DIY Clove Foot Powder

This DIY foot powder made with just two ingredients helps to keep feet fresh, and as both cloves and sage contain powerful anti-fungal oils this is a great remedy for athlete’s foot – a fungal infection caused by sweaty feet resulting in raw and itchy skin.

It’s one of the many beautifully simple and natural recipes from Wendyl Nissen’s book A Natural Year: Living Simply Through the Seasons.

DIY Clove Foot Powder

Make up this powder to keep feet fresh and combat athlete’s foot.

1 cup dried sage leaves

1 teaspoon whole cloves

Place the leaves and cloves in a coffee grinder or similar.

Process until fine and then sprinkle the powder onto feet or put a little into your socks.

You can also make a topical solution using 8 drops of clove bud essential oil mixed with 2 tablespoons of coconut oil, this solution helps to get rid of toenail fungus, apply three times a day.