How to defeat varicose veins on the legs: treatment with folk remedies

Varicose veins in the legs and alternative medicine. Is there any effectiveness of such therapy, what methods and recipes are used for such relief of the symptoms of the disease.

Modern medicine has "stepped" a lot forward and has built great hopes for quick and effective relief from many diseases. However, even with such an impressive breakthrough, there are always people who prefer alternative therapies.

In the case of varicose veins, such a moment is primarily associated with reluctance to "go under the knife". It is understandable, a long recovery period, possible complications and the risk of relapse of the disease - all this is mixed in the patient's head, which, as a result, leads to a delay in visiting a doctor and self-treatment.

It should be noted right away that this approach is initially doomed to failure, since the lack of medical assistance only worsens the clinical severity. To date, there are painless safe procedures for surgical treatment, as well as methods of conservative therapy.

Alternative medicine is also very effective, but only in combination with the correct treatment. What is the danger of varicose veins on the legs, the treatment of which with an unreasonable approach can lead to complications.

We treat varicose veins with natural ingredients: effective medicinal plants

Alternative methods for the treatment of varicose veins are particularly effective in the early stages of the disease or in the post-operative recovery period. Also, such therapy is applicable in more advanced situations to provide symptomatic relief.

With proper preparation and use of folk recipes, the following positive effects are achieved:

• good anti-inflammatory effect;
• leg swelling and pain in the affected area decrease;
• blood circulation is normalized, venous blood stagnation is eliminated;
• the blood vessel wall becomes more elastic and elastic;
• heaviness in the legs disappears;
• spider veins, as well as varicose veins protruding on the skin, become smaller;
• vascular permeability decreases;
• immunity is strengthened;
• the course of the disease is greatly facilitated and thus the risk of complications is prevented.

Plant extracts are useful in many diseases. Extracts are widely used in pharmaceuticals, as they contain a number of valuable elements.

Some homeopathic ointments, gels, tinctures, etc. , Prepared in the factory, in no way surpass the healing properties of ordinary home remedies, so why pay more if you can prepare the medicine yourself.

So, to facilitate the selection of plants in this case, let's conditionally divide them into 4 groups:

1. Antiplatelets or other blood thinners:
   • fern;
   • raspberry and strawberry leaves;
   • wormwood;
   • chamomile;
   • butrak;
   • gentian;
   • spirea;
   • chamomile;
   • black delusion;
   • peony root.
2. Pain relief:
   • geranium;
   • clover;
   • birch buds;
   • sweet clover;
   • licorice;
   • yellow flowers;
   • corydalis;
   • willow bark;
   • ginger;
   • elder meadowsweet.
3. Improving blood circulation:
   • aloe;
   • acacia;
   • licorice;
   • lilac leaves;
   • sage;
   • linden blossom;
   • thigh.
4. Strengthening of blood vessels:
   • Birch buds;
   • valerian;
   • chestnut;
   • hawthorn;
   • swamp gentian;
   • cottage cheese;
   • fennel.

The most popular drugs for varicose veins of the legs:

• horse chestnut;
• woodpeckers;
• cabbage;
• wormwood;
• kalanchoe;
• white willow bark;
• yellow flowers.

Attention:many patients do not rush to see a specialist, but this is wrong. At the appointment, the doctor will be able to assess the severity of the condition, prescribe a diagnosis and treatment. He will also advise on the possibility of using folk methods in a specific situation, since the integrated approach to treatment is to be ahead of the enemy by at least two steps.

Horse chestnut in the fight against diseases

Horse chestnut has an anti-inflammatory effect, increases the strength of capillaries and reduces their permeability. Eliminates edema by removing excess water from the body. It helps to relieve the pressure on the veins and thus removes the fatigue and soreness of the legs.

Instructions for making horse chestnut tincture are as follows:

1. You need to take 50 g of inflorescences from the plant and pour them with 1 liter of alcohol or vodka.
2. After two weeks of infusion and daily shaking, use 1 tsp 3 times a day before meals.
3. The course of treatment is a week, after which there is a break of 5 days, after which the chestnut therapy is repeated.
4. Store the finished product in a cool place.

Also, this medicine can be used for daily rubbing of painful areas.

Cabbage leaf - the enemy will not go unnoticed

What disease is not afraid of a cabbage leaf?

Yes, almost none, because it is a universal tool in the fight against many pathologies. Such popularity of the product is due to its numerous medicinal properties, which are due to vitamins and trace elements contained in the cabbage leaves.

This efficiency is expressed in the following properties:

• bactericidal;
• wound healing;
• regenerating;
• restorative;
• antisclerotic;
• tonic;
• anti-inflammatory;
• pain reliever;
• diuretic.

Such a medicine for varicose veins of the legs is usually used in the form of a compress. To do this, you need to slightly roll or beat the cabbage leaf, smear one side with vegetable oil and attach it to the inflamed vein.

Then fix the sheet with a bandage and walk with such a compress all day. The course of treatment is 1 month.

Apple Cider Vinegar: Effective Medicine or Myth?

A popular folk remedy for VRV is apple cider vinegar. The effectiveness of this tool is due to the following useful properties:

• skin tone increases;
• blood circulation improves;
• blood vessels strengthen, the walls become elastic;
• reduces swelling and pain in the legs.

This is due to the composition of the product, which contains more than 20 useful trace elements, vitamins and minerals.

The use of apple cider vinegar is carried out according to the following recipes:

1. Dilute 1 teaspoon of essences with 1 tablespoon of clean water and drink this medicine in the morning on an empty stomach 30 minutes before meals.
2. Mix 1 cup of apple cider vinegar with 1 liter of water and then simply rinse your feet with the solution. After that, you should let the skin dry naturally.
3. Soak a cotton pad with the essence and rub the product into the problem areas.
4. Make healing wraps. It is necessary to moisten a piece of gauze or cloth in a vinegar solution, attach it to the inflamed veins, wrap it with polyethylene and wrap it with a blanket on top. Do in the morning and in the evening, the duration of the procedure is from 20 to 40 minutes.

The price of such a tool is cheap, but it will be better if you prepare a natural product at home.

Recipes for natural ointments

Preparing homemade foot ointment is as easy as peeling pears, the main thing is to follow all the recommendations. They differ from their "relatives" of the industrial preparation with their 100% naturalness, budget, effectiveness and ease of use.

To make such a medicine at home, you just need to stock up on the necessary ingredients and a little patience.

Preparation of homemade ointment:

Recipe name	Will take	Cooking method
Herbal ointment	chopped fresh orangutan root - 10 tablespoons; acacia (flowers) - 2 tablespoons. l; dry leaves of black oman - 2 tablespoons; chestnut flowers - 2 tablespoons; melted nutria fat - 4 tbsp.	All herbs are mixed and poured with fat. Then the vessel is placed on a slow fire for 3 hours. The ointment is then strained and poured into a jar with a lid. The application is carried out in the form of applying the drug to a piece of gauze and applying it to the affected areas. The procedures are carried out 5 times, after which there is a break for two weeks.
Based on olive oil	olive oil - 150 ml; beeswax - 100 g; propolis - 20 g; resin from any tree - 100 g; honey - 3 tbsp.	Mix resin, wax and oil in a metal container and bring the mixture to a boil in a water bath. Duration of cooking - 1 hour. Then put honey in a container and leave on the fire for 10 minutes, then add propolis and also boil for another 10 minutes. This is the last stage, at the end of which the ointment is placed in a glass container and cooled.
Garlic ointment	butter; garlic cloves - 35 pcs.	Garlic is crushed and mixed with butter in a ratio of 2: 1.
Based on lard	rendered lard; liquid laundry soap; aloe juice; honey; onion juice; ointment based on ichthamol; balsamic liniment. All ingredients should be taken 1 tablespoon each. l.	Mix all the ingredients and put on low heat, slowly bringing to a boil. As soon as the first bubbles appear, which indicates heating of about 100 ° C, you need to remove the container with the medicine from the stove, put it in a container for future storage and cool it.

Compresses and friction

The treatment of varicose veins on the legs with folk remedies can also be done with the help of compresses or rubbing. The effectiveness of this method is associated with a local effect on the skin, through which nutrients penetrate directly into the pathological focus.

The following recipes are applicable in home practice:

1. Compress with tomatoes. The preparation of this method is quite simple. You need to take a tomato, cut it finely, spread it on a bandage and then attach it to the painful places. For stable fixation, you can additionally tie a piece of gauze or another elastic bandage. The duration of the procedure is 2 hours, the daily repetitions are 3 times, the possibility of applying the method is every day.
2. Take a clean burdock or horseradish leaf and place it over a hot teapot until the optimum temperature is reached (tolerably hot). The inner side is applied to the affected vein, and a piece of sterile dressing is first placed over the skin. All this is reliably fixed. Procedures are best done at night and every other day. The course of treatment is 5 times.
3. Smear the fabric with honey in an even layer, apply a compress to the sore legs, wrap it with plastic wrap on top, and then with a scarf. The duration of the first procedure is 2 hours, the second and third are a minimum of 4 hours, and the fourth is done all night.
4. Compress of willow branches. First you need to take the twigs, rinse them well and crush them into small pieces. Then, with the help of a bandage or gauze, fix it on the damaged areas and keep the compress for several hours.
5. Buy regular cosmetic clay and dilute it with lukewarm water until it has a liquid consistency (it should resemble sour cream). Smear all affected areas of the feet, wrap with a wide bandage or clean gauze, then apply another layer of clay, then a layer of gauze, etc. , in this sequence, until you get "clay boots" 1. 5 cm thick. Wrap the entire tarpaulin cloth to absorb moisture, and on top with a woolen scarf. At the last stage, you need to lie for 3 hours in such a position that the legs are in a raised position. After this time, the compress is removed and the legs are washedAfter the second such procedure, you can notice a visible effect in the form of resorption of the nodes and removal of pain.

Rubbing is also very useful for diseases:

1. Kalanchoe tincture will help perfectly with a feeling of heaviness and burning in the legs. To do this, take a pure plant and vodka (alcohol can be used) in a ratio of 1: 1. After letting the medicine stand for 10-14 days, rub her legs until the venous pattern disappears completely.
2. Walnut tincture. It is prepared from green walnuts (pre-crushed) in combination with olive oil. The home remedy is aged in the sun for 40 days, after which problem areas are smeared with it.
3. Pour the lilac leaves with 1 bottle of vodka and insist the solution for 2 weeks. Then use for rubbing for a month and a half.

Also, for rubbing, you can use the fruits of a rare maclura tree that grows in the southern regions. Internal use is strictly prohibited, as the juice is poisonous, but for external use in the form of an alcohol tincture, crushed fruits will be very useful.

Types of folk remedies for internal use

This type of treatment most often involves the preparation of medicinal tinctures and decoctions.

At home, you can experiment with the following alternative medicine recipes:

1. For cooking, you will need crushed dry flowers or fruits of chestnut, yarrow, chamomile flowers, raspberry root in equal proportions. From the finished collection, you need to take 2 tablespoons. l. and pour them with 600 ml of boiling water, put on a slow fire and let it boil, then immediately remove from the heat. After insisting the solution all night, consume ¾ cup daily in the morning and evening.
2. Tincture of garlic. Grind 4 heads of garlic and 4 unpeeled lemons with a meat grinder or blender. The resulting mass should be transferred to a 3-liter glass jar and pour the mixture with warm boiled water. Insist the medicine for three days at room temperature, occasionally stirring the contents of the jar. After this time, strain the solution into another container and store it on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. You should take 100 ml 3 times a day during or after meals. The full course of treatment includes the preparation of four such jars of medicinal tincture.
3. Prepare a collection of crushed dry leaves of nettle, rhubarb root, yarrow, St. John's wort flowers. Steam 1 tablespoon of the mixture in 1 liter of boiling water and insist until the solution cools completely. Then strain the broth and take half a cup 3-4 times a day after meals. The course of treatment is 2-3 weeks, after which the body rests for 14 days, after which the treatment is repeated again.

Attention:many folk remedies can be contraindicated due to the individual characteristics of the body, so if there are allergic reactions to any component that is part of the recipe, the use of this method should be abandoned.

Baths as a way to relieve symptoms

After a long tiring day, it's time to relax and healing baths will be very helpful. To alleviate the symptoms of the disease, you can use such folk recipes for varicose veins of the legs:

1. Take 500 g of chestnut, oak and willow twigs, put in an enamel container and pour cold water over them. Bring to the boil and wait another half hour, then add 200g of fennel, St. John's wort, common and chamomile. This solution should be infused overnight. Before the bath, steam rye bread and pour the broth into the bath along with the previously prepared healing solution. The procedures are done every day before going to bed for 30-40 minutes. The water temperature should be 38-43 °C.
2. A bath decoction is prepared from 2 handfuls of willow bark poured with 5 liters of boiling water. The solution is then stewed over low heat for another half hour and then poured into the bath. Hygiene measures should be carried out in the same way.

It is best to combine folk recipes for varicose veins with daily walks, proper nutrition, therapeutic gymnastics and wearing appropriate clothing. In this case, the effectiveness of not only non-traditional, but also drug therapy will increase.

natural drinks

Freshly squeezed juices are useful not only for the treatment of varicose veins, but also for many other diseases and disorders. They perfectly enrich the body with nutrients that strengthen blood vessels, reduce the risk of blood clots and increase the body's defenses.

For this purpose, you can prepare such popular juice mixes:

juice products	Percentage parts	Useful properties
Carrots and spinach	10: 6	Carrots contain bioflavonoids that help reduce the fragility of vessels and strengthen blood vessel walls. Spinach is rich in oxalic acid, which purifies the blood and prevents the formation of harmful deposits on the walls. Daily use of this juice saturates the body with vitamins, removes excess water, toxins and toxins, stimulates lipolysis processes and has a complex beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system.
Carrots, celery stalks, spinach leaves, parsley leaves	7: 4: 3: 2	Parsley strengthens the vascular wall and protects blood vessels from damage and thinning. Celery helps to remove excess water and other harmful substances. Preparing such a mixture will help clean the vessels of calcium salts, strengthen them and reduce the risk of atherosclerosis.
Carrots, spinach, beets	10: 3: 3	Drinking juice has such a positive effect: the pressure stabilizes; excess fluid is removed and puffiness is reduced; hematopoietic processes are stimulated; hemoglobin level increases; the reserves of useful vitamins and minerals are replenished; preventing the development of anemia.
Spinach leaves, vegetables and turnip roots, watercress	4: 2: 2	When taking a healthy drink, the balance of electrolytes is balanced and the metabolism in the tissues is enhanced. The risk of developing hypertension and other vascular complications decreases. This combination is an excellent option for thinning the blood and dissolving already formed blood clots.

Attention:prepare and take juice daily in the amount of 500 ml. Storage is allowed for no more than half an hour, since most of the useful components can disappear in contact with air.

Knowing how to treat varicose veins of the legs with folk remedies, you can significantly alleviate your condition and prevent the worsening of symptoms and severity of the disease. However, watch out for side effects and if warning signs appear in the form of itching, burning, abdominal pain, etc. , contact your doctor immediately.