The legs suffer most from varicose veins.The part of the body furthest from the heart needs a period of rest to support tired and weakened blood vessels.And we “use” our little legs until we see an expanded superficial network, swelling, painful lumps, and pain-related sleep disturbances.
Treating varicose veins with folk remedies is not an alternative to medication.Because the most important medicines are based on herbal substances.To cure an illness, it makes sense to use the accumulated experience of traditional medicine.
Required 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 sagging valves;
- Increase blood flow in the leg vessels due to the fluidity of blood and reduce its clotting ability.
- prevent the formation of blood clots and thrombophlebitis;
- have an anti-inflammatory effect;
- The diuretic property is useful for relieving local edema.
For home use, you need to select drugs that:
- easy to prepare and use yourself;
- have no toxic effect;
- Stores well in the refrigerator;
- can be grown on the windowsill or in a country house and purchased on the market;
- relatively cheap.
Treatment methods
All traditional methods of treating varicose veins are divided into general and local methods.
The most common include a certain diet, baths, taking infusions and decoctions.Many herbal remedies are used internally and externally at the same time.
Local use is based on the use of lotions and compresses that are applied to the most painful area.You need to learn how to prepare ointments.
The duration of treatment cycles is recommended by doctors from one month or more.Breaks of a maximum of one week are possible during which one product is replaced by another.
Diet for varicose veins
Doctors with many years of experience do not recommend starting therapy for varicose veins on the legs without a fasting diet.It must be adhered to for 5-7 days, regardless of whether there is excess weight or not.
The essence of the diet: exclusion of white bread, pastries, sweets, confectionery, hot spices, alcohol, coffee, meat and fish dishes.Liquid is not limited.It is necessary to eat only vegetarian food: as much fruit and fresh juices as possible.Cranberries, blueberries, sea buckthorn and figs are considered particularly valuable.Two days later, rice porridge, buckwheat, fresh vegetables in a salad with vegetable oil and young nettle soup are added.
This diet is recommended for 2-3 days monthly.People with enlarged veins in the legs are recommended to completely avoid starchy foods (bread and baked goods made from high-quality flour, boiled potatoes).You can boil potatoes in their skins and add bran to your food.
General treatment procedures
They act on the entire body, normalize blood circulation.
Baths
Varicose veins can be treated with baths.They are contraindicated in thrombophlebitis and trophic ulcers.
The contents of the bath are prepared in advance: boil half a kilo of oak, willow and chestnut branches evenly for half an hour (preferably in an enamel bucket).Then add 4 pharmaceutical packs of herbs to the solution (chamomile, string, St. John's wort) and steam overnight.In the morning, separately cook rye bread (3 loaves), filter it and pour it into the bath.
The procedure should be carried out before bedtime for about 40 minutes, the water temperature should be maintained at 38-40 degrees
For baths with soda, you need to dissolve a full pack per bath of water or 6-7 tablespoons per 5 liters just for the feet.
You can only prepare willow bark (two handfuls of broken twigs in a three-liter saucepan) and cook for half an hour.
For foot baths, two to three tablespoons of dry raw materials made from crushed bark are enough;The meadow herb (2 packs of 50 g each) is also recommended.
Herbal combinations are recommended: hazelnut leaves, birch, chamomile flowers, clover, hops, pine sprouts.
After the bath, you need to do a light massage from bottom to top, put on elastic stockings and slightly raise your feet.
Recommendations for internal use
Folk recipes for oral administration are very inventive.They offer a remedy or combination, decoctions, water infusions and alcohol tinctures.The easiest way to prepare the broth is in a large thermos flask, while retaining all the properties of a 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 knead them and drink half a glass of decoction with honey on an empty stomach and at night.
- Nettle- a well-known remedy for varicose veins.2-3 tablespoons of dry leaves are placed in a half-liter thermos of boiling water.40 minutes is enough for the infusion.You need to drink 1/3 glass an hour after eating.
- Alcohol tincture of celandine- 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 warm water), it is recommended to drink it in the morning and evening.
- Treatment with garlic and honey- Chop 250 g garlic, mix with 350 g honey, leave to rest for at least ten days.It is recommended to take one tablespoon half an hour before meals.
- A decoction made from a mixture of oak bark, willow twigs and chestnutCook for half an hour, then add chamomile, St. John's wort and string and leave for 12 hours.First drink 50 ml with honey, after two days 150 ml.
It is recommended to combine the use of herbal remedies with baths and local treatments.Therapy lasts two months.
Local treatment
Local means an effect only on the pathologically inflamed area of the veins in the legs.
Using juices for lotions
Local procedures in the form of compresses and lotions require prior preparation of the necessary solution and ointment.
- Apple cider vinegar- is considered a means of improving vascular tone.You rub it twice a day on painful areas with enlarged veins.For internal use, add two teaspoons per 250 ml of water.
- Potato juice- for the treatment of ulcers.The ground pulp is applied to the ulcer and bandaged, after five hours the bandage is changed.
- Cabbage leaf compresses- help relieve pain and inflammation of the skin.The sheet is tied overnight.
- Hop cones- Brew one tablespoon per glass of boiling water.Lotions are applied from the prepared medicine or you are allowed to drink a glass before meals.
- Wormwood- Leaves and flowers are used, ground into a paste, diluted with kefir and applied to areas with enlarged veins.
- TomatoesOnly sufficiently ripe varieties should be used.The varicose vein nodes are sliced and covered with a bandage.After 3-4 hours the compress is replaced with a new one.
Alcohol tinctures
Kalanchoe – used as an alcohol tincture for rubbing.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) and 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 the plant material) is made from white acacia flowers and birch buds over the course of a week to moisturize the skin over diseased veins.
It is known from Eastern medicine that the properties of the Adam's apple have a positive effect on vascular tone.
Green walnuts – crush into small pieces and pour olive oil over them.They must stay in the sun for at least forty days.You can then grease the affected areas.
To cleanse trophic ulcers and relieve inflammation, a medicinal mixture of chamomile, St. John's wort, yarrow, calendula, oak bark and horsetail is recommended.
Horse chestnut is used both externally and internally.The leaves and flowers of the plant are used.For compresses, brew with water like tea.An 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 a rare Maclura tree that grows in the southern regions.It should not be used internally as the juice is toxic.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 an ointment at home
Ointment-based herbal remedies stay over the affected area longer and penetrate deeper.For ointments, vegetable oils, decoction of flax seeds, lard and chicken fat are used.A concentrated herbal decoction is added to the melted and heated base.Simmer over low heat for five minutes while stirring.
Herbal mixtures are used with ointments;They do not need to be prepared every day: eucalyptus leaves, dandelion roots, celandine grass, lemon balm, lilac flowers, clover, chamomile, marigold, pine needles.Everything is brewed in equal quantities 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
Bee stings contain hirudin, which thins the blood and prevents blood clots from forming.Treatment with bees requires a mandatory sting in the external venous nodes.At first the patient feels pain and burning, these phenomena soon disappear on their own and with them the protruding venous nodes are removed.
Possible consequences
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 diseases of the stomach and pancreas.Herbs affect the acidity of gastric juice.Therefore, their use can lead to an exacerbation of chronic diseases of the digestive system.
It is necessary to monitor allergic manifestations (skin itching, rashes, swelling).If such symptoms occur, discontinue further use.
To use traditional methods, you need trust in the means and patience.Very few people heed the recommendation to walk through the grass dew at dawn in thin cotton socks and only take them off when their feet are dry.This enchanting recipe brings out the best of nature.