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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