Varicose veins are successfully treated at an early stage and at home. Help for mixed treatment will be provided by folk remedies, massage, gymnastics. We will consider the most effective home methods to get rid of varicose veins.
Varicose veins mostly affect the lower extremities. With excessive loads on the legs, the walls of the vessels are strained and damaged, which can lead to clogging of the vessels 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 plants contain substances that are part of modern expensive drugs.
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 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.
Chestnut tincture
Take 25 g of chestnut flowers or fruits, pour 250 ml of vodka (ratio 1: 10). Put the bottle or jar with the product in a dark place, not forgetting to shake it every day. Insist for 14 days. Take an infusion of 40 drops 3 times a day for at least 2 weeks. In addition, with improvement, you can continue treatment, but reduce the daily dose by 2 times.
It can be usedChestnut tincture and externalrub sore feet. This will help reduce weight in the legs and improve blood circulation. Many ointments and creams for varicose veins contain chestnut extract.
2. Apple cider vinegar
Apple vinegar contains important trace elements, vitamins, and organic acids. They lubricate the enlarged veins in the legs. Vinegar cools, tones the skin and capillaries. The best thingrub on varicose veinsmorning and evening cotton cloth.
You can do itGauze dressing with vinegar:cover your feet with wet napkins, wrap them in plastic bags and keep them for an hour.
Vinegar compress- an alternative to wrapping. Soak a towel in apple cider vinegar, put it on your feet and keep it for 20 minutes. Legs should be raised a little, you should sleep on your back.
Be ablewash feet with bite solution(for 1 cup - for 3 liters of water) let them dry themselves after showering, without wiping. Repeat the procedure several times a day.
3. Recipe for varicose veins (from Vanga)
- Recipe number 1.To prevent varicose veins, it is necessary to walk in the dew in natural socks every morning at dawn. When the socks are completely wet, it is not necessary to remove them. The dew should dry on its own.
- Recipe number 2.Brush unripe walnuts with oil, preferably olive oil. Infuse the mass in the sun for 40 days. Rub the feet with the resulting product. It is important to use all of them 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 clotting.
Hirudotherapy will help to get rid of varicose veins and even completely eliminate spider veins. Many ointments for varicose veins contain hirudin. Leeches should not be used alone. It is better to contact a phlebologist and take a repeated course of hirudotherapy (5-6 sessions) 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 be afraid of the procedure. It is completely painless and the effect will exceed all expectations.
5. Nutmeg
Tincture with nutmeg is one of the most powerful means for the treatment of varicose veins and thrombophlebitis.
200 g of grated nuts, pour 1 liter of vodka, insist for 2 weeks. Take 25 drops of tincture 3 times a day. But you should be careful: nutmeg contains toxic substances and strong hallucinogens. The dose should not be excessive.
6. Treatment of varicose veins with peroxide
With varicose veins and thrombophlebitisa buffer with peroxide is applied20-25 minutes on affected areas and ulcers. It is very important to keep this time, because even ordinary peroxide rinses do not work well.
In addition, it is specially designedperoxide solution is given intravenously. It has been proven that washing veins with peroxide solution cleans the walls of blood vessels from blood clots and 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 food, but also a powerful anti-inflammatory, multivitamin. Honey is used externally for the healing of trophic ulcers, resorption of venous nodes.
- Honey compress. Apply a thin layer of honey on a towel or canvas, wrap your feet 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. Stir and brew for a week. After that, take a spoon 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, smoothes it, improves blood circulation and tissue trophism, loosens 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. Massage is performed under the supervision of a doctor.
Massage methods for varicose veins are performed in a special sequence. The patient lies on his back, his legs are slightly raised. Massage the thighs and hips first, then the legs, then the feet. His 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 do not compress the popliteal fossa area. But golf is better for summer 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. Either way, high-quality compression underwear will be beneficial. It is comfortable in such socks and socks, the legs get less tired in them, a massage effect is created.
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, if your feet hurt and "buzz" at the end of the day, they need to be regularly relaxed, elevated and supported.
Some effective exercises for varicose veins:
- Rise on your toes so that the heels are 1 cm off the floor, then come down sharply to the floor. So do 20 times with a 20 second break. Do a total of 3 reps.
- 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, raise your heels (15-20 times) without taking your toes off the floor. After that, without tearing off the heels, lift and pull the socks towards you.
- Lying on your back, do the "bicycle" exercise. Legs must slide at least 100.
- Lying on your back, perform the same movements with your legs as described in point 3.
Apply our time-tested recipes, follow the doctor's prescriptions, and if you don't get rid of varicose veins permanently, you can at least significantly reduce the risk of their future development.