Wow, do I miss my book collection, and I just do not have time to sit and try and look on the net to figure out what I should be doing.. so I am going to just ask for a bit of help from friends..
Can any of you hit your books and see what I need to be adding in regards to either a) food or b) herbs to help with burning feet..
I have started to add in a banana a day , and I will be going right after I post this to get some salts to soak my feet in, Overall health good, no headache, no swell in legs, normal active, good sleep, but both feet feel like they burn when I put stand on them, by the end of the day for two days in row, limping by the end of it..
Any and all postive thoughts or comments are welcome.. if at all possable, please keep it to things I can do myself and or herbal etc.
Just another Day on the Farm 
You do not say what may be causing the burning sensation, but peripheral neuropathy is associated with diabetes. For short term relief, you can soak in room temperature water infused with a yarrow tea concentrate. Epsom salts is another old remedy.
It is suggested that this can be caused by a Vitamin B deficiency.
If this is related to a circulation problem in the legs, than taking gingko biloba and niacinimide on a daily basis helps. If accompanied by restless legs at all, then the niacinimide will help. Rubbing your legs with witch hazel once or twice a day helps promote circulation as well as helps relieve varicose veins and aching.
Another simple thing to look to is the shoes and/or socks you are wearing. Natural materials and fibers breath, artificial ones don’t and trap in heat.
Hope that his helps.
thanks for the info, given that I am heavy, they watch me close for Diabetes and a host of other things, so far, I continue to stump them that I am good in all those ways, No growths or odd colors or anything different on the feet themselves, the tops are fine, the sides are fine, its just the bottoms that feel like they have a “burn to them” and its both feet, not just one.
No swell or pain in the legs, no restless leg, slept really good last night, best I have had in days (been having trouble sleeping while ma in hospital, maybe four hours a night for about five days) last night up twice for help but overall a solid eight hours of sleep in total. I am wondering if it could be the change in diet from the farm to the town, but I would think that if it was sore/swollen due to that, I would be feeling the effects more else where in my body.. I think I need to work harder to watch what is being put into meals, I have been not bad at the house but the two meals at the hospital were not in line with my normal eating patterns.
Had to go to the drug store for things for ma, and asked there, they said keep up the salts but go with peppermint, and went over it with him, he felt it was a combo of shoes 12 hours plus a day/hospital floors, compared to my normal switch between two or three pairs in a day and the other flooring on the farm, recommended salt soaks, pepperment rub and to try and get my feet up a bit more when possable…
Add some peppermint (tincture fine) to the epsoms salts foot soak. Soak your feet for 15 minutes at a time only, three times a day. You can re-use the soak water for one day, just warm it up. I hope this helps and you are feeling better soon. I know the pain of foot problems – I had plantar fasciatis once and it disabled me for a year!
Thanks, I got some pepperment foot rub, and will increase my foot soaking, I was only doing it once a day before bed, will try and get another one in each day.. Keep you posted.
Try rolling your feet on a frozen water bottle several times a day. It sounds a lot like plantar fasciitis so any thing that brings down inflamation should help.
Interesting idea, I have frozen bottles of ice so I can certainly give this a try.. will let you know if it helps..
You mentioned a change in diet and friends have mentioned plantar fasciitis; together make me wonder about gluten/wheat causing you trouble. I can only say “Read Wheat Belly!” please (and be prepared for your thinking to be altered forever.) Learn why, no matter how hard you work at it, weight around the middle just will NOT come off, about diabetes, inflammatory disease, Krohn’s, colitis, candida overgrowth, arthritis, plantar fasciitis, heart disease, eczema, rosacea, and on and on and on….
xo
My mom has a copy of this book, I have moved it to the night stand and will give it a read..
Now you’ve got me going. First, standing stops circulation so long-time standing is a big contributor. I once worked as a waitress (that was decades ago and my hat is off to all waitresses) and always had burning feet. The surface of course adds to the problem. That’s why chefs have those cushy mats to take the stress of standing off their feet.
My son and daughter-in-law got into the paleo diet awhile back and both have lost a lot of weight and definitely look younger as a bonus (he’s 47 and she’s 35ish).
The Wheat Belly book is available on Amazon, of course, but there is a free website http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/ for those who don’t want to buy it and there are tons of recipes online.
I would also add that the Eat Right for Your (Blood) Type has extra value, as does the Zone Diet. I recommend taking all into consideration.
Thanks to all here for the excellent recommendations and food for thought.
Q. are you standing a lot in one area cooking? Using computer standing up?
A. corrugated cardboard or dense foam/rubber mat
Q. Footwear = yes/no
if yes, with socks? = diabetic socks then
if yes silly little flat looking things? + get hiking boots or the therapeutic sandle looking things
or magnetic insoles
Q. Did you recently change diete? eat more of something than you normally do?
= stop,
!
Q. did you travel lately?
= pinching when you were driving?
= water, contaminated?
A. by itself and you probably will not do this but cleanse the innerds
= herbal clense
= coca cola, drink a 2 ltr bottle two days in a row
– then add back the good bugs in the gut
Standing in one area for longer time-Yes at the hospital..for four days in row.
Guility as charged, mom can smell “farm” on my shoes and so I was given new shoes and they are not as good in support as my regular ones… Mom says she has good high quality walking shoes, and I have dug them out and will move to them.
Yes, I moved from my farm diet of my own meat, eggs, milk and herbs and veggies to welcome to my ma’s everything from the store diet.. Eating more processed food in a week, then I normally do in three to six months!
Tons of traveling, driving back an forth from town to the city for the hospital daily..
And yes, as always when I come home, the water upsets my system and I get “travel” water bathroom issues.. 🙂
concrete floors, need thicker soled shoes/boots
bad hospital food, all processed garbage
Help for Burning Feet
After walking, immediately change out of your shoes and socks, allowing the shoes to dry.
Soak your feet in cool water – do not use ice.
Pain relievers such as aspirin or acetaminophen
Try changes in your shoes, socks, and insoles
Rotate your shoes and socks, both between walking sessions and during the day.
See your doctor for a checkup and mention the problem as well as any tingling, numbness, etc. in hands or other areas.
Thanks for the idea’s, I try very hard to avoid pain meds unless I really have to but if need be, I will look at adding in gel insoles to the different shoes I am trying out now.
I will call on monday and book in with my bone cracker, and make sure that the flight etc didn’t move or pinch anything, No tingling or anything like that else where..
good luck – I found that info on the internet – am no expert when it comes to health–you received a lot of feedback – hope some of it helps – we do not realize just how important a part of our body is until it starts giving us trouble
I have neuropathy in my feet – I am in pain most of the time so I sympathize 😦 I use MSM – available at any drug store and it’s the only thing that helps for the pain – far better than Tylenol or other pain killers. Not very herbal though 🙂
I think the odds are good having gone over it, at the drug store, that is a combo of new shoes, bad floors, long days at the hospital and a major change in how I eat, that is giving me a double and triple whap! I will try a number of different tricks and see if I get an improvment and will for sure keep folks updated.
Wow, I’m late to the party. Many great responses. Not knowing the cause is problematic, therefore you are merely treating the symptom. If you’ve been in the hosp. as you mention, I’d be concerned w/ fungal/bacterial infection (gawd, I hope you weren’t wearing sandals there) Tea Tree oil, and thyme are both antifungal/bacterial. Could be you just need some darn rest, you’ve been a busy woman! How bout put the feet up for a spell? Hope you find relief.
*anna
I hear you anna, I was being very careful about possable infection etc, to be honest, I think just getting some rest is part of it, I really lacked sleep for days, and even this afternoon after doing the ice, soaking and pepperment, just put them up and got about 45 min worth of napping made a huge difference! I am just not used to having this issue and so I am very grateful for the advice from everyone!
wow that ice bottle used like a massage but with the cold really! reduced the pain by like 50 plus percent in a matter of a min or two!, soaked and rested and peppermented and got to say I already feel they are better then before but still will need a few days to get there totally, went to the store and picked up a number of regular foods I eat and also so that I can make my green drink..
Glad you’re feeling abit better. Wrap that ice water bottle in a sock to reduce to ice shock. I put “Super Feet” orthotic insoles (bought at my Chiropractors) in my shoes (New Balance) or wear Birkenstocks – ever since the Plantar Fasciitis . I now need arch support for my feet suddenly……
Rest, eat well, rest………you’ve worked hard ‘out of your element’.
Here’s just another thought to add to the above. As we approach menopause (seven or more years out), the women in my family experience hot feet. For me, it made wearing shoes VERY uncomfortable, nearly impossible when the temperatures reached above 55F. I will sleep with my feet outside the covers most of the night, even when the house is 63 degrees. I still wear shoes part of the day, but try to get errands done in the early morning that absolutely require shoes. The rest of the day, sandals help tremendously. As significant support is needed birks, or similar, work best for me. Just a thought. Good luck! Also, prayers for your mom. Take care.
There’s something about hospital floors! I had something that sounds similar when I moved from living on carpet to hard floors. With plantar problems, the pain is there on starting to move and goes away after 10-20 paces, then comes back in time. Two things helped me. I have a bit of a stompy walk so those trainers that are supposed to shape your butt and make me walking with a more rolling gait helped. Feel horrible at first, but quickly got used to them, those custom scholl inserts have a similar effect. Secondly, I now never walk around barefoot, I always wear something with a bit of cushion in. I’m sure your problems will remit quickly once you’re back home and in your normal routine. Alternatively, maybe your system wants to keep you at your Mom’s for some reason 🙂
This is a most interesting Blog post, quite the community of helpful answers.
Now that your Mom’s out of hospital this is probably moot, but I’ve found there’s nothing, not even my Birk’s, that feels as comfy – like a mossy path in the woods – as walking in a pair of Crocs (and, speaking of chefs, molto chef Mario Batali very often wears a pair in brilliant orange; )
Doesn’t the Chef At Large also wear bright Orange Crocs?
! don’t get the cheap ones !
My foot problems started with a pair of bedroom slippers that had latex foam under the terrycloth . I never had a latex allergy prior to this but it caused such misery. Hot, tender feet; cracked heels and scalloping skin. I was prescribed a creosote based cream which helped. That was long ago but I still must take care to sand and cream my feet regularly. Also use a ‘grater’ to remove thick heel skin. We heavy gals put a lot of pressure on our little feet. Cocoa butter is a good emolient and wool socks help to cushion. See if your new shoes have latex in them. Once you’re sensitized to latex, you must avoid it.
First, thank you for your post on the “wheat belly”. In fact, Bless You for it! I know that this is a week out from your original post but thought this is the best place to put this. Not only did I order the Wheat Belly book, which should arrive soon (I hope) but my husband and I quit eating all-things-wheat cold turkey. (I am a Type 2 diabetic and this is either going to thrill or shock by endocrinologist!)
This is a permanent change and will require lots of research and creativity but that is far better than the alternative. Will keep you posted as the pounds melt off.
The Wheat Belly website is quite helpful with basic info and the paleo diet websites are good for recipes although I’ve not had to do much cooking yet. I ordered and received Elana Amsterdam’s The Gluten-Free Almond Cookbook from Amazon. It is a gold mine of basic recipes, particularly for baking.
Buckwheat pancakes have been a lifelong favorite, so not having “white” pancakes is fine with me. Buckwheat is not wheat and buckwheat flour can be used for any number of things. However, you’ll have to hunt online for recipes since the only cookbooks are booklets with basic recipes.