1. Keep the Digits Dry
If you want to relieve athlete's foot with natural remedies, you must first create an poor environment for fungus survival, which means keeping your feet, as well as between your toes, as dry as possible. Never put your shoes and socks on damp feet; however, towel drying is often not enough to do the job. Instead, turn your blow dryer to your toes, and for an extra touch, use your antiperspirant on your feet to keep them from sweating during the day. You can use any antiperspirant you like, but make sure it contains aluminum chlorohydrate, which is the actual drying ingredient in deodorant and antiperspirant.
2. The Baking Soda Solution
Baking soda is an inexpensive natural remedy for athlete's foot, and does basically the same thing as expensive powders. Sprinkle a bit of baking soda in your shoes at the end of the day to keep them dry, and apply it your feet as well. Mix enough water with the baking soda to make a paste and massage into your feet and between your toes for about 15 minutes before rinsing and drying. The paste will help to clean, exfoliate and dry your skin, three great natural ways to fight athlete's foot.
3. Treating Toes With Tea Tree Oil
Tea tree oil has three natural healing qualities, making it a great anti-fungal, antibacterial and anti-septic home remedy for athlete's foot. Mix a solution of 1 part tea tree oil to 3 parts water and apply to any affected areas 2 or 3 times a day.
4. Dead Sea Salts for Dead Skin
As you already know, athlete's foot causes the skin, particularly between the toes, to become dry and flaky, which becomes the perfect home for fungus. Dead sea salts have been used for centuries as a natural remedy for many ailments of the skin, and make an effective natural medicine for athlete's foot as well. Simply soak your feet in a container of 1 part salt to 10 parts water for about 30 minutes 2 or 3 times a week. You can even purchases facial scrubs made with dead sea salts and use them on your feet instead.
5. A Great Excuse for Shoe Shopping
Doctors recommend that you wear a pair of shoes only once a week to allow time for fungus to die before wearing your shoes again. Therefore, you must wear a different pair of shoes every day of the week. For those of you that love shoes, this may be your favorite natural remedy, so get out there and buy yourself a new pair of shoes.
