Pamper Your Peds: Australian Foot Spray

Walk confidently with these herbal foot care recipes.

By Janice Cox
June/July 2004

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Makes ^_1/3 cup
Tea tree comes from the Australian outback, where aborigines have used it for centuries as a remedy for just about everything. The distilled oil is a powerful antiseptic and fungicide, and it makes an invigorating foot spray. Tea tree oil is easy to find at many natural food stores.

^_1/2 teaspoon tea tree oil
2 tablespoons witch hazel solution
^_1/4 cup water

Mix together all the ingredients.
Pour into a clean spray bottle or container with a tight fitting lid.
Spray or splash on feet.

Janice Cox is the author of Natural Beauty from the Garden (Henry Holt, 1999).

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