Treatment with pharmacy drugs for any disease, including varicose veins, can be effective, but at the same time it is accompanied by many side effects. Another thing is the treatment of varicose veins on the legs folk remedies.
In this case, 100% safety is not guaranteed, but there will be fewer side effects. An added bonus are low plant prices, and some you can collect yourself. With traditional medicine, folk medicine does not lose its importance, but you must use any of the prescriptions after consulting a doctor.
Ointments and compresses, baths and applications, infusions and decoctions for internal use are used to eliminate problems with blood vessels. The main task of therapy is to establish blood circulation in the extremities.
The best effect is achieved in the initial stages of pathology development, when the manifestations are reduced to heaviness in the legs in the evening and the appearance of vascular networks. If the situation is ignored, the only option would be surgery. Therefore, it is important to monitor your health, pass the examination and not start the disease.
Blood stasis begins in the lower extremities, they withstand the entire load, the vessels suffer from physical exertion, static positions, external and internal factors. In order for the treatment of varicose veins to be effective with folk remedies, it is recommended to follow the doctor's advice:
- adjust your daily routine so that there is time to rest between occasions, warming up and a good night’s sleep;
- get rid of the habit of sitting cross-legged;
- walk more often, move more during the day;
- use means for external and internal use correctly;
- wear compression stockings of your doctor's choice;
- for everyday wear, choose things made of natural fibers;
- revise the diet, enrich it with fiber, vitamins and substances useful for veins and general health.
Tinctures for varicose veins
Various folk remedies for varicose veins on the legs can be quickly prepared at home. Kalanchoe tincture will relieve burning in the legs and a feeling of heaviness in the legs. You need to take the leaves of the plant, grind and insist in vodka in a ratio of 1: 1.
After a week, you can use the infusion to lubricate the area with vascular mesh. The course lasts a month.
Another effective remedy is made from chestnuts. You will need 50 g of flowers and 1 liter of vodka. Insist the plant for 2 weeks, shaking the pot every day. Take a tincture of 2 tbsp. l. three times daily before meals. When the sound is over, you must stop for a week and then continue the treatment. Improvements will be visible after three courses.
Treatment of veins with garlic and lemon
As a person grows older, cholesterol plaques accumulate on the internal vessels, causing the blood circulation to be impaired. Plaque is formed from cholesterol from "unhealthy" foods. To prevent complications associated with narrowing and clogging of blood vessels, you must use prophylactic folk remedies to treat varicose veins of the legs. Garlic is the best remedy for dissolving atherosclerotic plaques. In addition, it fights viruses and germs.
The vessels can be cleaned by preparing said infusion. The first step is to chop 4 lemons with peel and 4 heads of garlic. Transfer the crushed mass to a glass jar and pour with 3 liters of warm water. The drug is infused for 3 days at room temperature, several times a day you need to mix the contents of the container. After 3 days, the drug is filtered and stored in the refrigerator.
Take 100 ml 3 times daily after meals. For the whole course you will need 4 cans of infusion, each of which is prepared for 10 days. If side effects occur in the background of treatment, the dose is reduced to 1-2 tbsp. l. 2 times a day.
Such a remedy for varicose veins normalizes blood pressure, relieves headaches, cleanses blood vessels from the accumulation of cholesterol and provides energy. It is advisable to take such a course 1-2 times a year, if the doctor finds no contraindications.
Effective compresses for varicose veins
The treatment is carried out with tinctures and decoctions, as well as compresses. They don’t do anything worse, but sometimes better. Below are compresses for varicose veins, reviews confirm that they work:
- tomato wrap. The tomato is finely chopped, smeared on gauze or bandage, and then applied to the affected areas on the feet. To prevent the lining from slipping, you can wrap it in cling film or a bandage. The procedure takes 2 hours, after which a fresh compress is applied, followed by another. Repeat the procedure daily;
- fern leaf wrap. If there is a chance to find the plant, then you need to collect the leaves, grind it in a meat grinder or blender to squeeze the juice from the resulting mass. Sour milk is added to the juice, the gauze is moistened in the liquid and put in the form of a compress on the feet until morning;
- willow cat wrap. Crush the branches, put gauze and apply to painful areas of the foot for 2 hours;
- you can improve blood circulation in your feet in a simple way - keep your feet in warm water and then put on warm socks dipped in vodka. Put plastic bags on them. Make such a compress before bed. It helps well against varicose veins in the legs, varicose veins in the legs pass quickly in the initial phase;
- cabbage leaf wrap. First smear the leaves of fresh cabbage with laundry soap, then apply to the feet, sprinkling with a special soda. Fix the cabbage leaf with a bandage, leave until morning.
Infusions and decoctions of medicinal herbs
All recipes for varicose veins are designed to clean blood vessels and blood, to improve blood circulation. The following infusion is considered effective: plantain, chestnut flowers, chamomile, yarrow, raspberry root are mixed in equal parts. 2 tablespoons are taken from the resulting collection. l. and put in a liter pot, pour with 600 ml of boiling water. Bring the mixture to a boil, turn off the stove and leave the infusion under the lid overnight. They consume 150 ml of the medicine in the morning and in the evening.
The infusion of yarrow, nettle, St. John's wort and marshmallow root removes varicose veins well. 1 tbsp. l. vegetable raw materials are poured into a thermos 1 liter of boiling water and left overnight. Take an infusion of 100 ml 3 times a day. The course lasts 3 weeks, then a break of 5-7 days and another course. The duration of treatment is about six months.
An easily prepared medicine is marigold decoction. You need to put 2 tablespoons in a thermos. l. chopped marigold, pour 500 ml of boiling water and leave overnight. Take 100 ml 2 times a day. According to the same principle, a decoction of nettle is prepared, but for 2 tablespoons. l. raw material take 1 cup boiling water. Drink 50 ml three times a day. On the basis of marigold in the pharmacy you can buy ointment for varicose veins and follow the instructions.
Datura seeds for varicose veins
Treatment with folk remedies for pathologies of the veins, ischemia and thrombophlebitis, stroke, as well as neuralgia and whooping cough, epilepsy and numbness of the extremities is carried out with a tincture of the seeds of the drug. It must be remembered that the plant is poisonous - the seeds contain alkaloids (atropine, hyoscyamine, scopolamine). Therefore, contraindications should be considered before use.
For the tincture, 80 g of seeds are crushed in a mortar or coffee grinder, placed in a bowl and filled with 500 ml of vodka. The mixture is infused for 2 weeks, shaking the vessel from time to time. Therapy begins with 15 drops of tincture, diluted in 100 ml of water. Take the medicine once a day before meals. In the future, the dose is increased by 2 drops and this is continued until the amount reaches 25 drops. You need to take 25 drops for another month, and that’s where the course ends. If there is intolerance to procaine, give an alternative treatment does not start with 15, but with 1 drop.
Datura seed tincture is also suitable for dressings. The dosage is the same as above, only the tincture is not taken orally, but is used to moisten cotton wool to be applied to the veins. They wrap their legs in cling film and leave the compress on for an hour. Since the area of the dressing will be different in each case, you must beware of overdoses.
An overdose can be determined by the feeling of intoxication. In that case you need to drink more water and milk, then you need to reduce the dose by a few drops and not increase it.
Juice therapy
Vegetable juices are great in treating varicose veins. The main condition is the regularity of the application. The juice is quickly absorbed, saturated with healthy substances, vitamins and trace elements, as well as antioxidants. Intake of juices strengthens blood vessels, prevents the formation of blood clots, improves the process of hematopoiesis.
The following juices are used for home treatment after consulting a doctor:
- Carrot, celery and spinach leaves. The ingredients are combined in a ratio of 10: 6. Carrot juice contains bioflavonoids, trace elements. The most effective of the flavonoids is rutin, it is included in drugs that prevent the fragility of capillaries. Constant use of fresh carrot juice strengthens vascular walls, prevents the development of varicose veins or the progression of existing disease. Spinach contains a lot of oxalic acid which cleans blood vessels from deposits, prevents the accumulation of lime deposits and normalizes the ability of blood vessels to constrict. Daily use of spinach juice prevents hypertension, fills the body with vitamins A and C and cleanses blood vessels. Celery cleanses blood vessels, helps restore fat metabolism, removes toxins and has a diuretic effect. The combination of celery, carrot and spinach juices has an excellent effect on all organs and systems, prevents the development of varicose veins and eliminates the manifestations of the disease in the initial phase.
- Spinach, turnips and carrots. The ingredients are mixed in a ratio of 1: 1: 2. With the help of juice therapy, you can quickly cure varicose veins in the legs at an early stage. Daily use of vegetable juice will replenish the supply of trace elements, normalize blood pressure, release fluid, and with it edema. Beets can stimulate hematopoiesis, thanks to which the amount of hemoglobin in the blood increases, which prevents the development of anemia.
- Celery, spinach, carrots and primroses. The components are mixed in a ratio of 4: 3: 7: 2. The properties of carrots and celery are described above, and parsley strengthens the walls of blood vessels of the lower extremities, makes capillaries less fragile, so you can avoid the appearance of new vascular networks on the surface of the legs. Juice therapy resists damage and thinning of blood vessels, removes excess fluid from the body, cleanses the blood of toxins. The vascular walls are cleansed of calcium deposits, which serves as a prevention of atherosclerosis.
- Spinach and turnips, fresh watercress. The juices of these ingredients are mixed in a ratio of 4: 2: 2. Beets are taken together with the leaves, because cabbage contains many useful minerals - magnesium, calcium and potassium. Beet juice normalizes the level of electrolytes in the blood, improves metabolism and serves as a prevention of hypertension and vascular diseases. Watercress leaves contain a storehouse of useful substances: sulfur, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, chlorine, magnesium, iron and sodium. The combination of the juices of these ingredients helps to dilute the blood, cleanse it of toxins, dissolve blood clots and prevent their formation. Such regular treatment at home with folk remedies improves metabolism in the tissues, the organs are saturated with oxygen and cleansed of toxins.
Juice therapy means a daily intake of 500-600 ml of juice mixture, which is preferably prepared immediately before use. The shelf life of fresh juice is only half an hour, and further useful substances are destroyed in contact with air. A lot of effort and time is needed for the effectiveness of the therapy.
Medicinal lotions for varicose veins
Many patients want to speed up the treatment of varicose veins with folk remedies at home, by smearing a miraculous ointment or by drinking a magic tincture. But you can’t get rid of varicose veins in a day or even a month - every doctor will tell you about it. Recipes should be discussed with an expert and exchanged. Below are a few tools that are easy to prepare but give an effect in removing vascular networks on the legs:
- Apple cider vinegar is considered by many to be the main remedy for varicose veins. For treatment you need to dilute 2 tablespoons of a glass of water. l. apple cider vinegar, then moisten the bandage in this liquid and wrap it around the affected limbs. On top, the lotions are wrapped in cling film and left for an hour;
- potato peel is a simple and affordable remedy for varicose veins. You need to boil the cleaning, then cool it and put a bandage or lining cloth. Such a lotion is applied for several hours to the diseased area of the foot;
- in the initial stage of the disease you can use the pharmacy chamomile. The recipe is simple - 2 tsp. dried flowers are boiled for half an hour with a glass of boiling water. The infusion is filtered, bandages are moistened in it and applied to the diseased veins. Wormwood can be cooked in the same way.
In short, it can be noticed that there are many recipes for varicose veins on the legs, and a competent expert will help you choose the most effective one.