Cracked Feet
🦶🏽🌸 A new offering to our treatment menu 🌸🦶🏽
We have many of our clients complaining of cracked heels especially during the summer month. Cracked heels can be very painful and prevent you from doing your usual activities.
We have been listening to you, and decided to add a new option to our treatment menu for ~ Abhyanga + Foot bath ~
Padadari is the Ayurvedic term for cracked feet
Paada – means feet and heels 🦶
Dari/Darana – means cracking
How are your heels and feet doing?
What does Ayurveda say about Padadari 🤔
“The Vayu located in the foot soles gets aggravated when one is frequently exposed to causative factors, causing roughness of the skin resulting in cracking. This is known as Padadari.”
The Causative factors of Padadari, as mentioned in the Ancient Ayurvedic texts are:
🦶Intake of Vata aggravating diet
🦶Dry, rough, sharp, hot and spicy food such as junk food, oily food, deep fried, excess spices and high intake of raw food 🍟
🦶Certain activities like excessive walking, bare foot walking, walking with hard improper footwear, exposure to cold water, standing for a longer duration
🦶In summer, rainy, autumn and winter seasons
🦶Obesity
🦶Middle-aged women
🦶Diabetes
🦶Lack of a daily routine (Dinacharya) 😴
Ayurvedic students and practitioners continue reading. You will learn about Ayurvedic foot care in our Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant course 🦶👇❤️
Ayurvedic treatment principles:
1. Snehana/Oleation: application of medicated oil. Mix oils such as sesame oil, castor oil, Jatyadi taila mixed with equal part of Ashwagandha taila.
2. Daily foot massage (pada abhyanga): Use Kasa bowl (bronze bowl specifically for foot massage) or Kansa wand. We can do this for you!
3. Svedana/Sudation: Soak and wash your feet with warm salt water.
4. Lepana/Paste application: Use herbs such as Manjistha, Neem, Yasthimadhu, Sandalwood and Haritaki. Apply daily for 20 minutes.
5. Moisturize: Use Beeswax (Madhucchistha), honey and Shatadhauta ghrita. Beeswax is also an ingredient of Jivantyadi yamaka thailam. My favourite to use for my feet.
Shatadhauta ghrita is amazing! This is ghee washed with water 100 times. This makes the ghee silky smooth and more butter like in consistency. Shatadhauta ghrita is wonderful to apply on cracked heels. Best mixed with herbs such as turmeric, licorice , neem and sandalwood powder. 1 cup of Shatadhauta ghrita with 3 tsp of turmeric is an effective combination.
If you are looking for more information about Padadari you are always welcome to email us at info@lakshmiayurveda.com.au
All Ayurvedic foot care essentials are available at the Lakshmi shop.
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