What is the reason for the strong sore smell in the feet

Athlete's foot has a strong sour smell, which may actually be a problem of tinea pedis, because this phenomenon is quite common in life, especially if you don't pay much attention to the cleanliness of your feet, our feet will easily emit a strong sour smell. Therefore, it is recommended that these people must pay attention to washing their feet frequently, changing shoes and socks frequently, and pay attention to drying their shoes frequently. Of course, if the spleen and stomach are not in harmony, then sweating of the limbs will also occur.

1. Reasons

If you sweat a lot or encounter humidity, you need to wash your feet frequently, change your socks frequently, and dry your shoes frequently. Sweating on the soles of the feet is closely related to the kidneys. Generally, kidney yang deficiency will cause excessive sweating on the limbs; the sour taste is mainly caused by disharmony between the spleen and stomach.

2. Precautions for self-treatment:

(1) Pay attention to cleanliness, keep your skin dry, keep your feet clean, wash them several times a day, and change your socks frequently.

(2) It is not advisable to wear non-breathable shoes such as sports shoes and hiking shoes to avoid excessive foot sweating and worsening foot odor.

(3) Actively eliminate the inducing factors, such as foot sweating, athlete's foot, etc.

(4) Avoid eating foods that can easily induce sweating, such as hot peppers, raw onions, raw garlic, etc.

(5) Keep calm. Excitement can easily induce excessive sweating and worsen foot odor.

(6) This disease is mainly treated with external treatment.

3. Self-therapy:

(1) Soak your feet in 50-60℃ hot water for several times, 15 minutes each time, 1-2 times a day.

(2) Use a heavy object to flatten the loofah and make it into insoles to remove foot odor caused by sweat.

(3) Grind 15 grams of Pueraria root into fine powder, add 15 grams of white wine and an appropriate amount of water, boil it and then wash your feet with it. Do this once a day. After one week, the foot odor caused by foot sweat can be eliminated.

(4) When washing your feet, add 10-15 ml of rice vinegar to the water, mix well, and soak your feet for about 15 minutes. Do this once a day for 3-5 days and the foot odor will disappear.

(5) When washing your feet, add 50 grams of alum to hot water and soak for about 10 minutes to remove foot odor. Medically, athlete's foot is usually divided into three types: erosive, blister, and keratotic.