Home Health Care : Corn

A corn is a small calloused area of skin commonly over a toe caused by local pressure irritating tissue over a bony prominence.

• The milky juice of green figs help to soften corn that has been suffered for a long time. Apply it directly.
• Soak feet in a container of warm water (enough to cover the corn) with ½ cup apple cider vinegar added. Then rub it with a clean pumice stone. Alternatively, bind the corn with a cloth that has been soaked with vinegar and leave it on for ½ - 1 day.
• Tape a piece of the inside of a lemon peel to the corn after soaking feet in warm water for 15 minutes. Leave it overnight, the corn should drop off after 3 days of consecutive application.>
• Rub into the hardened skin a paste of 1 tablespoon licorice powder and ½ cup mustard oil at bedtime.
• Soak a cotton stick with castor oil and apply it to the corn.
• Apply the juice of papaya frequently.
• Apply on the corn a mixture of finely grounded 1 teaspoon each turmeric, calamus and henna leaves.
• Apply to the corn strong chamomile tea.

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