How to remove corns at home?
The best remedies for corns:
- Salicylic acid
- Celandine from corns
- Soda
- Onions from corns
- Apple vinegar
- Essential oils
- Castor oil
- Foot bath
- Glycerin with vinegar
- Calluses baths
- Other folk recipes
Salicylic acid from corns
It is no coincidence that salicylic acid is the basis of many keratolytic agents. This is due to its healing properties: the ability to soften the skin and exfoliate dead cells from its surface. Acting on the corns, it helps to painlessly remove it with a pumice stone or a brush. In the pharmacy, you can find salicylic acid, presented in the form of a solution, ointments and even patches.
Use this tool carefully. An excess of salicylic acid can cause burns. Therefore, it must be applied strictly on the corn, without affecting the healthy skin around. Salicylic patches are convenient in such cases. It is easy to cut a piece of the desired shape from them, thus avoiding burns to the skin around the corns.
You can treat the corn with salicylic acid solution several times a day. If an ointment is used for treatment, then the bandage is soaked in salicylic acid, and then applied to the foot. It is also convenient in such cases to use a sterile napkin.
When used correctly, salicylic acid rarely causes irritation or itching. However, if such a reaction occurs, treatment should be stopped immediately.
Celandine from corns
Celandine is a widespread herb that is used in the treatment of many diseases. Its stems and leaves are bright green, the flowers are yellow. You can distinguish celandine from other herbs by its orange milky juice. Look for this plant in shady places.
Celandine is used in both folk and traditional medicine for its bactericidal, anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic properties. With its help, you can relieve pain, get rid of inflammation on the skin, cleanse it.
Celandine is harvested during the flowering period, carefully drying the stems and leaves. Such raw materials can be used for the preparation of medicinal tinctures for 3 years. However, fresh celandine is taken to remove corns. Its leaves and stems should be carefully chopped. In this case, you need to act carefully: celandine juice is difficult to wash from things. Put the resulting gruel on the place of the corn, and cover the top with foil and put on socks. This compress can be done at night for a week. In the morning, the corns should be treated with a pumice stone or brush.
Despite its medicinal properties, celandine is useful in moderate doses. Its juice can cause severe poisoning, nausea, vomiting and headaches. Therefore, celandine must be used carefully, carefully observing the body's reaction to it.
Callus soda
One of the most effective and affordable dry calluses is baking soda. It is inexpensive and has many beneficial properties. With the help of soda, you can cleanse the body, remove heavy metals such as bismuth, cadmium, mercury from it. This remedy is used for the prevention of cancerous tumors, treatment of rheumatism, radiculitis, osteochondrosis. Baking soda softens the skin well, therefore it is also used to get rid of corns. To achieve the best result, it is combined with other folk remedies.
First of all, baths help from corns. The feet must be kept in water with soda for half an hour. Usually a couple of tablespoons are enough to dissolve. In addition to soda, you can add the same amount of crushed soap and ammonia there.
Quite effective in the fight against calluses and compresses. A mixture of tomatoes and soda should be infused for 15 minutes and applied to the place of the corns, covering the top with a film. Usually, such procedures allow you to get rid of corns in a few weeks. Instead of tomatoes, you can take onions, grated or finely chopped with a knife. It is necessary to keep the mixture for at least 8 hours.
A useful remedy for corns is obtained from soda and prunes. Dried fruits need to be boiled until they are tender. Then the prunes are crushed and mixed with soda. As in the previous case, apply a warm compress for several hours.
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Onions from corns
Onions are not only a healthy vegetable, but also a means of traditional medicine. It contains many nutrients and vitamins. Onions are used to prevent and treat colds, improve the functioning of the digestive system. It has a positive effect on the hair and skin of the face, therefore preparations based on it are used in cosmetology.
Onion compress helps with calluses. There are several options for its recipe:
- keep half the onion in vinegar for a day. Then apply the soaked leaves to dry calluses twice a day;
- mix finely chopped onion with milk and grease the resulting mass of corns;
- leave the onion peel in vinegar for 2 weeks. Apply it to calluses at night.
You can use fresh onion juice. If you regularly lubricate the places of coarse skin with it, then you can soon forget about dry calluses. At night, it is good to apply rings of fresh onions or chop them and mix with potatoes. From above you need to wrap your feet with foil and put on socks.
In the treatment of corns, baked onions are also used. The large fruit is cut in half and baked in the oven for at least 20 minutes. Then one half is boiled for 3 minutes in boiling water. This solution is used for the bath. A compress from the second half of the baked onion is applied to the steamed skin of the feet. It should be crushed. Keep the mass for several hours.
Apple cider vinegar for corns
Regular apple cider vinegar relieves pain from insect bites, relieves heat and fever, and improves the appearance of hair. Its solution can be used to gargle with a cold. Apple cider vinegar compresses are a sure-fire remedy for corns. They are made according to different recipes, depending on the place of formation of the corns.
If dry corn forms on the sole, then a mixture of apple cider vinegar, baking soda and sea salt should be prepared. Apply a compress with a bandage or bandage at night, covering the top with a film and putting on socks.
It is more difficult to cope with the corns on the fingers. An effective remedy in this case would be a crust of black bread soaked in apple cider vinegar. It must be carefully applied to the place of the corn. Put on a bag on top, and then warm socks. Vinegar can be infused with onions.
There is another version of the drug for corns on the fingers. The chicken egg must be washed and left in 80% apple cider vinegar for 10 days. Moisten a cotton pad in the resulting solution and use for a night compress. Such treatment takes a lot of time, but it gives good results.
You can pour a few cloves of garlic with apple cider vinegar and leave for 2 weeks, and then use to compress. Regardless of which recipe is used, after the procedure, the corns is carefully removed with a pumice stone.
Essential oils for corns
With the help of essential oils, you can do massage, baths and compresses for dry corns. All of these remedies are equally effective in the fight against corns.
A massage using vegetable oil is a painless and pleasant way to get rid of dry calluses. To do this, the agent must be warmed up and applied to the feet with gentle movements. Massage areas of hardened skin should be at least 5 minutes. Then the feet must be thoroughly washed in warm water. Vegetable oil goes well with lemon oil. This mixture is also suitable for massage.
If you add 10 drops of lemongrass to 15 drops of oregano oil, citronella and 20 drops each of marjoram, tea tree, sage, you get a very fragrant remedy. It should be rubbed into the skin of the feet.
You can enhance the effect of conventional baths with essential oils. Add a couple of drops of tea tree oil to the salt water, and lavender or rose oil to the soda solution. Keep feet in the bath for no more than 15 minutes.
Special compresses with essential oils can be made daily. A cotton pad dipped in a mixture of lemon oil, marjoram, lavender should be applied to the corns for 10-15 minutes. This should be done carefully so as not to hurt healthy skin. The compress mix can also be made up of some lemon juice, 2 drops of tea tree oil, and a clove of garlic.
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Castor oil for corns
Castor oil is very viscous and viscous, and has many beneficial properties. It is used to soften the skin and give it elasticity, accelerate hair growth and restore hair. In cosmetology, castor oil is added to many preparations, used in the manufacture of face masks. It helps fight wrinkles and skin aging.
Due to its softening effect, castor oil can also be used to get rid of corns. It needs to be warmed up and applied to the feet, wrapped in foil, put on socks. It is recommended to leave such a compress overnight or keep it for several hours. In the morning dry calluses are peeled off with a pumice stone.
Foot bath from corns
Before starting treatment for hardened skin with compresses, ointments or creams, they should be steamed. The feet are kept in hot water or herbal infusion, sometimes sour milk whey is used. But salt baths also help in such cases. A tablespoon of salt is taken per liter of cold water. Several procedures help relieve pain, soften the skin at the site of the corns. You can take such a bath for half an hour. Gradually dry calluses will disappear. The number of procedures required for full recovery depends on the degree of neglect of the corns.
Glycerin with vinegar from corns
Glycerin moisturizes and softens the skin, helps to restore its elasticity. Together with vinegar, you can prepare an effective remedy for corns from it. This will require 3 teaspoons of glycerin and 70% vinegar. Add 2 teaspoons of alcohol there. With this mixture, treat the hardened areas of the feet daily. It is recommended to do softening baths before this. This will achieve the best result.
Foot baths
Before starting the treatment of dry calluses at home, you need to steam your feet. For this, baths should be made. They soften the skin before using keratolytic drugs and folk remedies. However, baths are a good method to get rid of corns without using any creams or ointments. It is enough to hold your feet in warm water or infusion for half an hour, and then treat the rough skin with a pumice stone or a soft brush.
To permanently remove dry calluses, you may need to do this procedure several times. Baths are an indispensable part of the prevention of corns. If you do them regularly, dry calluses will not form, the skin will remain soft and smooth.
To enhance the effect, you can add soda, soap, sea salt to the bath water. Good effect on the skin of the feet and the use of herbal infusion or solution of manganic acid. A universal recipe for a bath for both the prevention and treatment of dry corns: add 2 tablespoons of soda, crushed soap and ammonia to 2 liters of water. Other options are also possible.
For example, keep your feet in warm sour milk. It has a specific smell, but softens the skin well. Can be used for the bath herbal infusion of thuja, St. John's wort and calendula. The dry mixture is brewed with boiling water, infused. The cooled solution must be warmed up before use. Such baths are recommended to be done within a week for the best results.
Other folk recipes for corns
- In addition to traditional compresses, masks help with dry corns. They are convenient when it is not possible to keep the product all night long. For example, you can make a mask with 100 g of potato peel and 2 tablespoons of flaxseed. The ingredients must be boiled in water for 30 minutes. Apply the resulting mixture to the feet and leave for no more than half an hour. During this time, the skin will become soft and the corns can be removed.
- Ivy makes a good mask. Its leaves should be boiled for 10 minutes. Then you can use them as a mask. You need to keep it for about 20 minutes. After the procedure, it is recommended to lubricate your feet with a moisturizer.
- If you have lemon in the fridge, you can also use it to heal corns. In the fetus, it is necessary to cut off the crust and attach it to the sore spot, securing it from above with a film. Aloe is used similarly. The leaf is cut lengthwise and the pulp is applied to places with hardened skin. In the morning, dry calluses are painlessly removed.
- From natural remedies, propolis helps to fight corns. It is recommended to do compresses from it within a week.
- Zhivitsa - hardened resin of conifers. It is applied to dry calluses. Pine or spruce resin is used immediately after a hot bath and kept for a day. Then the compress can be changed. For the bath, a decoction made from spruce or pine buds can be used.
- One raw egg, apple cider vinegar and vegetable oil make an ointment. It is better to cook it in the evening, and leave it in the refrigerator overnight. The next day, apply to the corns after the bath. In the morning, remove the bandage and wash your feet. Unlike other ointments and compresses, after this remedy, you do not need to treat the feet with a pumice stone: the corns will come off on their own.
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
