The problem of varicose veins worries a large percentage of the population. Unfortunately, clinical procedures are quite expensive, and if with pronounced varicose veins it becomes extremely necessary to see a doctor, minimum symptoms at the initial stage can be alleviated using folk remedies. Many are interested in the effective treatment of varicose veins on the legs at home without surgery, especially the elimination of such a cosmetic defect as spiders. Laser removal and hardening of blood vessels appeared in wide access relatively recently, but even before their appearance, there were secrets about beauty and health.
How to get rid of varicose veins on the legs
In the clinic for aesthetic medicine, the patient will be offered three ways to get rid of veins in the legs - laser coagulation and radiofrequency ablation weld the vein from the inside, the sclerosing procedure glues the diseased vessel using a special substance - sclerosing. All procedures are low traumatic, do not require incisions, do not leave scars, there is no rehabilitation period.
If there is a deterioration in the patient's quality of life, the manifestations of varicose veins are significant and pose a threat - an operation will be performed to remove and ligate the affected veins - combined phlebectomy. The above procedures are the best way out for those who want to get rid of varicose veins forever.
The doctor will also prescribe the use of compression stockings, the use of venotonics and anticoagulants and the use of topical agents. An integrated approach is guaranteed to cope with any degree of the disease, and home recipes will become indispensable helpers in this.
Effective folk recipes
Apple cider vinegar
Improves blood microcirculation, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, relieves swelling, has a general tonic effect thanks to the contained useful microelements, vitamins and amino acids.
- Rub apple cider vinegar into your feet from ankles to thighs every night before bed, after showering.
- Moisten a bandage folded several times with vinegar and apply on sore veins. Wrap with cling film, insulate with a scarf on top and keep the compress for 40 minutes. The legs need to be raised. Perform the procedure three times a week.
- in a container in which you can lower the legs to the knee, dilute 5 liters of water and a glass of apple cider vinegar. Take this bath every other day for 30 minutes.
Epsom salt
Magnesia or magnesium sulfate contains magnesium, oxygen and hydrogen sulfide. It is used to relieve pain and inflammation in the joints, improves blood circulation, reduces muscle tension and removes toxins. You can not do without it if it was decided to treat varicose veins at home.
- 2 tbsp. l. Dissolve salt in 1 liter of water, moisten a cloth and put a cold compress on your feet for 3 minutes, then warm up at the same time. To stimulate blood circulation, the procedure is performed daily.
Cabbage
Cabbage leaves relieve pain and swelling in the legs, reduce the manifestations of varicose veins. They contain vitamins from group B and C, fiber, amino acids.
- Rinse the required amount of leaves well, put them in a plastic bag and put them in the fridge for a day. Before going to bed, after showering, rub your feet with apple cider vinegar and wait until it dries. Attach cabbage leaves to all problem areas and tie them loosely so that air circulates under the bandage. Prepare a fresh batch of leaves the next day. Remove the bandage in the morning and discard the old leaves. It is necessary to repeat the procedure from 10 days to 1 month, depending on the degree of damage and the results.
- Sprinkle the feet with baking soda, foam the cabbage leaves with washing soap and apply on the veins. Bandage and wrap with warm cloth. Leave the compress on overnight, repeat every other day for 2 weeks.
Potatoes against stomach ulcers
Grated raw potatoes are an excellent anti-inflammatory treatment for varicose veins. To do this, lay it on gauze, which is laid on the wound, covered with a cloth on top and left for 4-5 hours. Then the wound is washed and a new batch of potatoes is laid out. The compresses must be replaced before crusting.
Tomato compresses
Tomatoes contain vitamins from groups B and P, as well as flavonoids, which have the ability to tone the walls of blood vessels. Tomatoes are able to relieve pain and heaviness in the legs, reduce the bulging of varicose veins and reduce the visual manifestation of the capillary network.
Chop the tomatoes, put them on varicose veins, cover with polyethylene, then with a towel and fasten with an elastic bandage. Leave it overnight. The course is 2 weeks.
Nettle decoction
Take 150 g of fresh or dried nettle, grind in a blender and pour 1 liter of boiling water. Before use, the broth should be infused for at least two hours, after which it should be filtered well. You should take the product ⅓ glass three times a day for a month. After 2 weeks, the course can be repeated.
Horse chestnut
Possess a unique set of useful items.
For the treatment of varicose veins, the most important of them are esculin and escin, which act as angioprotective and venotonic.
The pharmacy has a huge selection of pills, emulsions and topical products based on horse chestnut. Nevertheless, it should only be used after consulting a doctor as there are a number of contraindications.
- To prepare the tincture, take 20 dry chestnuts, peel and pour 3 liters of water. Add 1 cup sugar and 0, 5 cups whey. Insist for two weeks and take 1 glass once a day in the morning before breakfast.
- To get rid of varicose veins at home, horse chestnut is used in the bathing process. 500 g of any raw material (leaves, flowers, bark) should be boiled in 1 liter of water and infused for an hour and then poured into water. It is permissible to take such a bath for a maximum of 15 minutes.
Nutmeg
Contains groups of vitamins A, C, B, PP, minerals in the form of copper, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium, essential oils and proteins, a variety of organic acids, pectin substances. By treating varicose veins in the legs at home, it helps improve blood circulation, resists neoplasms and accelerates cell regeneration.
- Grind the nut in a coffee grinder, pour half a glass of boiling water over a teaspoon of the powder, add 0, 5 tsp. honey, let it cool completely. Drink 15 minutes before eating. Every day, prepare a fresh portion of the broth.
- Add 5 drops of nutmeg oil to 10 ml of any vegetable oil. Used as a cream on the affected area every night.
Acacia flowers
Take 8 tablespoons of dry crushed white acacia flowers and pour 200 ml of alcohol or vodka, let it stand for 7-10 days, then sift and use it as a rub for the feet. After a while, the spider's veins will lighten and then disappear completely.
Calendula decoction
The plant has a strengthening, anti-inflammatory, healing and debilitating effect, which makes it possible to treat varicose veins with it at home.
- In pharmacies are sold a cheap tincture of calendula, of which 20 drops are diluted in a tablespoon of water and drunk in the morning and evening.
- You can supplement the effect of the tincture with a self-prepared ointment. Mix 500 ml of vegetable oil with 50 g of dried calendula flowers. Insist 12 hours, then send to a water bath for 40 minutes. After complete cooling, strain through cheesecloth. Rub into the skin of the legs several times a day.
Kalanchoe leaves
The plant's juice heals wounds, relieves inflammation and pain.
Best of all, the effectiveness of Kalanchoe is revealed in alcoholic tinctures. Fill a glass container with chopped leaves to the top and fill with vodka. Insist for two weeks in a dark and cool place. Rub your lower extremities twice a day.
Laundry soap
An environmentally friendly product, promotes rapid healing of wounds, relieves inflammation and disinfects.
- Wash open wounds with soapy water before each dressing.
- For protruding veins, prepare an infusion - grate a soap on a fine grater, add 10 crushed tablets of acetylsalicylic acid to it, pour 250 ml of vodka. Stir, close the lid tightly and leave it in a dark place for three days. Strain the infusion, moisten the cheesecloth in it, attach it to a vein, wrap it with polyethylene and a warm scarf. Leave it overnight.
Ler compresses
Blue and green clay are an excellent antiseptic and debilitating agent. Prevents the development of thrombophlebitis. Only effective when used in a course of 1-1, 5 months. A single application has no therapeutic effect.
Clay is used to make spot applications on sore areas or a full wrap. Clay is diluted with warm water or mineral water to the consistency of sour cream, applied in a thick layer on bulging veins or on the legs completely, wrapped in cling film and insulated. You can wear warm leggings, use a scarf or a blanket. Application lasts 40 minutes, wrapping - 20-25 minutes.
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Leeches (hirudotherapy)
Saliva from leeches contains hirudin, which reduces blood coagulation, helps treat thrombus formation, reduces the amount of circulating blood, which reduces the load on the vessels of the legs.
For a visible result, use 5-6 sessions of hirudotherapy. During the procedure, the doctor places two leeches on the most problematic area and places three more along the vein. When the leeches are full, they are carefully separated and destroyed in salt water. The same leeches cannot be used twice for safety reasons. A hirudotherapy session lasts about an hour. When removing leeches, minor bleeding is possible.
Honey and propolis
They have a powerful regenerating effect on the walls of blood vessels.
- Take 100 grams of dried leaves of motherwort, mint, oregano and thyme in a glass bowl, mix them with 300 ml of alcohol, add 20 g of propolis or 50 g of honey. Let it soak for 2 weeks, sift and use as compresses.
- Mix the juice and peel of a lemon, 100 g of honey or propolis, 200 ml of alcohol, 50 g of pharmaceutical gray jaundice. The mixture is infused for three weeks, after which it is filtered and rubbed into the veins until it is completely absorbed.
Oral and topical medicine
- A bioflavonoid drug that reduces the elasticity of the walls of blood vessels, increases venous tone, improves lymphatic drainage and microcirculation and has an anti-inflammatory effect. When treating varicose veins in the lower extremities at home, it is enough to take a tablet in the morning on an empty stomach for 2 months.
- Capillary stabilizing, decongestant, anti-inflammatory angioprotector with glycoside from horse chestnut fruits (seeds). Improves trophism in blood vessels and adjacent tissues, eliminates venous congestion, relieves pain, fatigue, itching. It is recommended to take 12-15 drops three times a day before meals. The course of treatment can vary from two weeks to three months.
- Corticosteroid-based gel. Relieves inflammation in blood vessels, facilitates blood flow. The instructions for use include application to the skin with massage movements twice daily. However, patients recommend applying a thick layer of gel under the household film - heating significantly increases the effect.
- Gel is a direct-acting anticoagulant based on mucopolysaccharide ester of polysulfuric acid, relieves soreness, swelling, bloating of veins. Reduces the risk of blood clots with regular use.
- Effective venotonic with vitamin P, which eliminates edema, capillary fragility, heaviness, pain, fatigue. Seals the venous walls, reduces inflammation and prevents thrombus formation.
User reviews
- "For a very long time, I was looking for a suitable way for me, and eventually I found it. I see the positive effects of rubbing apple cider vinegar and clay wraps. Sometimes I also use venotonics in combination, then it's generally amazing. There isno pain and the veins dissolve, the nodules are not so obvious. "
- "I always resort to folk methods. My legs hurt and swollen for a long time, but somehow there was no time to do anything about it. At one point I got tired and the internet advised me to a tincture of"nutmeg and a preparation based on horse chestnut. I also connected hiking and a contrast shower. It became easier on the second day. I hope that the effect will be long-lasting and that the disease does not develop. "
- "I have already had surgery for varicose veins twice, after the second operation I went out for a long time, my legs hurt, the punctures hurt, and all this is scary. I decided for myself that I would not go to the operation forthird time. For the first time the doctor prescribed angioprotective drugs, after the second operation I connected traditional medicine to them. I went to leeches, boiled chestnut ointment, made compresses of herbs. Life has become easier. I can go with my grandson for longer, there is a kind of lightness in my legs. I will continue in the same spirit. "
- "A year ago I realized that it's not because I can not walk for a long time, my legs are tired since the morning and they do not want to go anywhere. I often had to lie with my legs up on the wall to get rid ofwith the pain. She began to be treated with everything she could - cabbage, horse chestnut, all sorts of lotions with sea buckthorn, calendula and Kalanchoe. Vitamin P capsules, bought compression stockings. The pain is gone, the weight is also gone. The legs sometimes get tired"But the difference is huge. I do not know which remedy helped, so I praise everything. "
Prevention of varicose veins
- Proper nutrition - reduce the consumption of flour and fried foods, include fish, fruits rich in vitamin C, legumes in the diet;
- Quit alcohol and smoking;
- Bath and sauna are contraindicated for varicose veins;
- You will also need to give up vacuuming, cupping and thermal massage.
- Participate in regular exercise. Preferably not related to heavy lifting. Swimming, yoga, stretching are best.
- Do not stay in uncomfortable positions for a long time, do not wear uncomfortable clothes and shoes.
- Fall in love with a contrast shower.
- At the end of each day, lift your feet up against the wall and rest for ten minutes.
Treatment of varicose veins at home without prior consultation with a specialist threatens with dangerous complications.
Both pharmaceutical preparations and folk medicine affect each organism in different ways. The ingredients can cause an allergic reaction, bleeding and a severe worsening of the condition. Some ingredients can not be taken at the same time. Even in a hospital setting, patients experience side effects. With self-medication, this danger will increase significantly.