6 tips against cold feet

Cold feet are annoying. 6 tips to help you get rid of them. Whether in the office, outside in the cold or at home under the covers.

Tip 1: Copper for cold feet

Copper has excellent thermal conductivity. This has also recognized manufacturers of socks. In socks, copper has an antibacterial and disinfecting effect, as well as circulation-promoting and heat-conducting. The copper processed into wool socks, of course, is the culmination of heat? and against antibacterial speaks also in the colder season nothing, if the feet in shoes by cold and heat must.

Copper is also available as an ointment. copper ointment is applied thinly on the soles of the feet and also promotes circulation here. When applying for the night, I advise you to definitely put on socks, so you do not spread the colored ointment on the sheets. Otherwise, the color of both socks and feet is good to wash off again.

Tip 2: salt for better blood circulation

With a salt foot bath also the blood circulation is promoted. For that you take half a cup of normal salt in your foot bath and dive into it for 10 to 15 minutes. Then you dab your feet dry and massage them for a few more minutes. I have read many times that you can or should also take Epsom salt, which is rich in magnesium sulphate. However, I'm not sure if the amount of magnesium is sufficient for this. Maybe you have one or the other tip for this.


You are experimental knit? Then try a very old recipe: salt socks. To do this you dip your socks in a liter of water, enriched with 50 grams of salt. Then you unravel it, put it on your feet and wrap a dry towel around it. A real care package!

Tip 3: Dip your feet into a mustard bath

This tip I use again and again, as he reminded me of childhood and was very warming, and is! So we kids sat on our stools together, feet in the tub, looking at the mustard flour that circled the surface? For a foot bath you take 2 tablespoons of mustard flour and let it dissolve in warm water, with 5 to 6 liters of water. After 10 minutes in the mustard bath, your feet will reappear and you will wash them off briefly before drying.

Tip 4: Changing baths since time immemorial

You know this tip: the change baths, which also adorn many a destination. There are the little Kneipp basins with the cold water and everybody takes off their shoes and socks and wade through, from? Ahs? and? ohs? accompanied. You can also imitate this at home: with two small foot tubs, bowls or buckets. Everything your household gives. One bottle is filled with warm water (36-38 ° C), the other with cold water (15-18 ° C). You start for at least five minutes with the warm water. Then your feet are getting greener? Now it can start! You switch to the cold water for 10 to 20 seconds. There it was again, that? Ah? and? oh? The back and forth repeats it two to four times, each for the specified seconds. And afterwards: rub dry and warm feet.


Tip 5: Foot Gymnastics

This tip follows almost automatically. Most sufferers of cold feet know about the means of first choice: movement, circling up and down, right and left. There you sit at the desk or in the office, what to do? Turn each foot 15 times clockwise, then counterclockwise? Repeat this several times. Or you put a hot water bottle on the floor and roll your feet on it back and forth. But please do not be tempted to press on it or press on it. That also warms, but with movement it is much more effective!

Tip 6: Wear warm with sole warmers

Sole warmers, which are inserted like a sole in the shoe or in the boot are super practical and with little own effort. Depending on the manufacturer, they heat to around 37 ° C and warm even the coldest feet. Ideal for those who spend several hours in the cold, be it because they are selling goods at the market stall, standing in a little heated shop or even permanently in nature. The functionality is simple: As soon as the packaging is opened oxygen enters the sole warmer, the heat development begins. Ingredients such as iron powder, salt, activated carbon, water and vermiculite are considered harmless.

Otherwise, the very common tips apply: Warm stockings, socks and shoes with thick soles, so that the cold from the ground does not penetrate immediately to the feet. If everything is too tight, the air can not circulate, you can find more in an older tip from me: Tips against cold feet.

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