Varicose veins are successfully treated in the early stages and at home. Help in combined treatment will be provided by folk remedies, massage, gymnastics. We will look at the most effective home methods for removing varicose veins.
Varicose veins most often affect the lower extremities. With excessive load on the legs, the walls of the vessels are strained and damaged, which can lead to blockage of the veins and ulcers.
Folk remedies for the treatment of varicose veins
Folk remedies for the treatment of venous insufficiency have been used by our ancestors for hundreds of years. Many medicinal herbs contain substances that are part of modern expensive drugs.
You can use folk remedies only after consulting a doctor.
In the early stages of the disease, varicose veins are easier and easier to treat.
The most effective folk remedies for the treatment of varicose veins:
1. Horse chestnut
The active substances from the chestnut strengthen the walls of blood vessels, prevent the formation of blood clots in them and promote the resorption of already formed ones. It is also used for phlebitis and hemorrhoids.
Chestnut tincture
Take 25 g of flowers or fruits of chestnut, pour 250 ml of vodka (proportion 1: 10). Place the bottle or jar with the product in a dark place, remembering to shake it every day. Insist 14 days. Take the resulting tincture 40 drops 3 times a day for at least 2 weeks. In addition, with improvement, you can continue the treatment, but reduce the daily dose by 2 times.
It can be usedtincture of chestnut and externallyrubbing sore feet. This will help reduce the weight in the legs, improve blood circulation. Many varicose vein ointments and creams contain chestnut extract.
2. Apple cider vinegar
Apple cider vinegar contains important trace elements, vitamins, organic acids. Varicose veins on the legs are smeared with them. Vinegar cools, tones the skin and capillaries. The best thingrub it into varicose veinsa piece of cotton morning and night.
I can dogauze with vinegar:cover your feet with wet napkins, wrap plastic bags on top and hold for an hour.
Compress with vinegar- an alternative to wrapping. Dip a washcloth in apple cider vinegar, place on your feet and leave for 20 minutes. The legs should be slightly raised, you should lie on your back.
I canrinse feet with bite solution(for 1 cup - 3 liters of water) after a shower without wiping to dry on their own. Repeat the procedure several times during the day.
3. Recipe for varicose veins (from Vanga)
- Recipe number 1.To prevent varicose veins, every morning at dawn you should walk in the dew in natural socks. When the socks are completely wet, there is no need to take them off. The dew should dry on its own.
- Recipe number 2.Drizzle unripe walnuts with butter, preferably olive oil. Insist the mass in the sun for 40 days. Rub the feet with the resulting product. It is important to use everything to the fullest.
4. Leeches
Leeches for varicose veins have been used quite widely and for a long time. Leeches produce a special substance - hirudin. It prevents blood clotting, thins the blood and prevents the formation of blood clots.
Hirudotherapy will help get rid of varicose veins and even completely remove spider veins. Many varicose vein ointments contain hirudin. It is not worth using leeches alone. It is better to contact a phlebologist and take a course of hirudotherapy (5-6 sessions), which is repeated after 3-4 months.
For one session, 4-5 leeches are placed in the most problematic place and along the vein. There is no need to fear the procedure. It is completely painless, and the effect will exceed all expectations.
5. Nutmeg
Nutmeg tincture is one of the strongest remedies for varicose veins and thrombophlebitis.
200 g of nuts are grated, poured with 1 liter of vodka, insisted for 2 weeks. Take a tincture of 25 drops 3 times a day. But you should be careful: nutmeg contains toxic substances and strong hallucinogens. The dose should not be exceeded.
6. Treatment of varicose veins with peroxide
With varicose veins and thrombophlebitisa peroxide swab is appliedfor 20-25 minutes on the affected areas and ulcers. It is very important to observe this time, since the usual peroxide rinse does not give such a good result.
In addition, specially designedperoxide solution is administered intravenously. It has been proven that washing the veins with a peroxide solution cleans the walls of blood vessels from blood clots, helps to get rid of varicose veins. But this procedure is performed only by a specialist!
7. Treatment of varicose veins with honey
Honey is not only a tasty treat, but also a powerful anti-inflammatory, multivitamin. Honey is used externally to treat trophic ulcers, resorption of venous nodes.
- Compress with honey. Apply a thin layer of honey to a cloth or canvas, wrap your legs and cover additionally with polythene and another cloth for insulation. The first procedure lasts 2 hours, the next - 4 hours or more.
- Infusion of honey with garlic. Take 250 g of crushed garlic and 350 g of honey. Mix and insist for a week. Then take a tablespoon at least 3 times a day before meals.
Massage for varicose veins
Massage for varicose veins has a beneficial effect on the skin of the legs, smoothes it, improves blood circulation and trophic tissue, relieves the network of lymphatic capillaries and venous vessels. Contraindications for massage are heart diseases, serious problems with blood vessels, complications of varicose veins and trophic ulcers. The massage is performed under the supervision of a doctor.
Massage techniques for varicose veins are in a special sequence. The patient lies on his back, his legs are slightly raised. First massage the thighs and buttocks, then the legs and then the feet. Feet are stroked and rubbed.
Compression underwear for varicose veins
For the prevention and treatment of varicose veins, special underwear is produced - socks and stockings. Socks are good because they don't put pressure on the popliteal area. But for summer golfs are better because they are not hot. It is necessary to orient yourself not only according to your taste, but also according to the situation and severity of the disease. In any case, high-quality compression underwear will be beneficial. In such socks and golfs it is comfortable, the legs get less tired in them, there is a massage effect.
Exercises for varicose veins
To prevent the development of varicose veins, it is important to avoid high static loads. If you have a sedentary job, you should walk more. Swimming helps a lot. If you get very tired during work, your legs hurt and "buzz" at the end of the day, you should regularly relax them by lifting and supporting them.
Here are some effective exercises for varicose veins:
- Raise yourself on your toes so that your heels are 1 cm from the floor, then lower yourself sharply to the floor. Do this 20 times, with a rest of 20 seconds. Do a total of 3 reps.
- Sitting in a chair, raise your legs and make circular movements with your legs. Pull the socks alternately away from you and towards you.
- Sitting in a chair, without removing your finger from the field, raise your heels (15-20 times). Then, without tearing off the heels, lift and pull the socks towards you.
- Lying on your back, do the "bicycle" exercise. The legs must make at least 100 rolls.
- Lying on your back, do the same movements with your legs that are described in paragraph 3.
Apply our time-tested recipes, follow the doctor's prescriptions and you can quite successfully, if not get rid of varicose veins forever, at least significantly reduce the risk of its further development.