Varicose veins are successfully treated in the early stages and at home. Help with combined treatment will be provided by folk remedies, massage, gymnastics. We will look at the most effective home methods to get rid of varicose veins.
Varicose veins most often affect the lower limbs. With excessive loads on the legs, the walls of the vessels are stretched and damaged, which can lead to blockage of the veins and ulcers.
Folk remedies for 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 medicines.
You can use folk remedies only after consulting a doctor.
In the early stages of the disease, varicose veins can be treated more and more easily.
The most effective folk remedies for the treatment of varicose veins:
1. Horse chestnut
The active ingredients of 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.
Tincture of chestnuts
Take 25 g of chestnut flowers or fruits, pour 250 ml of vodka (proportion 1: 10). Put the bottle or jar with the product in a dark place, not forgetting to shake it every day. Insist 14 days. Take the resulting infusion of 40 drops 3 times a day for at least 2 weeks. Also, with improvement, you can continue treatment, but reduce the daily dose by 2 times.
It can be usedtincture of chestnuts and externallyrubbing of aching legs. This will help reduce heaviness in the legs, improve blood circulation. Many ointments and creams for varicose veins contain chestnut extract.
2. Apple cider vinegar
Apple cider vinegar contains important trace elements, vitamins, organic acids. They lubricate the dilated veins on the legs. Vinegar refreshes, tones the skin and capillaries. The best thingrub it into varicose veinspiece of cotton in the morning and in the evening.
Can dogauze compress with vinegar:cover your feet with wet napkins, wrap plastic bags on top and hold for an hour.
Vinegar compress- an alternative to packaging. Soak a towel in apple cider vinegar, place it on your feet, and let it sit for 20 minutes. The legs should be slightly raised, you need to lie on your back.
Canrinse your feet with a bite solution(for 1 glass - 3 liters of water) after a shower, without rubbing, so that they 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 sunrise you need to 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.Season the unripe walnuts with oil, preferably olive. Infuse the mass in the sun for 40 days. Rub your feet with the resulting product. It is important to use it all to the end.
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 blood clots.
Hirudotherapy will help get rid of varicose veins and even completely remove varicose veins. Many ointments for varicose veins contain hirudin. It's not worth using leeches yourself. It is best to consult a phlebologist and undergo a course of hirudotherapy (5-6 sessions), which is repeated after 3-4 months.
In one session, 4-5 leeches are attached to the most problematic place and along the vein. No need to be afraid of the procedure. It is completely painless and the effect will exceed all expectations.
5. Nutmeg
Nutmeg tincture is one of the strongest remedies for the treatment of varicose veins and thrombophlebitis.
Grate 200 g of nuts, pour 1 liter of vodka, insist 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 swab with peroxide is appliedfor 20-25 minutes on affected areas and ulcers. It is very important to maintain this time, because the usual peroxide rinse does not give such a good result.
Also, 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 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 delicious treat, but also a powerful anti-inflammatory and multivitamin remedy. Honey is used externally for healing trophic ulcers, resorption of venous nodes.
- Honey wrap. Apply a thin layer of honey to a towel or burlap, wrap your legs and cover with additional polyethylene and another towel for insulation. The first procedure lasts 2 hours, the next - 4 hours or more.
- Honey infusion with garlic. Take 250 g of crushed garlic and 350 g of honey. Mix and infuse for a week. After that, take one tablespoon at least 3 times a day before meals.
Varicose vein massage
Massage for varicose veins has a beneficial effect on the skin of the legs, smoothes it, improves blood circulation and tissue trophism, unloads the network of lymphatic capillaries and venous vessels. Contraindications to massage are heart disease, serious problems with blood vessels, complications of varicose veins and trophic ulcers. The massage is carried out under the supervision of a doctor.
Massage techniques for varicose veins are in a special sequence. The patient lies on his back, legs are slightly raised. First he massages the thighs and buttocks, then the legs and then the feet. Feet are stroked and rubbed.
Compression underwear for varicose veins
To prevent and treat varicose veins, special underwear is produced - socks and stockings. Stockings are good because they don't squeeze the popliteal area. But for summer golfs are better, because they are not hot. It is necessary to navigate not only according to your taste, but also according to the situation and the severity of the disease. In any case, high-quality compression underwear will only benefit. It is comfortable in such socks and golfs, the legs get tired in them less, there is a massage effect.
Exercises for varicose veins
To prevent the development of varicose veins, it is important to avoid heavy static loads. If you have a sedentary job, you should walk more. Swimming helps a lot. If at work you feel very tired, your legs ache and "buzz" at the end of the day, you need to regularly relax them, lifting and supporting them.
Here are some effective exercises for varicose veins:
- Stand up on your toes so that your heels are 1cm off the floor, then drop sharply to the floor. Then do this 20 times, pausing for 20 seconds. Do 3 reps total.
- Sitting in a chair, raise your legs and make circular movements with your feet. Pull the socks alternately away from you and towards you.
- Sitting on a chair, without taking your big toe off the court, raise your heels (15-20 times). After that, without tearing off your heels, lift and pull the socks towards you.
- Lying on your back, do the "bike" exercise. Feet must make at least 100 scrolls.
- Lying on your back, do the same leg movements as described in paragraph 3.
Apply our time-tested recipes, follow the doctor's prescriptions and you can successfully, if not permanently get rid of varicose veins, at least significantly reduce the risk of its further development.