Varicose veins are successfully treated in the early stages and at home. Help with the combined treatment will be provided by folk remedies, massage and gymnastics. We will see the most effective home methods 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 blockage of 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
Active substances in 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 (1: 10 ratio). 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.
can be usedchestnut tincture and externallyrubbing sore legs. It will help to reduce weight on the legs, improve blood circulation. Many ointments and creams for varicose veins contain horse chestnut extract.
2. Apple cider vinegar
Apple cider vinegar contains important trace elements, vitamins and organic acids. They lubricate the dilated veins in the legs. Vinegar cools, tones the skin and capillaries. The best thingrub it on varicose veinspiece of cotton in the morning and at night.
Cangauze wrap with vinegar:cover the feet with wet napkins, wrap in plastic bags and hold for an hour.
vinegar compress- an alternative to wrapping. Soak a washcloth in apple cider vinegar, place on your feet and leave for 20 minutes. Legs should be slightly raised, you need to lie on your back.
I canwash feet with bite solution(for 1 glass - 3 liters of water) after bathing, without wiping, so that they dry off. 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 need to walk in the dew in natural socks. When the socks are completely wet, it is not necessary to take them off. The dew must dry itself.
- Recipe number 2.Drizzle green walnuts with oil, preferably olive oil. Infuse the mass in the sun for 40 days. Rub your feet with the resulting product. It is important to use everything to the end.
4. Leeches
Leeches for varicose veins are widely used and have been 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 get rid of varicose veins and even completely remove spider veins. Many ointments for varicose veins contain hirudin. It is not worth using leeches on their own. It is better to contact 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 placed in 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
Nutmeg tincture is one of the strongest remedies for the treatment of varicose veins and thrombophlebitis.
200 g of walnuts are grated, pour 1 liter of vodka, insist for 2 weeks. Take tincture of 25 drops 3 times a day. But you should be careful: nutmeg contains toxic substances and strong hallucinogens. The dose must not be exceeded.
6. Treatment of varicose veins with peroxide
With varicose veins and thrombophlebitisperoxide swab is appliedfor 20-25 minutes for affected areas and ulcers. It is very important to observe this time, because the usual peroxide rinse does not give such a good result.
Furthermore, 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 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 and multivitamin remedy. Honey is used externally for the healing of trophic ulcers, resorption of venous ganglia.
- honey compress🇧🇷Apply a thin layer of honey to a towel or screen, wrap the legs and cover with additional polyethylene and another towel for insulation. The first procedure lasts 2 hours, the subsequent - 4 hours or more.
- Infusion of Honey with Garlic🇧🇷Take 250 g of crushed garlic and 350 g of honey. Mix and let steep for a week. After that, take one 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 lymph capillaries and venous vessels. Contraindications for massage are heart disease, serious problems with blood vessels, complications from varicose veins and trophic ulcers. Massage is carried out under the supervision of a doctor.
Massage techniques for varicose veins are in a special sequence. The patient is lying on his back with his legs slightly raised. First, massage the thighs and buttocks, then the legs, then the feet. The feet are stroked and rubbed.
Compression underwear for varicose veins
To prevent and treat varicose veins, special underwear is produced - stockings and stockings. Stockings are good because they do not compress the popliteal fossa area. But for summer, golfs are better, because they are not hot. You need 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 benefit. It is comfortable in such socks and golfs, the legs are less tired in them, 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 are very tired, your legs hurt and "buzzed" at the end of the day, you need to regularly relax them, lifting and supporting them.
Here are some effective exercises for varicose veins:
- Rise on your toes so that your heels are 1 cm from the floor, then drop sharply to the floor. So do 20 times, with a 20 second break. Do 3 repetitions in total.
- Sitting on 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 toe off the field, lift your heels (15-20 times). Then, without tearing off the heel, lift and pull the socks towards you.
- Lying on your back, do the exercise "bicycle". Feet need to make at least 100 scrolls.
- Lying on your back, make the same movements with your legs as 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 their further development.