medicated foot bath recipe?

Curry_Queen

squeaky wrote:

I found some at essential oils for £1.70 after going to Holland and Barret (who are having a half price sale(pah!) ) where it was still twice the price. And QVC are having a laugh.

Some places sell perfumed oil which isn't the same as proper essential oil, and is obviously much cheaper. All you get with these is the aroma and not the healing/medicinal properties that the real oils contain, so if you want it for a specific purpose, as opposed to just a nice smell, then make sure you get the right one

It's a bit like buying vanilla flavouring @ approx £1 a bottle instead of vanilla extract @ £8 a bottle


Edit: just checked out the site you have in your link and it looks like they're selling genuine essential oils so you're ok with that one. If ever in doubt with a company, check to see if they sell rose oil as the true stuff is quite rare and very difficult to produce and will cost a fortune to buy :eek: if they're selling it for a couple of quid like the rest then they're not true oils


Edit 2: I've also just realised I know the woman who owns this business and can certainly verify all her products are genuine

squeaky

Thanks for that. Right... credit card... HEY CREDIT CARD... come here a minute I want to talk to you...

Edit: It looks like that £1.70 included p&p because they only charged me that much at the checkout.

Chris25

squeaky wrote:

I washed 'em with t-gel shampoo last night

.....................that'll be the dandruff sorted then!!!!:rotfl:

Seriously though, tea-tree and lemongrass will provide wonderful smell and be antiseptic

squeaky

Chris25 wrote:

.....................that'll be the dandruff sorted then!!!!:rotfl:

Seriously though, tea-tree and lemongrass will provide wonderful smell and be antiseptic

Yeah but it was the only medicated stuff I had.

System

EPSOM SALTS

squeaky

Judi wrote:

EPSOM SALTS

I haven't got an upset tum I've got smelly feet!

If the tea oil I've already ordered doesn't help I'll get some epsom salts and give them a go. Never had epsom salts in me life!

Is it a cleaning agent too?

Curry_Queen

It's a mineral and is especially good at drawing toxins out of your body after a strenuous day if you put some in your bath, so I guess it would help with smelly feet too

We used it a lot with horses for all sorts of things like poultices, adding to drinking water to flush out their system, bathing etc ...

squeaky

OK - as soon as I've grown some hooves and a tail. As I say, I've ordered tea oil and I'm not about to spend further on epsom salts unless it turns out I need it. That'd be silly of me wouldn't it?

Curry_Queen

I don't know ... it's an excellent laxative should you ever need one :rotfl:

Just did a quick google to see if I could find anything on smelly feet and I'm amazed at all the different uses and benefits it actually has, many of which I never knew before! I've closed the page now or I'd add a link but I'm sure you have a google button on your browser


Oh and if you do decide to ever buy any go to the chemist and ask for the generic form (also known as magnesium sulphate) as it's much much cheaper! Think I used to pay something like a £1 a kilo!

squeaky

I've got a confirmation of dispatch already from essential oils! They're pretty good I must admit. I'm impressed.

Edit: Better still, it arrived this morning. I'm impressed again.