Varicose veins are a disease of the veins, which is expressed by an increase in size, a change in shape and a decrease in elasticity. The superficial veins of the lower extremities, the venous plexus of the rectum, the portal veins and the spermatic cord are predominantly affected.
The development of varicose veins is facilitated by difficulties with the outflow of blood through the venous system during systematic prolonged stay on the legs associated with professional activities, compression of the pelvic veins by the uterus during pregnancy, congestion in the pelvic veins, for example, with systematic constipation , sedentary work, etc.
Sitting slows down circulation and makes blood stagnate. Long periods of inactivity and sitting can destroy the heart of people who sit for a long time, and deep vein thrombosis of the calf can develop. It is harmful to sit cross-legged, as you can put pressure on the popliteal artery, which will cause congestion in the veins.
Clothing and shoes should not be tight, as this can also slow down the flow of blood. Walking on grass, dirt, or just barefoot around the house improves circulation and strengthens the heart. Congenital weakness of the venous wall and insufficiency of the venous valves predispose to the disease. Ulcers can develop over time due to bloody malnutrition.
One of the first symptoms of the disease is a feeling of heaviness in the legs, dull or sharp pain and cramps at night. If left untreated, varicose veins become hard and dense over time, and ulcers and bleeding often appear on the legs.
Varicose veins that form in the scrotum are called varicocele (spermatic cord varicose veins). If they appear in the rectum, they are called hemorrhoids.
Phlebitis (inflammation of the veins), varicose ulcers, severe itching, skin discoloration (which often turns copper red) are common complications of this condition. But only a small percentage of those who have varicose veins develop varicose ulcers. It is believed that people with varicose veins have congenital veins with weak walls.
But weak vascular walls are likely the result of poor nutrition, toxemia, innervation (reduced nervous status) and lack of exercise. In most cases, when varicose veins form during pregnancy, they disappear after delivery. With the help of fairly active physical exercises, varicose veins that appeared during pregnancy can be eliminated even when a woman is in position.
Unsuccessful Surgery to Remove or Drain Veins The use of elastic stockings or bandages to support the veins is only a half measure and eventually leads to such weakening of the tissues that the condition becomes chronic or much more difficult to treat.
How to prevent varicose veins:
- Avoid sitting for a long time in one position so that the muscles do not numb and standing for a long time;
- Perform daily physical exercises for your legs: often go up on your toes, climb stairs on foot, swim, walk 1-3 km, stand in a pose with your legs raised above heart level for at least an hour;
- Do not gain excess weight.
What remedies help varicose veins?
Mikulin's exercises are very effective for cleaning the vessels: rise on your toes so that your heels come off the floor by 1-2 cm, and then fall sharply on them. After doing this 30 times, rest 10 sec. The exercise should be performed calmly, slowly, 3-5 times a day, each time making no more than 60 heel strikes on the floor.
Fill a half-liter bottle with birch buds up to 1/3 of its volume and pour vodka to the neck. Leave for 10 days, shaking occasionally. This tincture to lubricate sore spots.
Wash with cold water 3 medium-sized Antonovka apples. Put them in an enamel bowl and pour 1 liter of boiling water. Insist 3 hours, tightly wrapped. Then crush the apples and strain the resulting infusion. Drink 50 li daily in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening before bedtime. Prepare the infusion and drink it until the condition improves.
In the treatment of blockage of veins, one should simultaneously take baths and drink decoctions of various medicinal plants: chamomile, succession, oak branches, chestnut, willow.
For baths: take 500 g (in winter - 300 g) of oak branches and the same number of chestnut and willow branches, put in an enameled bucket, pour cold water, bring to a boil and boil for 30 minutes. Then add 200 g of herbs each: marshmallow cudweed, succession, chamomile, St. John's wort and leave overnight. Separately, boil or steam 3 rye buns and pour the broth into the bath. Baths should be taken daily at bedtime for 30-40 minutes. at 38-43°C.
At the same time, it is necessary to prepare 1 liter of boiling water, a mixture of 1 tbsp. I. oak branches, 1 tbsp. I. willow branches and 1 tbsp. I. chestnut branches, boil for 30 minutes, add to the decoction 1 tbsp. I. herbs: marshweed, succession, chamomile, St. John's wort, leave for 12 hours, strain and add 2 tbsp. I. honey.
Drink 2-3 times a day, the first 2 days 50 ml, then 2 days 100 ml. the rest of the days, 150 ml. The course of treatment is 20 days, with a break of 5-10 days. And again repeat the course of treatment.
- With varicose veins and thrombophlebitis: powdered plantain leaves, medicinal flowers of rue and yarrow, white willow bark (preferably cambium), chestnut fruits or flowers, marshmallow or raspberry root (you can flowers and even leaves) and chamomile, taken in equal proportions , mix well, brew 600 ml of boiling water 2 tbsp. I. mixture, bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat and insist overnight. Drink 3/4 cup morning and night. From the rest, make a compress for the night.
- Thrombophlebitis can be cured by taking an infusion of nettle leaves and following a diet (do not eat meat, fish, nothing fried) for a long time. Nettle infusion: 1 tbsp. I. brew the leaves with a glass of boiling water, leave for 40 minutes, strain. Drink 1-2 tbsp. I. 3-4 times a day before meals.
- With varicose veins: 2 times a day, morning and evening, rub apple cider vinegar into all affected areas and drink apple cider vinegar at the same time: 2 tsp. for 1 glass of water 2-3 glasses a day. Plentifully wetting and rubbing with alcohol tincture of white acacia flowers dissolves swollen venous nodules well.
- With varicose veins, willow bark decoction baths are useful: brew 2 handfuls of bark with 5 liters of boiling water, put on low heat and heat for 30 minutes, strain.
- With thrombophlebitis: apply to the sore spot 1-2 times a day for 1. 5-2 hours. I. bodyagi, insist 2 hours.
- A decoction of oak bark has a firming effect, like resin, on inner vessels. 1st. I. brew the peel with 1 cup of boiling water, heat over low heat for 25 minutes, leave for 40 minutes, strain. Drink 1 tbsp. I. Zraza a day before meals.
- Brew 1 cup boiling water 1 tbsp. I. crushed leaves or hazelnut shell and insist 6 hours. Drink 3/4 cup 3-4 times a day for 30 minutes. before meals for a month.
- Pour 1 glass of vodka 2 tbsp. I. fresh crushed Kalanchoe leaves and leave for a week. With this tincture, rub the legs affected by the disease for a month.
- Grind the freshly picked leaves and heads of silver wormwood well in a mortar, mix 1 tbsp. I. boiled raw materials and 1 tbsp. I. sour milk or sour cream, apply an even layer on the gauze and apply this gauze to the areas with dilated veins for 1. 5-2 hours, and such bandages should be applied for 4-5 days. After 2-3 days, the treatment can be repeated.
- For dilated veins: early in the morning, before sunrise, in clean cotton socks on dewy grass, so that the socks are well saturated with water. When the sun rises, you need to walk in these socks, do not take them off until they dry.
Exercises: lying down, raise your right leg, relax as much as possible and shake your foot strongly. Lower the leg. Do the same with the other leg. Repeat 10-20 times. And so - several times a day. The bigger the better. Walking and moderate exercise are the best prevention against varicose veins. From time to time it is necessary to take the position of "legs above the head". In general, all exercises with lifting the legs are useful.