Home treatment for cracked feet (from heel to toe)

• Keep feet clean and dirt free.
• Rub pumice stone on the cracked part of the feet while taking a bath, to remove dead skin.
• Before going to bed wash and dry the feet. Apply olive oil or a mixture of Vaseline and lemon juice on the cracked portion of the feet.
• Do not walk barefooted at your home. Use slippers conveniently.
• Consume a diet rich in calcium, iron, zinc and omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins.
  
  Milk, cheese, yogurt, goat’s milk, fortified soy milk, cereals and broccoli are excellent sources of calcium.
  Cereals, millets, pulses and green leafy vegetables contain iron.
  Meat, chicken and fish are good sources of iron.
  Oysters, chicken, crab, kidney beans, yogurt, brown rice and spaghetti are Zinc rich foods.
  Tuna, salmon, flax and walnuts are good sources of Omega-3.
  Vegetable oils, green vegetables, cereals, wheat germ, whole-grain products and nuts are Vitamin Enriched foods.

Dark circles under eyes, dark spots, pimples, scars and blemishes on face

Home treatments:

• Slice cucumber. Chill the slices. Wash your face. Close your eyes. Place the chilled cucumber slices over and around eyes. Relax for a few minutes. Gently rub the slices on dark circles and dark spots. Wash your face again.
• You can also apply cucumber juice or potato juice on the dark circles or dark spots on face with the help of cotton for about 20 minutes.
• Multani mitti is a kind of mud. It is also called Fuller's earth. Apply a pack of it to treat pimples and dark circles. Suitable for oily skin only as it absorbs dead cells along with excess oil. Best to apply as mask by making a paste with rose water.
• Apply tomato juice mixed with 2-3 drops of lime juice on the face. Wait for 20 minutes and wash the face.
• Mix powdered orange peels and curd into a thick paste and apply on the face except eyes. Allow the paste to dry and wash thoroughly with cold water. This removes scars and blemishes.
• Make a paste from cucumber and lemon juice and apply on the face. Wait until the paste dries and wash your face. This also removes scars and blemishes.
• Mix rice powder and orange juice to form a paste. Apply on the face and neck. Let it dry and wash it off. This makes the skin to glow, improve complexion, removes pimples, black heads and white heads.
• Apply raw papaya juice on pimples or acne.
• Rub papaya pulp gently on the face twice in a week to make it clean and glow and to avoid pimples or acne, black heads, white heads and spots.
• Rub mixture of Bengal Gram flour and yogurt gently in upwards direction on the face. Wash after 10 minutes. This is to get the skin glow, reduce or remove pimples or acne, and black heads.

General care for face

• Drink at least three liters of water in a day.
• Eat fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Avoid excessive exposure to sun light and cold weather.
• Avoid very oily creams. They clog pores.
• Wash your face with water before going to bed and in the morning.
• Steam bath deep-cleanses the pores and stimulates blood circulation.
• Get enough sleep.