Legs suffer the most from varicose veins.The part of the body farthest from the heart needs a rest regimen that supports tired and weakened blood vessels.We "exploit" our little feet until we see the enlarged superficial network, swelling, painful joints and losing sleep due to pain.
Treatment of varicose veins with folk remedies is not an alternative to drugs.Because the main drugs are based on plant materials.It is useful to use the accumulated experience of traditional medicine to treat a disease.
Required features
All methods used should eliminate or prevent the causes of varicose veins:
- improve the density and elasticity of the vascular wall of the vessels;
- restore sagging valves;
- Increase blood flow in the veins of the legs due to blood flow, reduce clotting ability;
- prevent the formation of blood clots and thrombophlebitis;
- has an anti-inflammatory effect;
- Diuretic property is useful to relieve local edema.
You need to choose medicines for home use:
- Easy to make and use yourself;
- do not have a toxic effect;
- Good stores in the refrigerator;
- can grow in a window or in a country house bought on the market;
- relatively cheap.
Treatment methods
All traditional methods of treating varicose veins are divided into general and local.
Common ones include a certain diet, baths, taking infusions and receptions.Many herbal remedies are used both internally and topically.
Local application is based on the use of lotions and compresses applied to the most painful area.You need to learn how to make ointments.
Duration of treatment courses is suggested by doctors for one month or longer.Interruptions of no more than one week are possible to replace one product with another.
Diet for varicose veins
Doctors with extensive experience do not recommend starting therapy for varicose veins in the legs without a fasting diet.It should be followed for 5-7 days, regardless of the presence or absence of excess weight.
The essence of the diet: excluding white bread, pastries, sweets, sweets, hot spices, alcohol, coffee, meat and fish dishes.Liquid is not limited.You should eat only vegetarian food: fruits and fresh juices as much as possible.Cranberries, blueberries, anchovies and figs are especially valuable.Two days later, fresh vegetables and young nettle soup are added in a salad with rice porridge, buckwheat, vegetable oil.
This diet is recommended monthly for 2-3 days.People with enlarged veins in the legs are advised to completely avoid foods containing starch (high-quality flour, bread made from boiled potatoes and baked goods).You can boil potatoes in their skins and add bran to eat.
General treatment procedures
It affects the whole body, normalizes blood circulation.
Bathroom
Varicose veins can be treated with baths.Contraindicated in cases of thrombophlebitis and trophic ulcers.
The contents of the bath are prepared in advance: for half an hour and half an hour and half an hour, boil willow and chestnut branches for an hour (this is done in a good enamel ladle).Then for the solution, 4 pharmaceutical packs of herbs (chamomile, string, st. john's wort) and steam overnight.In the morning, separately boil rye bread (3 loaves), strain and pour into the bath.
The procedure should be taken about 40 minutes before going to bed, the water temperature should be kept at 38-40 degrees
For baths with soda, you need to dissolve a complete package for 5 liters or 6-7 tablespoons only for the feet.
You can only prepare Willow bark (two handfuls of broken curls from two handfuls of broken turtles), boil for half an hour.
For foot baths, two to three tablespoons of dry raw materials from crushed bark are enough;Cudweed herb (2 packets of 50g each) is also recommended.
A combination of herbs is recommended: hazel leaves, birch, chamomile flowers, clover, hops, pine buds.
After the bath, you should do a light massage from the bottom to the top, put on elastic socks and put your feet on a slight elevation.
Recommendations for internal use
Folk recipes for oral administration are very inventive.They offer a remedy or combination, combination, water infusions, alcohol tinctures.Verdict, it is easy to prepare in a large thermos while maintaining all the properties of a water bath.It must be strained before use.
- Antonov apple infusion- Two or three small apples are poured with a liter of boiling water and wrapped for four hours.Then knead them and drink half a glass of broth with honey on an empty stomach and at night.
- To be late- A known remedy for varicose veins.2-3 tablespoons of dry leaves are placed in a half-liter thermos with boiling water.40 minutes is enough for infusion.You need to drink 1/3 glass an hour after a meal.
- Celandine alcohol tincture- It is sold in a pharmacy, it is recommended to drink 9-10 drops with a tablespoon of milk three times a day before meals.
- Soda solution- Prepared before use (a teaspoon in a glass of hot water), it is recommended to drink in the morning and at night.
- Treatment with garlic and honey- Chop 250 g of garlic, mix with 350 g of honey, leave for at least ten days.It is recommended to take one spoon half an hour before meals.
- A decoction of oak bark, willow branches and chestnut mixtureBoil for half an hour and an hour, then chamomile, St. John's Wort, string, string and leave for 12 hours.After two days, drink 50 ml with the first, then 150 ml of honey.
It is recommended to combine the use of herbal remedies with bath and local treatment.The therapy course lasts two months.
Local cleaning
Locally, it affects only the pathologically inflamed area of the veins in the legs.
Using juices for lotions
Local procedures in the form of compresses and lotions will require preliminary preparation of the necessary solution and ointment.
- Apple Cider Vinegar- is considered a means to improve vascular tone.Twice a day, they apply to painful areas with enlarged veins.For internal use, add two teaspoons to 250 ml of water.
- Potato juice- Used to treat ulcers.Ground pulp, bandage after bandage, bandage after bandage is changed.
- Cabbage leaf compresses- Help relieve pain and inflammation from the skin.The leaf is closed overnight.
- Hop cones- Brew a spoonful in a glass of boiling water.Lotions from the prepared medicine are applied or it is allowed to drink a bottle before meals.
- Wormwood- Leaves and flowers are used, they are the basis for a paste, diluted with kefir and applied to areas with dilated veins.
- TomatoOnly those that are sufficiently ripe should be used.Varicose nodes are placed in slices and covered with a bandage.After 3-4 hours, the compress is replaced with a new one.
Alcohol tinctures
Kalanchoe - used as alcohol tincture for garbage.The difficulty should be prepared correctly, the leaves are cold for 5-7 days. After filtering, the product can be used in the treatment of varicose veins.Suitable for long-term storage.
An alcoholic tincture (2/3 of the plant material) is prepared from white acacia flowers and birch buds for a week to lubricate the skin above the diseased veins.
It is known from Eastern medicine that the properties of Adam's apple have a positive effect on vascular tone.
Green walnuts - chop into small pieces and pour olive oil.You need to stay in the sun for at least forty days.After that, you can lubricate the affected areas.
A medicinal mixture of Chamomile, St. John's Wort, Yarrow, Calendula, Oak Bark and Horsetail is recommended to clear trophic ulcers and reduce inflammation.
Horse chestnut is used both externally and internally.The leaves and flowers of the plant are used.Brew with water like tea for compressors.Alcohol tincture is prepared for internal use.Store in a dark place for at least two weeks.Drink 30 drops before meals.
Adam's apple is the fruit of the rare maclura tree that grows in the southern regions.The juice is poisonous and should not be used internally.Alcohol tincture for grinding is made from crushed fruits.It is recommended to keep it in the dark for a month.
How to prepare the ointment at home
Based on an ointment, the herbal medicine stays on top of the affected area and penetrates deeper into the better area.It is used for ointments, vegetable oils, decoctions of flax seeds, lard and chicken fat.A concentrated herbal decoction is added to the powdered and heated base.Simmer on low heat for five minutes, stirring.
Herbal mixtures are used with ointments;It is not necessary to prepare daily: eucalyptus leaves, dandelion roots, celandine grass, lemon balm, lilac flowers, clover, chamomile, calendula, fir needles.Everything is brewed in equal amounts before being mixed with the ointment base.
Such ointments should be stored in the refrigerator.Apply a thick layer to the skin using light rubbing movements.Cover with compress paper and a warm bandage.It is better to apply ointment compresses at night.
Other treatments
Bees contain Hirudin, which is a blood thinner and prevents blood clots from forming.Treatment with bees requires a mandatory sting in the external venous node.At first, the patient experiences pain and burning, these phenomena soon go away by themselves, and the protruding venous nodes are removed.
Possible outcomes
Folk remedies for varicose veins are far from harmless.These are concentrated extracts from plants that have strong side effects when taken orally.This is especially true for people with stomach and pancreas diseases.Herbs affect the acidity of gastric juice.Therefore, their use can lead to exacerbation of chronic diseases of the digestive system.
It is necessary to monitor allergic manifestations (skin itching, rashes, swelling).If such symptoms occur, refuse further use.
You need faith in the remedy and patience to use traditional methods.A few people pay attention to the advice to walk in the grass dew in the dawn in thin cotton socks, and do not take them off until your feet are dry.This tempting recipe brings out the best in nature.