you to quickly achieve the desired result, due to:
– Vitamins A, B, beta-carotene, C, E, B, vitamins of group P quickly affect the skin, tone and rejuvenate it.
– Trace elements and minerals strengthen nails: potassium, calcium, silicon, magnesium, copper, sodium, sulfur, phosphorus have such properties.
– The organic acids in apple cider vinegar are effective as exfoliators and antifungals.
How long to use vinegar to have a result?
For the effect, one-time baths are enough, but it is best to use them in a course – once every 7 days for 40-45 minutes during the month. Then you can take a break.
Recipes for foot baths with apple cider vinegar:
- For cracked heels
Vinegar is great for heels, speeding up the healing of cracks, exfoliating the skin and making it softer.
It is necessary to mix in a basin 1 liter of warm water, 1 tbsp. glycerin and 2 tbsp. vinegar. The duration of the procedure is only 15 minutes. After it, it is better to rub your feet with a pumice stone, and then rinse. You will see the result after the first session.
- For calluses
Pour warm water in a basin, add vinegar (in proportions as in the previous recipe), add a few drops of your favorite essential oil. Soak your feet for 30 minutes. After the corn softens, it can be carefully cut off.
- For fungus
This healing liquid can be used both for the prevention of the fungus and for its treatment. It has antimicrobial properties. Take this bath after visiting any public place where you have to walk barefoot (pool, beach, even a beauty salon).
The proportions of the foot bath with apple cider vinegar are as follows: 1.5 liters of warm water, 1/2 cup of vinegar. Hold your legs for a quarter of an hour. Then apply baking soda to your nails (mix with water to a mushy consistency). Hold for a quarter of an hour and rinse.
- For odor and excessive sweating
The ingredients are as follows: 5 liters of water, 1/2 cup of vinegar. If desired, add a few drops of tea tree oil, it acts as an antiseptic. You can carry out the procedure more than once a week – even every day.
- For heaviness in the legs and for pain relief
Such a procedure will be good in the evening, as it will relieve fatigue and heaviness in the legs. It helps with physical exertion, with varicose veins (or for its prevention).
Recipe: mix 5 liters of water (not warm, but cool – this is important) and 1/2 cup of vinegar, hold your feet for a quarter of an hour.
- To relieve pain and swelling in the joints
Add 250 mg of sea salt and a drop of lavender oil to the water. The procedure will not only relieve discomfort, but also soothe and relax. Good to do at night.
- For body detox
Toxins are also removed through the skin, and effective products can speed up this process.
Add to warm water (opens pores, which means it speeds up the removal of harmful substances), sea salt (is an anti-inflammatory agent) and vinegar (also speeds up the detox process). You need to keep your feet in such a bath for no longer than half an hour.
It should be remembered that vinegar is not a medicine, but a home remedy. Therefore, it should be used carefully. Do not forget that vinegar can irritate the skin, and that people with diabetes should not take vinegar baths.