The legs suffer most from varicose veins.The part of the body furthest from the heart needs a rest regime, supporting tired and weakened blood vessels.And we “explore” our little legs until we see an expanded surface web, swelling, painful, knobby bumps, and we lose sleep due to the pain.
Treatment of varicose veins with folk remedies is not an alternative to medications.Because the main medicines are based on plant materials.To cure a disease, it is useful to use the accumulated experience of traditional medicine.
Mandatory Properties
All methods used must eliminate or prevent the causes of varicose veins:
- improve the density and elasticity of the vascular wall of the veins;
- restore flaccid valves;
- increase blood flow in the vessels of the legs due to the fluidity of the blood, reducing its coagulability;
- prevent the formation of blood clots and thrombophlebitis;
- has an anti-inflammatory effect;
- To relieve local edema, diuretic property is useful.
For use at home, you need to choose medicines that:
- easy to prepare and use;
- does not have a toxic effect;
- Stores well in the refrigerator;
- it can be grown on a windowsill 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.
The most common include a certain diet, baths, taking infusions and decoctions.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 prepare ointments.
The duration of treatment courses is suggested by doctors from a month or more.Breaks of a maximum of one week are possible, replacing one product with another.
Diet for varicose veins
Doctors with extensive experience do not recommend starting treatment for varicose veins in the legs without a fasting diet.It must be followed for 5 to 7 days, regardless of the presence or absence of excess weight.
The essence of the diet: exclusion of white bread, pastries, sweets, confectionery, hot spices, alcoholic drinks, coffee, meat and fish dishes.Liquid is not limited.It is necessary to eat only vegetarian food: fruits and natural juices as much as possible.Cranberries, blueberries, hawthorn and figs are considered especially valuable.Two days later, rice porridge, buckwheat, fresh vegetables are added to a salad with vegetable oil and young nettle soup.
This diet is recommended monthly for 2-3 days.People with enlarged veins on the legs are advised to completely avoid foods containing starch (breads and baked goods made from high-quality flour, boiled potatoes).You can boil potatoes in their skins and add bran to the food.
General treatment procedures
They affect the entire body, normalize blood circulation.
Baths
Varicose veins can be treated with baths.They are contraindicated in cases of thrombophlebitis and trophic ulcers.
The contents of the bath are prepared in advance: boil half a kilo of oak, willow and chestnut branches equally for half an hour (it is better to do this in an enameled bucket).Then add 4 pharmaceutical packets of herbs to the solution (chamomile, string, St. John's wort) and steam overnight.Separately, in the morning, boil rye bread (3 loaves), filter and pour into the bath.
The procedure must be carried out before bedtime for about 40 minutes, the water temperature must be maintained within 38-40 degrees
For soda baths, it is necessary to dissolve a complete package per water bath or 6 to 7 tablespoons for every 5 liters for feet only.
You can prepare just willow bark (two handfuls of broken twigs in a three-liter saucepan), boil for half an hour.
For foot baths, two to three tablespoons of dry crushed bark raw material is enough;Cudweed grass is also recommended (2 packages of 50 g each).
Herbal combinations are recommended: hazel leaves, birch, chamomile flowers, clover, hops, pine buds.
After bathing, you need to give a light massage from bottom to top, put on elastic socks and place your feet slightly elevated.
Recommendations for internal use
Popular recipes for oral administration are very inventive.They offer a medicine or a combination, decoctions, water infusions, alcohol tinctures.The broth is easiest to prepare in a large thermos, retaining all the properties of the water bath.It must be strained before use.
- Infusion of Antonov apples- two or three small apples are poured with a liter of boiling water and wrapped for four hours.Then mash and drink half a glass of decoction with honey on an empty stomach and at night.
- Nettle- a known remedy for varicose veins.2-3 tablespoons of dry leaves are placed in a half-liter thermos with boiling water.For the infusion, 40 minutes is enough.You need to drink 1/3 glass an hour after eating.
- Alcohol tincture of celandine- sold in pharmacies, it is recommended to drink 9 to 10 drops with a spoonful of milk, before meals, three times a day.
- Soda solution— prepared before use (one teaspoon in a glass of warm water), it is recommended to drink in the morning and evening.
- Garlic and honey treatment- chop 250 g of garlic, mix with 350 g of honey, leave for at least ten days.It is recommended to take a tablespoon half an hour before meals.
- A decoction of a mixture of oak bark, willow branches and chestnutboil for half an hour, then add chamomile, St. John's wort, string and leave for 12 hours.First drink 50 ml with honey and then 150 ml after two days.
It is recommended to combine the use of herbal medicines with baths and local treatments.A course of therapy lasts two months.
Local treatment
Local means effect only on the inflamed pathological area of the leg veins.
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- considered a means of improving vascular tone.They rub into painful areas with enlarged veins twice a day.For internal use, add two teaspoons for every 250 ml of water.
- Potato juice- used to treat ulcers.The ground pulp is applied to the ulcer and bandaged, after five hours the bandage is changed.
- Cabbage leaf compresses- helps relieve pain and skin inflammation.The sheet is tied overnight.
- Hop cones- Prepare one tablespoon per glass of boiling water.Lotions of the prepared medicine are applied or it is allowed to drink a glass before meals.
- Absinthe- leaves and flowers are used, ground to form a paste, diluted in kefir and applied to areas with dilated veins.
- TomatoesOnly those that are sufficiently mature should be used.Varicose nodules 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 rubbing alcohol tincture.You need to prepare the solution correctly: after cutting, leave the leaves in the cold for 5-7 days, then grind them in a meat grinder, add vodka (you can use the volume as a guide, the Kalanchoe in the container should be 2 times smaller), leave in the dark for another week.After filtering, the product can be used to treat varicose veins.It is suitable for long-term storage.
An alcohol tincture (2/3 of plant material) is prepared from white acacia flowers and birch buds over the course of a week to lubricate the skin over diseased veins.
From oriental medicine, it is known that the properties of the Adam's apple have a positive effect on vascular tone.
Green walnuts - crush into small pieces and drizzle with 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 for clearing trophic ulcers and relieving inflammation.
Horse chestnut is used both externally and internally.The leaves and flowers of the plant are used.For compresses, prepare with water like tea.An alcohol tincture is prepared for internal use.Keep in a dark place for at least two weeks.Drink 30 drops before meals.
The Adam's apple is the fruit of a rare maclura tree that grows in southern regions.It should not be used internally as the juice is poisonous.An alcohol tincture for grinding is prepared from crushed fruits.It is recommended to keep it in the dark for a month.
How to prepare ointment at home
Based on an ointment, herbal remedies remain above the affected area longer and penetrate the area better.For ointments, vegetable oils, decoction of linseed seeds, lard and chicken fat are used.A concentrated decoction of herbs is added to the melted and heated base.Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for five minutes.
Herbal mixtures are used with ointments;do not need to be prepared daily: eucalyptus leaves, dandelion roots, celandine grass, lemon balm, lilac flowers, clover, chamomile, calendula, spruce needles.Everything is prepared in equal quantities before mixing with the ointment base.
These ointments should be stored in the refrigerator.Apply a thick layer to the skin with light rubbing movements.Cover with compress paper and a warm bandage.It is best to apply ointment compresses at night.
Other treatments
Bee stings contain hirudin, which thins the blood and prevents blood clots from forming.Bee treatment requires a mandatory sting in the external venous node.At first the patient feels pain and burning, these phenomena soon disappear on their own and with them the protruding venous nodules are removed.
Possible consequences
Folk remedies for varicose veins are far from harmless.They are concentrated plant extracts that have strong side effects when taken orally.This especially applies to people with stomach and pancreas diseases.Herbs affect the acidity of gastric juice.Therefore, its use can cause worsening of chronic diseases of the digestive system.
It is necessary to monitor allergic manifestations (itching of the skin, rashes, swelling).If such symptoms occur, discontinue use.
To use traditional methods, you need faith in the medicine and patience.Few people pay attention to the recommendation to walk in thin cotton socks through the dew on the grass at dawn and not take them off until your feet are dry.This enchanting recipe brings out the best in nature.