Blisters from hiking on your feet? Which herb helps now - and which tricks also promote healing

Do you like to go hiking?

Then you've certainly had a blister on your foot before.

A plant provides a remedy that is scorned by many as a weed.

• A blister on the foot can immensely cloud the joy of hiking.

• No plaster at hand?

  There is often an herb along the way that alleviates the symptoms.

• You can find out what else you can do against blisters on your feet * here.

The skin on the toes or heels rubs against the shoe and starts to burn: It's there, the unpleasant blister.

It occurs when an area of ​​skin is exposed to an unusually high level of stress - for example from a hike lasting several hours.

Extreme friction causes the top layer of skin to become detached from the layer underneath,

Many are now reaching for the needle and pricking the bladder - which, however, should not be done, as the pharmacies warn about.

This way, germs can easily penetrate and

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Instead, you should do the following:

How to properly treat blisters on your feet:

• Closed bladder

  : Use a sticky plaster if the skin on the bladder is not injured.

  This protects the skin area from dirt and shoes and socks rub less against the affected skin area.

  Special blister plasters are best because they do not slip.

  An integrated gel layer should ensure that the blister heals faster.

  Important

  : Do not unwind the blister plaster, it has to come off the skin by itself.

• Open blister

  : If the blister has already broken, you should first disinfect it with a skin disinfectant.

  Then a conventional plaster or blister plaster will help so that no dirt gets into the wound and so it can heal more quickly.

  Caution

  : If the blister does not heal for a long time and / or yellowish liquid emerges, you should consult a doctor, as these are signs of a wound infection, as apotheken-umschau.de writes.

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Ribwort plantain against blisters: When no plaster is on hand

Do you swear by naturopathy and medicinal herbs?

Then take advantage of the wound-healing properties of the ribwort.

The herb, which thrives in meadows and along the road, is said to have been used to treat wounds as early as the 16th century, according to Heimatreport.de.

The plant is also said to have a soothing effect on blisters: "

, socks on and an effect quickly occurs here, as is the case with mosquito bites and itching," the local report quotes the herbal expert Hedwig Rentmeister.

The wound heals very cleanly due to the weak antibiotic effect of the ribwort.

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Ribwort plantain

© Heike Will / dpa

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