Taking Care of the Hands and Feet

What does CHAPS mean

What does CHAPS mean | Prevention and Cure for CHAPS | Herbal remedies for CHAPS | Treatment for CHAPS | Tips for CHAPS to launder by hand then scurry out into a windy garden to peg the washing on the line the likelihood of suffering from chaps is more remote then it once was, for [...]

What are CHILBLAINS

What are CHILBLAINS

What are CHILBLAINS | Evasive Action and Pleasing Preventatives for CHILBLAINS | Relieving the Agony Immediately for CHILBLAINS | Herbal Remedy for CHILBLAINS Chilblains, those painful and irritating area of swollen flesh which surround the tips and joints of hands and feet and which change from livid white to lurid red when pressed, are one [...]

What are BUNIONS

What are BUNIONS | Pleasing Preventatives for BUNIONS | Plasters and Poultices for BUNIONS | Treatment for BUNIONS | Gentle remedy for BUNIONS Commonly believed by many people to be neither more nor less than another type of corn, bunions are instead a condition more akin to bursitis. Although some relief may be obtained by [...]

What is ATHLETE’S FOOT

What is ATHLETE’S FOOT | Old-fashioned Answers for ATHLETE’S FOOT | Herbal remedy for ATHLETE’S FOOT | ATHLETE’S FOOT Treatment Athlete’s foot is a thoroughly unpleasant little fungus which relishes and thrives in the atmosphere created in changing rooms and swimming pools especially when the users of those facilities wear synthetic socks and shoes and [...]

What are WHITLOWS

What are WHITLOWS | Preventation for WHITLOWS | Herbal Remedies for WHITLOWS | Treatment for WHITLOWS | Gentle remedy for WHITLOWS A whitlow is a painful infection around the cuticle of the fingernail. It rises from the base of the nail and forms a blister filled with matter and the top joint and tip of [...]

What are CORNS AND CALLOUSES

What are CORNS AND CALLOUSES | Pleasing Preventatives for CORN AND CALLOUSES | CORN AND CALLOUSES | Plasters and Poultices | CORNS AND CALLOUSES Treatment A succinct summary of corns taken from an Edwardian guide to healthy and wholesome womanhood states that they are small, hard, painful patches of skin on the feet and are [...]

What are BLISTERS

What are BLISTERS | Treatment for BLISTERS | Herbal remedies for BLISTERS | Remedy for BLISTERS There cannot be one amongst us who has not at some time or another suffered from a blister, that nasty little bubble of tight skin under which fluid gathers and which is the inevitable result of constantly rubbing the [...]

What is CLEANSING AND PAMPERING

What is CLEANSING AND PAMPERING

What is CLEANSING AND PAMPERING | Handy Hints and Best Foot Forward for CLEANSING AND PAMPERING | Soothing and Poultices for Cleansing and Pampering Whist we all view our faces every day with whatever degree of satisfaction our vanity leads us to and whilst our bodies usually make their ailments well and truly felt, we [...]