How to Treat Foot Odor With Home Remedies

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There are a lot of people with smelly feet. This can often be an embarrassing situation especially if you are visiting someone and have to take your shoes off only to find a foul odor coming from your own feet. There are ways to prevent foot odor and get rid of it completely if you do suffer from it. Read on to learn how to treat foot odor with home remedies.

Things You'll Need

• Breathable shoes
• Epsom salts
• Tea
• Baking soda
• Plain table salt

Instructions

1. Shop around for breathable shoes. These shoes can include flip flops and sandals for the spring and summer. For breathable shoes in the winter, you can buy canvas shoes or shoes with leather uppers that can be machine washed. Also going barefoot can help keep your feet from smelling bad but we can't always go barefoot and that is why it is best to find the right kind of breathable shoes that will prevent or eliminate foot odor.

2. Take a handful of Epsom salts and add it to a pan of warm water. Let feet soak for 20 to 30 minutes, for several days. Epsom salts are common for sore muscles and infected cuts but have been known to get rid of foot odor.

3. Steep five teabags in a quart of hot water for 10 to 15 minutes. Allow to cool and soak your feet for 30 minutes. This can be done every day or every other day.

4. Take 2 tbsp. of baking soda or plain table salt, add it to warm water and let dissolve. Soak your feet for 30 minutes every night for a month. This home remedy may have the same effect as Epsom salts.

Tips & Warnings

• Whatever shoes you buy, make sure to buy more than one pair because the machined washed kind will have to sit for a day or two to air out and dry in between wearing and washings.

• You can also spray your shoes with rubbing alcohol or take a paper towel that is soaked with rubbing alcohol to and leave sit over night to disinfect them.

• Another reason you might have a problem with foot odor is because of your feet sweating too much. So try to avoid sweaty feet as much as possible.

• Be careful with the Epsom salts because it has been known to cause irritation. It is highly unlikely but is still possible.

Resources

• Home remedies for foot odor