Simple remedy for heel pain

Heel pain is a common medical condition, especially in the elderly.

The disease is mainly caused by degeneration of the heel bone, bone spurs, heel bursitis, heel pad inflammation, inflammation around the heel tendon, plantar fascia inflammation..., manifested by symptoms of pain in the heel with varying degrees, especially when suddenly standing up, when walking a lot, sitting and resting, the pain is relieved.

The disease is not life-threatening but often greatly affects walking, causes discomfort and is very easy to relapse if not treated thoroughly. When unfortunately falling into this situation, in addition to self-massage and acupressure, you can apply one of the following simple remedies:

Lesson 1: Take a sufficient amount of eggplant roots (eggplant, eggplant, eggplant... all work), boil to get concentrated water and soak your feet daily for 40 to 60 minutes, you can soak once or twice a day.

Tofu

Lesson 2: A sufficient amount of tofu. Put the tofu in a steamer and heat it up, then pour it into a basin. First, place your feet on top to steam. Wait for the tofu to cool down, then lower your feet and place them on top of the tofu to apply the compress. When the tofu cools down, take it out and steam it again and apply the compress again. Repeat this 3-5 times.

Lesson 3: Cut a piece of cactus, remove all the thorns, use a knife to split it into two pieces. In the evening, before going to bed, wash your feet, dry them, then take a piece of cactus and cover the painful area on your heel, use a bandage to tie it tightly, fix it for 12 hours or more, the next day replace the cactus piece, do this continuously for 7 days.

Lesson 4: Boil 500g of soybean roots (underground part) thoroughly and soak your feet every night before going to bed for 40 to 60 minutes.

Lesson 5: Heat 2 liters of vinegar until you can soak your feet in it, pour it into a basin and soak your feet for 30 to 60 minutes (during the soaking process, when the vinegar cools, reheat it). Normally, soaking your feet for 10 to 15 days will start to relieve the pain, soaking continuously for 1 month will eliminate the pain. Note that the soaked vinegar can be used over and over again to save money.

Qi Tan

Lesson 6: Camphor 1g, Asarum 6g, Atractylodes Rhizome 12g. Dry the three ingredients, grind them into powder and make them into insoles for everyday shoes. If Atractylodes Rhizome is not available, you can replace it with Poinciana (water balloon flower).

Lesson 7: 20g of angelica, 15g of chuan khung, 15g of frankincense, 15g of one medicine, 15g of gardenia fruit. Dry all of these and grind them into powder. Depending on the size of the sole of the foot, use cloth to make an insole for everyday shoes, about 0.5cm thick.

Lesson 8: Dry and grind the herbs into powder. Before going out, sprinkle a little of the powder on the soles of your shoes. Note that herbs are poisonous so do not drink them.

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