Treatment of varicose veins at home

Of course, varicose veins are a disease in which you should immediately consult a doctor. However, it is not forbidden to carry out some measures to treat this unpleasant disease at home. Home remedies for varicose veins can be an excellent and helpful adjunct to medical treatment. It is possible that folk remedies used in combination with drugs can help significantly reduce recovery time.

What are varicose veins?

Varicose veins are a very unpleasant disease that affects not only the internal state of the human body, but also manifests itself in significant external changes. Probably everyone has seen a person suffering from this disease. The main outward sign of varicose veins is the ugly, bulging, swollen veins. Women suffering from this disease (and more often women get sick) are forced to hide these flaws under their clothes. But, of course, all dangers are not from without, but from within.

Varicose veins lead to an unpleasant feeling of heaviness in the legs, and with further inactivity - to severe excruciating pain. Therefore, at the first symptoms of the disease, it should be treated. Of course, like any disease, varicose veins are easier to prevent than to treat.

The risk group includes people who have a sedentary job or a job that requires a lot of standing. In addition, the hereditary factor is very important here. It is almost guaranteed that you have varicose veins if your mother or grandmother suffered from this condition.

To prevent varicose veins, you should try to move more, run and jump. It is also very good to lie with your legs elevated for at least a few minutes a day. Use a foot gel that relieves swelling and heaviness.

Ways to treat varicose veins at home

We must remember that varicose veins are a serious disease that requires a visit to a doctor. It is the doctor who will be able to correctly determine how advanced your disease is and offer the right treatment for it. However, many doctors advise to use alternative methods to relieve the symptoms of the disease in combination with the treatment. Such activities include gymnastics, the use of various herbal potions, and the wearing of compression underwear.

As soon as the disease is felt, try to climb more stairs, periodically stand on your toes and swim. These exercises will help you fight the first symptoms of varicose veins. Even the clothes you wear matter. You should wear shoes with a heel not higher than five centimeters, and also avoid too tight socks, tights and jeans, because such clothes and shoes interfere with the normal course of the blood circulation process.

Simple exercises to treat varicose veins

• Exercise 1.Sit on the floor, keep your legs extended, hands on the floor. Then bend one leg at the knee. Raise the other leg up and down slowly, about ten to fifteen times. Then switch legs and repeat the exercise.
• Exercise 2.To do this, you will need a chair. Grab his back, place your feet shoulder-width apart. Then sit up, lifting your heels off the floor. Don't squat too deep. Stay in this position for a while and then return to the starting position. This exercise should also be repeated ten to fifteen times.
• Exercise 3Place your feet shoulder-width apart. Then stretch your arms forward, sit ten to fifteen times not below the level of the knees. Gradually increase the number of repetitions.

• Exercise 4The so-called birch exercise is considered one of the most effective in the fight against varicose veins. It's very simple to do. You just need to lie on your back, then raise your legs while raising your back so that you are standing on your shoulder blades.
• Exercise 5Rise onto your toes, then tap your heels into the floor. You should repeat it ten to twenty times.

Treatment of varicose veins with folk remedies

In addition to physical exercises, folk natural remedies can help with varicose veins. Among them are various decoctions, compresses and infusions.

• Rubbing ice cubes on your legs will help reduce swelling and discomfort at the first signs of varicose veins. A cold foot bath combined with self-massage also has a positive effect. After taking such baths, it is recommended to lie down for a while with your legs elevated.

• Grind a tablespoon of hop cones, pour a glass of boiling water over them and leave in a water bath. It takes about fifteen minutes to steam the cones this way. After the hops are infused, take this decoction one glass at a time before meals.
• To prepare this infusion, you will need arnica and hazel bark. Both ingredients should be mixed in equal proportions. Two tablespoons of the mixture should be poured with boiling water in an amount of 600 ml and poured into a thermos for about twelve hours. The resulting infusion should be consumed three times a day, three quarters of a glass.
• Prepare a mixture of 250 g of garlic and 350 g of liquid honey. The resulting mixture is infused for 2 weeks. After the infusion is finished, the mixture should be consumed one tablespoon half an hour before meals.

• Take some cabbage leaves, smear them with honey and apply on the sore area wrapped in nylon. Leave the leaves for two hours. This procedure should be performed periodically to achieve the best result.
• Clay compresses are also recommended. To make such a compress, it is necessary to smear the leg with clay, then wrap it with gauze. Make several such layers and leave for two hours.

Of course, folk remedies and exercises are good. However, do not forget about the seriousness of such a disease as varicose veins. At the slightest sign of illness, consult a doctor immediately.