How to make foot bath with soda?

Beautiful appearance is not only silky hair, healthy teeth, smooth skin of the face and a graceful gait. It is also well-groomed legs. It often seems that they are not visible to anyone except ourselves, but this is not so. And even if you manage to skillfully hide them from prying eyes, cracked skin, as well as the eternal feeling of fatigue in the limbs indicate ill health and do not add joy. Give your feet a more well-groomed and healthy look, you can use trays with soda.

Baking soda can be found in a cupboard in any kitchen, and this substance available to any housewife can be a reliable assistant in solving many cosmetic problems. It has a lot of positive properties:

• has an antiseptic effect on the skin;
• disinfects it;
• has antifungal effect;
• cleans well;
• relieves inflammation;
• heals and softens the skin.

The unsightly look of the feet is a common problem. Considering that when walking the skin of the legs experiences constant pressure and friction, this is not surprising. Women pay particular attention to the appearance of their legs - none of them are pleased with the loss of elasticity of the skin, its thickening and cracking.

The unsightly condition of the feet is often the result of wearing unsuitable shoes (shoes, boots, and other shoes) or socks made of synthetic fabrics. The reason sometimes lies in the wrong diet, lack of vitamins A and E, iron, and various serious diseases. At the same time, the list of diseases and cosmetic problems that are disposed of with foot baths with soda is extensive.

The benefits of such procedures are noticeable with severe fatigue of the limbs, which is especially important when the body is prone to developing varicose veins. Due to the softening properties of soda using trays, you can get rid of skin seals on the protruding parts of the feet.

This is an excellent tool in the fight against fungal limb lesions. And even with such a disease as gout, procedures with the use of soda help fight. Such measures relieve pain, swelling, normalize metabolic processes in the body, thereby helping to overcome the disease.

With all the benefits of soda for the body, there are a number of restrictions on its use:

• hypertension;
• soda allergy;
• malignant neoplasms;
• diabetes;
• diseases of infectious and inflammatory origin in the acute stage;
• varicose veins;
• pregnancy.

The recipes of soda baths are diverse, but, starting the procedures with them, Some conditions must be kept in mind:

• It is impossible to take baths with baking soda for more than twenty minutes, as this may lead to an undesirable effect - instead of softening the skin, a person will get it too dry;
• feet should be ankle-deep in the water tank;
• for the procedures, warm water is used, and as it cools, boiling water should be poured into the basin, so a hot kettle should be ready;
• after the exposure to soda has ceased, the feet must be properly cleaned in order to remove all residues of dead skin and impurities;
• after completing the procedures, hold the feet for a few seconds in cool water, wipe with a towel or allow to dry naturally;
• after the bath, rub the cream into the skin and put on cotton socks;
• To give the feet to relax, it is better to use the bath before bedtime.

Salt has the ability to expel excess fluid from the body, saving it from edema. It improves blood circulation. Thanks to it, the body is cleansed and the skin color improves. Substances in salt contribute to the improvement of nails.

Laundry soap in the form of chips is added to a bath with soda (or soda-saline solution) because it helps soften thickened skin, prevents the appearance and development of fungus.

Instead of water for soda bath, you can take decoctions of various herbs, such as chamomile or celandine, as well as many others. Different medicinal plants have their beneficial qualities and have a healing effect on the legs.

Essential oils can be added to soda solutions for problems with fungus. To do this, it is enough to drop a few drops of eucalyptus oil, tea tree, cypress or juniper into the water.

Iodine also eliminates fungus, which is included in soda water.

Hydrogen peroxide enhances the resistance of the composition of the bath to damage on the feet, as well as natoptys and calluses, fungus, bad smell and excessive perspiration.

Vinegar, which is used as an additional component of soda solution, also eliminates sweat separation.

The advantage of all these tools is that they are always available and they can easily be adopted for organizing cosmetic procedures at home.

• In order to thoroughly clean the feet, two pairs of tablespoons of soda and salt are added to the water (two liters). The water should not be too hot. Two weeks you need to arrange procedures with baths once a day, and after that - only twice a week.
• Before a pedicure it is not bad to organize a soap and soda bath. In water (two liters) add soda (two tablespoons) and a drop of creamy soap (or a teaspoon of regular, rubbed in the form of chips). After completing the procedure, the feet should be dried with a towel, and the coarsened skin should be rubbed with pumice. The bath will soften the nails and skin, thanks to this it is easier to make a pedicure.
• To make the skin of the feet softer, it is enough to mix soda (one teaspoon), ammonia (the same amount) and cream soap. All this stir in the water and hold her feet for fifteen minutes. This will free the feet from calluses and rough skin with the help of available tools.
• To rid the skin of the feet from damage, in a glass of boiling water you need to brew calendula or chamomile flowers (1 tablespoon) and hold it for a few minutes in a water bath. In the warm soda water, add ready broth and hold the legs in this composition for about twenty minutes, waiting for the water to cool. This procedure will eliminate scratches, cracks and other skin damage.

• Eliminate leg fatigue capable of soda solution with vanilla aroma oil. For five liters of water take two tablespoons of soda and five drops of oil. This composition helps at the first signs of varicose veins.
• To improve the condition of the toenails, take one lemon juice and vinegar (a teaspoon). They are dissolved in a liter of water and kept their feet in it for up to twenty minutes. Due to this, the nails should become whiter.
• You can strengthen your nails by holding your feet in water (one and a half liters) with soda and salt added to it (a tablespoon), as well as lemon juice (half a teaspoon).
• To create a moisturizing effect, mix large fat milk (1 liter) and soda (1 teaspoon). Due to the effect of this composition, the skin becomes softer, the risk of fungus is reduced.
• To heal cracks on heels, you need to add hydrogen peroxide (two tablespoons) to a warm soda solution. You need to hold the legs in the pelvis with such liquid for ten to fifteen minutes, and then clean the legs with a stiff brush.

• If the skin is severely damaged or covered by a fungus, two tablespoons of soda and iodine should be diluted in two liters of water, and then hold the feet in this composition.
• Get rid of dry skin and brittle nails will help bath with white clay. Soda will soften the skin, and the clay will exfoliate dead skin cells. Through the use of such a composition can prevent the appearance of fungus. You will need to take four tablespoons of clay and two - soda per couple liters of water.
• Trays solve the problem of an ingrown nail. Feet should be steamed in a liquid with soda, cut the ingrown nail and treat it with iodine or ointment with appropriate healing properties.
• To make a bath against fungal infections, pour three tablespoons of soda and four salts in hot water (three liters). After dissolving the powders, immerse the feet in water, periodically adding boiling water to it. When the legs are steamed, you can remove the coarsened skin from them, cut off the damaged nail and treat with a cream against the fungus.

Foot baths are used predominantly by women. A variety of recipes associated with a cosmetic or therapeutic effect, cause mostly positive feedback. Those who are engaged in such procedures regularly, note that the effect of them becomes the most visible with their periodic repetition. If you arrange the bath at least once a week, it will be obvious.

Many say the effectiveness of such trays against the fungus. Often ordinary soda, water and some other available ingredients are much more effective than expensive drugs.

In this case, as noted by women experienced in cosmetic procedures, in order to take measures to improve the condition of the skin on the feet, no special conditions are required. You can do this in the bathroom or even get settled in a chair, for example, in front of the TV, putting the basin with the necessary solution. At hand at this time it is enough to have a towel so that you can wipe your feet after completing the work.

To learn how to make a foot bath with soda, see the following video.