Home Remedies For Corns

Corns are a common example of avoidable foot pain. Corns often occur on the top of the toes where there is pressure from the shoes. Corns, also called helomas, are thickened areas of skin that form in response to excessive pressure and friction.

Corns are small, rough mounds of firm, dead skin that form on or between the toes. Their hard, waxy core, which bores down into the skin and press on the underlying tissue and nerves, can cause extreme pain.

Symptoms of Corns:

Corns can usually be easily seen. They may have a tender spot in the middle, surrounded by yellowish dead skin.

Causes of Corns:

Tight shoes
Deformed toes (Hammer toes)
Seam or stitch inside the shoe which rubs against the toe
Abnormality of gait (walking)
Surgery to the lower extremities
Bunions

Types of Corns:

There are two types of corns. Hard corns are the most common type. They are caused primarily by ill-fitting shoes and toe distortion. They usually develop on the tops and tips of the toes and on the sides of the feet. Soft corns (heloma molles) usually occur as the result of bone abnormalities in the toes. They develop between the toes and are sometimes referred to as "kissing corns." Soft corns (heloma molles) usually occur as the result of bone abnormalities in the toes.

Treatment of Common Fever:

1. Use of padding to prevent the pressure.

2. Avoid tight shoes and hosiery.

3. Use a pumice stone to reduce the thickness of the corn.

4. Do not use corn plasters as they can lead to destruction of healthy skin.

5. Wearing a donut-shaped foam pad over the corn will also help relieve the pressure.

6. Surgery is performed to treat soft corns.

7. Applying lanolin-enriched lotion to help the skin become soft around the corn can also be an option.

8. Wear comfortable shoes. Wear shoes that do not cramp your toes.

9. Liquorice is one of the most valuable remedies for corns that are just appearing. A paste made by grinding three or four liquorice sticks and mixing it with half a teaspoon of sesame oil or mustard oil should be rubbed into the hardened skin at bedtime.

10. Weight loss may reduce pain from corns and improve biomechanics in patients who are obese.

11. Use a foot cream, such as flexitol heel balm twice daily. Flexitol heel balm is primarily used for cracked skin on the heels, however patients have reported a 90% improvement to their corns with this cream

12. Lemon is another valuable remedy for corns.

13. Raw papaya is beneficial in the treatment of corns. Its juice is an irritant and it is, therefore, a useful application in this condition. Half a teaspoon of raw papaya juice may be applied thrice daily.

14. Chalk powder has also been found beneficial in the treatment of corns. A small piece of chalk may be ground into a paste with water and applied over the affected area.

15. The milky juice of green figs is valuable for corns of long duration. It helps to soften them. Half a teaspoon of this juice may be extracted from the fruit and applied two or three times daily.