April 21st, 2009

These are a thickening of the culture or epidermis which is of a conical shape. They are softened caused as a result of ill fitting shoes. Before any treatment soak your feet in a solution of hot water and baking soda, dry mustard, sea salt, Epsom salt or vinegar.

Onion Poultice: use the outer brown skin and a slice of onion, soak in apple cider vinegar with a slice of white bread. Allow it to steep for 24 hours. Apply a thick layer of the poultice on to the corns, Wrap a bandage around and leave overnight. Raw onion can be applied to corn, then cover with a plaster.

Oil: castor oil can help to soften the corn before removing, apply twice a day and cover with a bandaid. Rub corns with oil blend: 5 drops carrot oil, 5 drops tagets oil, mixed with 10 ml of olive oil and apply daily.

Papaya: see chapter on Papaya.

Lemon peel poultice, apply the soft side down to com, cover with a plaster and leave overnight.

Banana Skin: apply the inside of a banana skin to corns, bandage and leave over night.

Herbs: use the sap from calendula or greater celandine leaves and apply to the corns after the feet have been washed in hot salty water. The aloe-vera leaf is cut length wise and the gel side is placed over the com tightly, bandaged and left on overnight. The juice from fig leaves can also be used to treat corns.

Vinegar: breadcrumbs and apple cider vinegar made to a paste, apply each night until the com can be lifted out.

Raw garlic: applied to the corn and cover with a bandage every night for a week

Kombucha: soak in a warm kombucha foot bath for 15 minutes. Apply a kombucha poultice night and morning to soften and to dissolve the com.

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Sunspots

Papaya: the latex or the fleshy side of the skin from a green fruit is applied to the spots. Papaya vinegar can also be applied.

Ulcers

Essential oils: cleanse the ulcer with an antibacterial wash of lavender, tea tree or palmarosa may also be used. Apply a cold poultice, radiating up to half an inch around the ulcer site. Poultice to be applied every two hours (one hour for the poultice to remain and second hour to rest from

treatment). This may continue for up to 24 hours. Decrease poultices daily upon signs of healing, Maintain poultices until area is completely healed.

Leg Ulcers

Bathe with dead water, then apply a compress with living water for about half an hour. Repeat compress applications every four hours. If infection re-occurs it will be necessary to bathe the wound every four hours for 10 minutes, let it dry and then apply a living water compress. Drink 200-300 ml of living water daily at night before retiring. It is necessary to apply a sterile dressing on the affected areas and remain lying down for most of the time during the treatment.

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Papaya Vinegar: The fruit with skin is cut into thin slices and placed into a preserving glass jar. Add apple cider vinegar and leave for two weeks. Papaya Oil: Use the skin or leaves of papaya, cut into small pieces and place into a stainless steel pot. Add olive oil so that all pieces are well covered. Simmer for approximately 5 minutes. Leave to steep for 2 days before bottling.

Papaya Powder: Use dried papaya leaves or fruit and put into a coffee or herb grinder. Papaya Water: Use the skins of fresh papaya, place into a coffee diffuser and cover with boiling water. Leave to steep for 24 hours, strain and bottle.

Papaya Cleanser: Pure honey 3 tbsp., olive oil 3 ml, wheat-germ oil 2 ml, papaya juice 5 ml

Mix ingredients together. Apply twice daily onto moist skin and massage in gently, then rinse well with water.

Papaya Toner: Papaya vinegar 10 ml, rose water 40 ml, lavender water, papaya infusion 20 ml. Mix ingredients together. Use twice daily. Papaya Moisturising Oil: Papaya oil 40 ml, calendula oil 10 ml, almond oil 5 ml, rose hip oil 5 ml. Mix ingredients together. Massage into the skin gently twice daily.

Papaya Mask: White clay 20 g, fine oatmeal 20 g, calendula powder 5 g, papaya powder 5g. Mix ingredients together and add water until a soft paste. Apply with a soft brush. Avoid contact with the eyes! Let mask dry. Rinse with warm water, following with papaya moisturising oil. Use once a week.

Papaya Fresh Fruit Mask : Papaya fruit XA, pure honey 1 tsp., egg 1, cream 1 tsp., papaya oil ltsp. Mix ingredients together and apply to well cleansed skin. Leave for 10 to 15 minutes. Rinse with warm water thoroughly followed with an application of papaya skin toner and papaya moisturising oil.

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The skin is the largest organ of the body and performs many functions for health. It is a living, breathing, ever changing organ. It absorbs, repairs, regulates and protects. The skin is made up of three layers, the epidermis, the dermas and the subcutaneous tissue.

Epidermis – this is the outermost layer of the skin, it forms the protective covering of the skin of the body. It contains no blood vessels, but has many small nerve endings.

Dermas – this is the inner layer of the skin that is a highly sensitive and vascular layer of connective tissue. It contains numerous blood vessels, lymph vessels, nerves, sweat glands, oil glands, hair follicles, erector pili muscles and papillae.

Subcutaneous Tissue – is a layer of fatty tissue found below the dermas. This fatty tissue varies in thickness according to the age, sex and general health of the individual. It gives smoothness and contour to the body, contains fat for use as energy, and also acts as a protective cushion for the outer skin.

How is the skin nourished ?

The skin is nourished by the supply of blood and lymph. 0.5 to 0.66 of the total blood supply of the body is distributed to the skin. As the blood and lymph circulates through the skin it contributes essential materials for growth, nourishment and repair of the skin, hair and nails. Nerves of the skin – the skin contains the surface endings of many nerve fibres classified as:

Motor nerve fibres, which are distributed to the erector pili muscles that are attached to the hair follicles. >

Sensory nerve fibres, which react to heat, cold, touch, pressure and pain. Secretary nerve fibres, which are distributed to the sweat and oil glands of the skin.

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