Varicose veins are successfully treated in the early stages and at home. Help in combined treatment will be provided by folk remedies, massage, gymnastics. We will consider the most effective home methods for getting rid of varicose veins.
Varicose veins most often affect the lower limbs. 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 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 and more easily.
The most effective folk remedies for the treatment of varicose veins:
1. Horse Chestnut
The active substances of the chestnut strengthen the walls of blood vessels, prevent the formation of blood clots 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). Put the bottle or jar with the product in a dark place, remembering 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 treatment, but reduce the daily dose by 2 times.
Can be usedchestnut dye and outsiderub sore legs. It will help reduce heaviness in the legs, improve blood circulation. Many ointments and creams for varicose veins contain chestnut extract.
2. Apple cider vinegar
Apple cider vinegar contains important trace elements, vitamins, organic acids. They lubricate the dilated veins of the legs. Vinegar refreshes, tones the skin and capillaries. The best thingrub it into varicose veinspiece of cotton in the morning and evening.
Can dovinegar gauze wrap:cover your feet with wet towels, wrap plastic bags on top and hold for an hour.
Vinegar compress- an alternative to packaging. Soak a towel in apple cider vinegar, lay it on your feet, and let sit for 20 minutes. Legs should be slightly raised, you need to lie on your back.
Boxrinse the feet with a mordant solution(for 1 glass - 3 liters of water) after showering, 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 have to walk in the dew in natural socks. When the socks are completely wet, you do not need to take them off. The dew should dry up on its own.
- Recipe number 2.Drizzle unripe walnuts with oil, preferably olive oil. Infuse the mass in the sun for 40 days. Rub the feet with the product obtained. It is important to use everything to the end.
4. Leeches
Leeches for varicose veins are 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 get rid of varicose veins and even completely eliminate spider veins. Many ointments for varicose veins contain hirudin. It is not worth using leeches on your 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 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
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 the tincture of 25 drops 3 times a day. But you have to be careful: nutmeg contains toxic substances and powerful hallucinogens. The dose should not be exceeded.
6. Treatment of varicose veins with peroxide
With varicose veins and thrombophlebitisa tampon with peroxide is appliedfor 20-25 minutes on affected areas and ulcers. It is very important to respect 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 peroxide solution cleans the walls of blood vessels from blood clots, helps 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 multivitamin anti-inflammatory. Honey is used externally for the healing of trophic ulcers, the resorption of venous nodes.
- Honey compress. Apply a thin layer of honey to a towel or canvas, wrap your legs and cover with additional polythene and another towel for insulation. The first procedure lasts 2 hours, the next - 4 hours or more.
- Garlic Honey Infusion. 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 of varicose veins has a beneficial effect on the skin of the legs, smoothes 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. 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. First massage the thighs and buttocks, then the legs, then the feet. The feet are caressed 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 don't compress the popliteal fossa area. But for the summer, golf courses are better, because they are not hot. You have to navigate not only according to your tastes, but also according to the situation and the severity of the disease. Either way, high-quality compression underwear will benefit. He is comfortable in such stockings and golfs, the legs get tired less, 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 at work you are very tired, your legs hurt and "buzz" at the end of the day, you should regularly relax, lift and support them.
Here are some effective exercises for varicose veins:
- Rise on the toes so that the heels are 1 cm from the floor, then drop sharply to the floor. 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 lifting your foot from the ground, raise your heels (15-20 times). After that, without tearing off the heels, lift and pull the socks towards you.
- Lying on your back, do the "bicycle" exercise. Feet must do at least 100 rolls.
- Lying on your back, perform the same movements with your legs as described in paragraph 3.
Apply our proven recipes, follow the doctor's prescriptions, and you can successfully, if not permanently get rid of varicose veins, then at least significantly reduce the risk of their further development.