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 consider the most effective methods at home to get rid of varicose veins.
Varicose veins most often affect the lower extremities. With excessive loads on the legs, the walls of the vessels are strained and damaged, which can lead to vein blockage 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 expensive modern medicines.
You can use folk remedies only after consulting a doctor.
In the early stages of the disease, varicose veins can be treated more easily and easily.
The most effective folk remedies for the treatment of varicose veins:
1. Horse chestnut
Active substances from the chestnut strengthen the walls of blood vessels, prevent the formation of blood clots in them and promote the resorption of those already formed. It is also used for phlebitis and hemorrhoids.
Chestnut tincture
Take 25 g of chestnut flowers or fruits, pour 250 ml of vodka (proportion 1: 10). Place 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. Further, with improvement, you can continue the treatment, but reduce the daily dose by 2 times.
It can be usedChestnut solution and externallyrubbing sore feet. This will help reduce the heaviness in the legs, improve blood circulation. Many ointments and creams for varicose veins contain horse chestnut extract.
2. Apple cider vinegar
Apple vinegar contains important trace elements, vitamins, organic acids. They lubricate the enlarged veins in the legs. Vinegar cools, tones the skin and capillaries. The best thingrub it on varicose veinspiece of cotton in the morning and evening.
I can dowrap with vinegar:cover the feet with wet towels, wrap plastic bags on top and keep for an hour.
Vinegar compress- an alternative to wrapping. Dip a towel in apple cider vinegar, place it on your feet and leave it for 20 minutes. The legs should be raised a little, you should lie on your back.
Canrinse feet with sting solution(for 1 glass - 3 liters of water) after the shower, without wiping, 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 dawn, you should walk in the dew with natural socks. When the socks are completely wet, you do not need to remove them. The dew should dry on its own.
- Recipe number 2.Spray unroasted nuts with oil, preferably olive oil. Fill the mass in the sun for 40 days. Rub your feet with the resulting product. It is important to use them 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 the formation of blood clots.
Hirudotherapy will help to remove varicose veins and even complete removal of spider veins. Many varicose vein ointments contain hirudin. It is not worth using leeches yourself. It is better to contact a phlebologist and take 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. There is no need to fear the procedure. It is completely painless, and the effect will exceed all expectations.
5. Nutmeg
Tincture with nutmeg is one of the strongest drugs for the treatment of varicose veins and thrombophlebitis.
Grind 200 g of walnuts, pour 1 liter of vodka, insist for 2 weeks. Take solution 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 thrombophlebitisswab with peroxide is appliedfor 20-25 minutes on affected areas and ulcers. It is very important to keep this time, because the usual peroxide rinse does not give such a good result.
In addition, specially designedthe peroxide solution is administered intravenously. It has been proven that washing the veins with a solution of peroxide cleans the walls of blood vessels from blood clots, helps to 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, multivitamin. Honey is used externally for healing trophic ulcers, resorption of venous nodes.
- Compress with honey. Apply a thin layer of honey to a towel or canvas, wrap the legs and cover with additional polyethylene and another towel for insulation. The first procedure takes 2 hours, the subsequent one - 4 hours or more.
- Infusion of honey with garlic. Take 250 g of crushed garlic and 350 g of honey. Mix and infuse for a week. After that, take a tablespoon at least 3 times a day before meals.
Massage for varicose veins
Massage for varicose veins has a beneficial effect on the skin of the legs, softens 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 performed under the supervision of a doctor.
Massage techniques for varicose veins are in a special sequence. The patient lies on his back, his legs are slightly raised. Massage the thighs and buttocks first, then the legs and then the feet. Feet are kicked and rubbed.
Compression underwear for varicose veins
To prevent and treat varicose veins, special underwear is produced - stockings and socks. Stockings are good because they don't squeeze the popliteal fossa 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 severity of the disease. In any case, high-quality compression underwear will benefit. It is comfortable in such socks and golf, the legs get less tired in them, a massage effect occurs.
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 you are very tired at work, your feet hurt and "buzz" at the end of the day, you should relax them regularly, lifting them up and supporting them.
Here are some effective exercises for varicose veins:
- Stand up on your toes so that your heels are 1 cm off the floor, then drop sharply to the floor. Do this 20 times, with a 20-second rest. Do 3 repetitions in total.
- Sitting in a chair, raise your legs and make circular movements with your legs. Pull the socks alternately away from you and towards you.
- Sitting in a chair, without removing the toe from the field, raise your heels (15-20 times). After that, without tearing the heels, lift and pull the socks towards you.
- Lying on your back, do the "bicycle" exercise. The legs must do at least 100 rotations.
- Lying on your back, do the same movements with your legs that are described in paragraph 3.
Apply our time-tested recipes, follow the doctor's prescriptions and you can quite successfully, if not permanently get rid of varicose veins, then at least significantly reduce the risk of its further development.