Get rid of varicose veins at home

Non-traditional methods of treating varicose veins are also actively used in official medicine. Varicose veins are damage to the vessels that carry blood from the organs to the heart. It is necessary to treat the disease so that it does not lead to serious consequences. How to treat varicose veins at home with folk remedies, you will learn from the article.

Which doctor to contact?

Only a phlebologist can perform a complete examination, restore the appearance of the disease and diagnose the pathology. This doctor correctly selects the treatment for varicose veins of the lower extremities and small pelvis, congenital vascular anomalies, spider veins and thrombosis of internal veins. He prescribes conservative treatment of the disease or recommends surgery.

The first signs of varicose veins in the legs - the causes

The first alarming "bells" that herald varicose veins include: fatigue, swelling, a feeling of heaviness in the legs and the appearance of pulling pains in the late afternoon. In the initial stage, the symptoms are not very pronounced, so they rarely pay attention. All signs tend to appear by the end of the working day.

The main reasons are:

• heredity, congenital anomalies of veins and connective tissue;
• tumors and fistulas in the extremities, injuries;
• previously transferred thrombophlebitis;
• rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis;
• constipation or taking hormonal drugs;
• sedentary work, long standing;
• obesity, malnutrition;
• high heels, abuse of bad habits (alcohol and alcohol).

What will help fight varicose veins: folk remedies

There are several methods for treating varicose veins without surgery:

• sclerotherapy (injection of a certain substance into dilated veins);
• laser therapy (destroys varicose veins, closes the lumen of the vessel and leads to resorption of the vein);
• hirudotherapy (placing leeches on damaged areas);
• drug treatment (venotonic, blood thinners, ointments, gels and creams);
• folk remedies (application of blue clay, drinking grape juice, lotions from green tomatoes, baths with the addition of essential oils).

Collection of plants

Different plants are used to treat varicose veins with folk remedies. Pay attention to medicinal comfrey root and marshmallow, chamomile leaves, chestnut flowers. You can mix the listed herbs in a ratio of one to one, diluted in a glass of water. Then boil and make therapeutic compresses up to three times a day.

Green or red tomatoes

In the treatment of varicose veins at home, the most common green tomato is used. It is necessary to choose a vegetable from a bush, cut into slices and attach to the places where the nodes are particularly visible. Leave it until you feel a slight burning sensation. Rinse the areas where the compresses are applied. The procedure is carried out up to five times a day. The nodules begin to disappear after two weeks.

As for ripe red tomatoes, they can also be used, just in a slightly different way. Cut the tomatoes into slices, chop and spread on cheesecloth. Apply to the affected area for four hours. Then change the compress to a new one.

bloodsucker

The procedure for treating varicose veins with leeches is called hirudotherapy. The therapy does not belong to traditional medicine, but many doctors recognize its effectiveness. Advantages of treating varicose veins with leeches:

• there are practically no contraindications;
• prevents the formation of new blood clots;
• does an excellent job of purifying the blood;
• is not able to harm the patient's health.

It is important that the leeches are properly distributed throughout the body, it is contraindicated to apply them on the inner surface of the thighs. Basically, they are arranged in a checkerboard pattern. In which vein to climb, the leech chooses itself. After the first course of treatment, you should take a break of four months.

Baking soda

The use of ordinary soda will help relieve painful conditions with varicose veins. Take water at a temperature of 38 degrees and dissolve in it 200 grams of salt, add 70 grams of alum. Mix and make a foot bath for a quarter of an hour.

Apple cider vinegar

Effective in the treatment of varicose veins at home, ordinary table apple cider vinegar. It is necessary to wet the disc in it and rub the liquid on the problem areas. The procedure is carried out for a few minutes in the morning and in the evening. If the extension is wide, then rub it every day. Duration of the course up to 30 days.

Apple cider vinegar can be added to foot baths. Cold water is used, in which one liter of solution is poured. Baths last 20 minutes, they give an amazing tonic effect. At the end, do not wipe the skin, lie with your feet up.

Uses of apple cider vinegar

Using ordinary apple cider vinegar, you can wash or rinse. They will not help cure varicose veins, but they will greatly relieve the condition and keep the veins in good shape. For washing, 250 ml of vinegar is diluted in 0. 3 liters of water. The feet are washed from the feet to the knees, three times a day for several months.

You can make vinegar foot wraps. Gauze is soaked in vinegar and wrapped around the legs, wrapped in cling film. Keep it for an hour, perform the procedure every day.

Features of treatment depending on the place of occurrence

Varicose veins on the face

Varicose veins on the face are called rosacea. To avoid its appearance, as well as during and after treatment, you should follow some skin care rules:

• compliance with the diet;
• Physical culture;
• avoid prolonged exposure to the sun;
• use anti-aging creams.

Different methods and tools are used for treatment:

• special cosmetics;
• mesotherapy (injections to strengthen capillaries);
• ozonotherapy (introduction of oxygen-ozone mixture);
• phototherapy (exposure to strong pulsating light);
• electrocoagulation (cauterization with electrodes);
• laser therapy (the effect of a laser on a diseased area).
• darsonval (with a mild degree of the disease).

Reticular varicose veins of the lower extremities

Treatment of folk remedies for reticular varicose veins of the lower extremities can be carried out after consultation with a doctor. At the first symptoms of the appearance of veins on the legs, it is necessary to start treatment. It includes the use of the following herbs:

1. For elasticity of blood vessels: horse chestnut solution (100 g chopped horse chestnut, pour 1 liter of vodka, let it infuse for 20 days, shake occasionally, take 40 drops orally 3 times a day).
2. To relieve pain and heaviness in the legs: nutmeg powder (1 teaspoon of powder is taken in the morning before meals with water).
3. To improve blood circulation: infusion of verbena (2 tablespoons of plant leaves pour 200 ml of boiling water, put in a water bath for half an hour, take 1 tablespoon every three hours).
4. For topical use: tincture on birch buds (fill half a glass bottle with birch buds, pour vodka on top, let it infuse for 10 days, shake every day, smear the diseased areas with the finished solution).

Varicose veins of the deep veins of the lower extremities

Conservative treatment includes:

• venotonics for local and internal use;
• blood thinners;
• vitamin E (tocopherol acetate);
• intravenous fibrolytic (with blood clot formation).

Supporters of traditional medicine can use: baths with calendula, horse chestnut solution for rubbing, compresses with aloe leaves.

Trophic ulcer

The appearance of ulcers with varicose veins indicates an advanced stage of the disease, treatment should be carried out under the supervision of a doctor. Often prescribed:

• antiseptics;
• antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs;
• prevention of blood clotting;
• tissue repair agents;
• immunostimulant;
• vitamins, antihistamines (in some cases).

Also effective in the fight against trophic ulcers is considered to be ultraviolet radiation, laser therapy.

Varicose veins during pregnancy

Women should not be treated lightly with labial varicose veins that result during pregnancy. If during the birth of a child you are worried about itching, dryness, aching pain, radiation in the perineum or sacrum, swelling, problems with urination, the appearance of a feeling of heaviness, then you should contact a phlebologist. The doctor will perform an examination, prescribe an ultrasound and tests, and then he will be able to proceed with the treatment.

First of all, conservative therapy is carried out, which includes taking venotonics, angioplatelet agents, wearing compression underwear, massage and therapeutic exercises. If conservative treatment does not bring results, proceed with surgical intervention.

It is not recommended to start any disease, you should start treatment as soon as the first signs appear.

In the case of varicose veins during pregnancy, therapy begins with light therapeutic exercises twice a day, which improve blood circulation in the veins. After that, rub your feet with massage movements for 5-10 minutes.

For walks, trips to the store, you need to buy compression underwear (sweaters, socks). The doctor will prescribe topical creams and, if necessary, medicines for oral administration.

You can use folk remedies for rubbing before going to bed (50 g of chopped horse chestnut pour 250 ml of vodka).

Postpartum varicose veins

In the early stages, postpartum varicose veins can be cured with drugs, in the later stages, unpleasant symptoms are relieved with the help of drugs.

Treatment should include physiotherapeutic procedures to improve blood circulation in the legs, massage, gymnastics. A group of special exercises has been developed that can be performed even while breastfeeding:

• 2-3 times a day "bicycle";
• standing on the whole leg, stand on the heels and roll over the toes, then back (perform 10-15 times);
• walk 3-4 hours a day.

Uterine varicose veins

Three methods are used to treat varicose veins of the small pelvis:

1. Conservative: venotonic drugs, blood thinners, physical exercises, physiotherapy.
2. Surgical: laser coagulation of damaged vessels, removal of veins.
3. Non-traditional methods: solution prepared on the basis of horse chestnut, infusion of hop cones.

How to treat varicose veins in women and men

The first step is the selection of funds for topical application, based on the nature of the disease and its symptoms. For the treatment of varicose veins, various medications have been developed for restoring the walls of blood vessels, preventing thrombosis, normalizing the venous system, which have analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties, and are capable of healing trophic ulcers.

It is worth considering that the treatment of varicose veins in men is different from the treatment of varicose veins in women.

Tablets should restore impaired blood circulation in the legs, strengthen the walls of blood vessels, reduce inflammation and normalize lymphatic flow in the limb.

The following methods are also used:

1. In the initial stages, hirudotherapy is used - treatment with leeches.
2. Hydrotherapy with vascular "stars" is effective.
3. It is necessary to take care when buying compression stockings, the products must correspond to the stage of the disease.
4. Massage and baths are also helpful. It is very important during the treatment period to monitor your diet.

Men are prescribed drugs that can normalize blood viscosity, strengthen the venous wall. Special therapeutic knitted underwear is made for men (as well as for women). If seals, joints with varicose veins appear, sclerotherapy will be effective. In an advanced stage, surgical intervention is necessary.

Varicose veins in men

A more effective method for healing testicular varicose veins is surgery. It is produced in three ways:

• laparoscopy (a probe with a camera is inserted into the scrotum, with the help of which the operational process is monitored, the next day the patient is allowed to go home);
• open surgery (leaves a scar, requires a long period of rehabilitation);
• Marmar method (a dissection is done through a micro-incision).

Red spots on legs with varicose veins

If red spots appear on the legs during the period of varicose veins, conservative treatment will not be important. A similar symptom is considered a sign of a neglected form that requires surgical intervention. You can try to avoid surgery if the red spots have appeared recently. For this, several points must be observed:

• eat properly, eat low-calorie foods;
• wear medical compression underwear;
• to strengthen blood vessels, take venotonics;
• use local gels, creams, ointments;
• perform therapeutic exercises as recommended by the doctor.

What exercises to do

Special exercises also contribute to the treatment of varicose veins. They relieve heaviness in the legs, improve blood circulation and prevent blood stagnation in the veins. Especially often such exercises should be done by people who constantly sit or stand at work.

A group of effective exercises:

1. Sit on a chair, press your feet against each other and lower them, first on the toes and then on the heels.
2. Rest your palms on the table and stand on your toes. Hold the position for a few seconds, sit on your heels.
3. Place your hands on the wall at shoulder level. Stand on the toe and heel. First do the exercise on one leg, then on the other.
4. As you inhale, raise your hands up and stand on your toes. As you exhale, relax and lower your arms down.
5. Stops move to the sides. Lift your legs up and down, then move to the right and left.
6. Raise yourself on your toes to a sitting position. Repeat up to two dozen times.

Anti-cellulite massage

Anticellulite massage during the period of the disease is acceptable if it is not in an advanced stage. Contraindications include thrombophlebitis. These diseases have a similar origin, and at a certain stage, the treatment:

• wearing medical underwear for slimming;
• massage;
• proper nutrition.

What else is useful to know about varicose veins

It is extremely important to eat right with varicose veins. You should eat some foods that strengthen the body and blood vessels. They reduce weight, normalize the metabolic processes of the gastrointestinal tract.

It is also important to drink eight glasses of room temperature water throughout the day. Drink most of your water in the morning. Useful for people with varicose veins Mint tea.

What to give up:

• limit salt and sugar;
• bakery products;
• wheat flour products;
• spicy food, any spice option;
• fatty meat and fish;
• all smoked meats, canned foods;
• mayonnaise;
• alcoholic drink;
• strong black tea, as well as natural coffee.

Compression underwear for varicose veins - which one is better

The choice of underwear is quite diverse - these are socks, sweaters and stockings. The product is selected depending on the location of the modified veins. If the varicose "pattern" is localized in the area of the legs, then they take the height of the knee, if it spreads higher - stockings or pantyhose. For men, ordinary knitted underwear is made, and women can choose according to their taste - simply transparent or with a pattern. The diversity of firms does not mean differences in operation, they can only differ in their design.

Medical treatment

Darsonval is a physiotherapeutic method for the treatment of varicose veins. It is based on an effective current of high frequencies, but with weak strength. Darsonvalization is used in combination with other methods of conservative treatment. There are contraindications:

• thrombophlebitis;
• arrhythmia;
• pregnancy;
• lupus;
• cancerous diseases;
• elevated body temperature.

Ointment

Ointments for varicose veins, which are used for treatment, include heparin in the composition, have a resolving property. Other tools are also used:

1. Ointments used for prophylaxis during pregnancy and in the initial stage of the disease, developed on the basis of venoactive components.
2. Ointments with anti-inflammatory effect are non-steroidal drugs.
3. Ointments that can relieve inflammation and have anti-allergic properties, with accompanying diseases of the feet.

Disease prevention

Prevention of varicose veins includes:

• wearing medical compression underwear;
• weight control;
• rejection of bad habits;
• foot and waist massage;
• light exercise (cycling, running, gymnastics, swimming);
• foot baths with the addition of pine salt;
• cold and hot shower;
• replacing animal fats with vegetable oils;
• control of intestinal function, timely treatment of chronic colitis;
• refusal to wear high heels.

These are the main measures that will help in the treatment of varicose veins with folk remedies at home. It is important to have a responsible approach to the treatment process, be sure to constantly monitor the condition of the doctors.