How to overcome varicose veins in the legs: treatment with folk remedies

Varicose veins on the legs and alternative medicine. Is there any effectiveness of such therapy, what methods and recipes are used for such relief from the symptoms of the disease.

Modern medicine has "taken a step" far forward and has set great hopes for the rapid and effective elimination of many diseases. However, even with such an impressive breakthrough, there are still people who prefer alternative therapies.

With varicose veins, such a moment is primarily associated with the reluctance to "go under the knife. "It is understandable, a long recovery period, possible complications and the risk of recurrence of the disease - all this is mixed up in the patient's head, which, as a result, delays the visit to the doctor and self-treatment.

It should be noted from the outset that this approach is initially doomed to failure, because the lack of medical care only worsens the clinical severity. To date, there are safe and painless procedures for surgical treatment, as well as methods of conservative treatment.

Alternative medicine is also very effective, but only in combination with the right treatment. What is the danger of varicose veins in the legs, the treatment of which, with an unreasonable approach, can lead to complications.

We treat varicose veins with natural ingredients: effective medicinal plants

Alternative methods of treating varicose veins are especially effective in the early stages of the development of the disease or in the postoperative recovery period. Also, such therapy is applicable in more advanced situations to provide symptomatic relief.

With proper preparation and use of folk recipes, the following positive effects are exerted:

• good anti-inflammatory effect;
• swelling of the legs and pain in the affected area decrease;
• blood circulation is normalized, stagnation of venous blood is eliminated;
• the blood wall becomes more elastic and elastic;
• heaviness in the legs disappears;
• spider veins, as well as bulging dilated veins on the skin, become smaller;
• vascular permeability decreases;
• immunity is strengthened;
• the progression of the disease is greatly facilitated and thus the risk of complications is prevented.

Plant extracts are useful in many diseases. Extracts are widely used in pharmaceuticals, as they contain a number of valuable elements.

Some ointments, gels, tinctures, etc. homeopathic, prepared at the factory, are in no way ahead of the healing properties of traditional homemade medicines, so why pay too much if you can prepare the medicine yourself.

So, to make it easier to choose plants in this case, let's conditionally divide them into 4 groups:

1. Antiplatelet agents or other blood thinners:
   • fern;
   • raspberry and strawberry leaves;
   • mugwort;
   • chamomile;
   • butterbur;
   • Gentian;
   • spirea;
   • chamomile;
   • comfrey;
   • peony root.
2. Ease the pain :
   • geranium;
   • Clover;
   • birch buds;
   • sweet clover;
   • licorice;
   • celandine;
   • corydalis;
   • willow bark;
   • ginger;
   • elmous meadowsweet.
3. Improve blood circulation:
   • aloe;
   • acacia;
   • licorice;
   • lilac leaves;
   • wise;
   • lime color;
   • thigh.
4. Strengthening Blood Vessels:
   • birch buds;
   • valerian;
   • chestnut;
   • hawthorn;
   • marsh cinquefoil;
   • cedar;
   • dill.

The most popular remedies for varicose veins on the legs:

• horse chestnut;
• woodlice;
• cabbage;
• mugwort;
• kalanchoe;
• white willow bark;
• celandine.

Attention:many patients are in no hurry to go to a specialist, but this is wrong. During the appointment, the doctor will be able to assess the severity of the condition, prescribe a diagnosis and treatment. He will also advise on the possibility of using folk methods in a particular situation, since an integrated approach to treatment consists in getting ahead of the enemy by at least two steps.

Horse chestnut in the fight against the disease

Horse chestnut has an anti-inflammatory effect, increases the resistance of capillaries and reduces their permeability. Eliminates edema by removing excess water from the body. Helps to relieve pressure on the veins and thus eliminate fatigue and pain in the legs.

Instructions for making horse chestnut tincture are as follows:

1. You need to take 50 g of vegetable inflorescences and pour them with 1 liter of alcohol or vodka.
2. After two weeks of infusion and daily stirring, use 1 tbsp. 3 times a day before meals.
3. The course of therapy is one week, after which a break is made for 5 days, then chestnut therapy is repeated.
4. Store the finished product in a cool place.

Also, this remedy can be used for daily rubbing of painful areas.

Cabbage leaf - the enemy will not go unnoticed

What disease is not afraid of a cabbage leaf?

Yes, almost none, because it is a universal remedy in the fight against many pathologies. Such popularity of the product was caused by its numerous medicinal properties, which are due to vitamins and trace elements contained in cabbage leaves.

This efficiency is reflected in the following properties:

• bactericidal;
• wound healing;
• regenerate;
• repairman;
• anti-sclerotic;
• Tonic;
• anti-inflammatory;
• Pain killer;
• diuretic.

Such a remedy for varicose veins on the legs is usually used in the form of a compress. To do this, you need to roll out or lightly beat the cabbage leaf, grease one side with vegetable oil and attach it to the inflamed vein.

Then fix the sheet with a bandage and walk with such a compress all day. The duration of treatment is 1 month.

Apple Cider Vinegar: Effective Remedy or Myth?

A popular folk remedy for VRV is apple cider vinegar. The effectiveness of this tool is due to the following useful properties:

• skin tone increases;
• blood circulation improves;
• blood vessels are strengthened, the walls become elastic;
• reduces swelling and pain in the legs.

This is due to the composition of the product, which contains more than 20 useful trace elements, vitamins and minerals.

Apple cider vinegar is used according to the following recipes:

1. Dilute 1 tbsp. essences with 1 tbsp. I. clean water and drink this remedy in the morning on an empty stomach 30 minutes before meals.
2. Mix 1 cup of apple cider vinegar with 1 liter of water, then simply rinse your feet with the solution. After that, you need to let the skin dry naturally.
3. Dip a cotton ball in the essence and rub the product on the problem areas.
4. Do healing wraps. It is necessary to moisten a piece of gauze or cloth in an acetic solution, attach it to the inflamed veins, wrap it with polyethylene and wrap it with a blanket on top. Perform in the morning and in the evening, the duration of the procedure is 20-40 minutes.

The price of such a tool is inexpensive, but it will be better if you prepare a natural product at home.

Natural ointment recipes

Preparing homemade foot ointment is as simple as peeling pears, the main thing is to follow all the recommendations. They differ from their "parents" of industrial preparation by their 100% naturalness, budget, efficiency and ease of use.

To make such a drug at home, you just need to stock up on the necessary ingredients and a little patience.

Preparation of the homemade ointment:

recipe name	It will take	Cooking method
herbal ointment	chopped fresh comfrey root - 10 tbsp. I ; acacia (flowers) - 2 tbsp. I ; dry comfrey leaves - 2 tbsp. I. ; chestnut flowers - 2 tbsp. I ; melted nutria fat - 4 tbsp. I.	All herbs are mixed and filled with fat. Then the container is placed on a low heat for 3 hours. After that, the ointment is filtered and poured into a jar with a lid. The application is carried out in the form of applying the drug to a piece of gauze and applying it to the diseased areas. The procedures are carried out 5 times, after which a break is made for two weeks.
Based on olive oil	olive oil - 150 ml; beeswax - 100 g; propolis - 20 g; resin from any tree - 100 g; honey - 3 tbsp. I.	Mix the resin, wax and oil in a metal container and bring the mixture to a boil in a double boiler. Cooking time - 1 hour. Then put the honey in a container and leave it on the fire for 10 minutes, then add the propolis and also boil for another 10 minutes. This is the final stage, at the end of which the ointment is placed in a glass container and cooled.
garlic ointment	butter; garlic cloves - 35 pcs.	Garlic is crushed and mixed with butter in a 2: 1 ratio.
Based on lard	rendered pork fat; liquid laundry soap; aloe juice; Honey; Onion juice; ichtammol ointment; balsamic liniment. All ingredients should be taken 1 tbsp. I.	Mix all the ingredients and put on low heat, bringing slowly to a boil. As soon as the first bubbles appear, indicating heating to about 100 ° C, you need to remove the container with the drug from the stove, place it in a container for future storage and cool it.

Compresses and rubs

Treatment of varicose veins on the legs with folk remedies can also be carried out using compresses or rubbing. The effectiveness of this method is associated with a local effect on the skin, through which nutrients penetrate directly into the pathological focus.

In practice at home, the following recipes are applicable:

1. Tomato compress. The preparation for this method is quite simple. You need to take a tomato, chop it finely, spread it on a bandage, and then tie it to the sore areas. For stable fixation, you can also tie a piece of gauze or other elastic bandage. The duration of the procedure is 2 hours, the number of daily repetitions is 3 times, the possibility of applying the method is daily.
2. Take a clean leaf of burdock or horseradish and put it on a hot kettle until the optimum temperature is achieved (quite hot). The inner side is applied to the affected vein and a piece of sterile bandage is first placed on the skin. All this is firmly fixed. Procedures are best done at night and performed every other day. The course of treatment is 5 times.
3. Spread the honey on the fabric in an even layer, apply a compress to the sore legs, wrap it with plastic wrap on top, then with a scarf. The duration of the first procedure is 2 hours, the second and third are at least 4 hours, and the fourth is done overnight.
4. Compresses of willow branches. First you need to take the twigs, rinse them well and crush them into small pieces. Then, using a bandage or gauze, fix it on the damaged areas and hold the compress for several hours.
5. Buy regular cosmetic clay and dilute it with cold water to a liquid consistency (it should look like sour cream). Apply it to all the affected areas of the legs, wrap it with a wide bandage or clean gauze, then apply another layer of clay, then a layer of gauze, etc. in this order until you get "clay boots" 1. 5 cm thick. all in canvas to absorb moisture, and over it a woolen scarf. At the final stage, you need to lie down for 3 hours in such a position that the legs are in an elevated position. After this time, the compress is removed and the legs are thoroughly washed. After the second such procedure, you can notice a noticeable effect in the form of resorption of the nodes and elimination of pain.

Friction is also very useful in diseases:

1. Kalanchoe tincture will perfectly help relieve a feeling of heaviness and burning in the legs. For this, a pure plant and vodka (alcohol can be used) are taken in a 1: 1 ratio. After infusing the remedy for 10-14 days, rub his legs until the patternvenous completely disappears.
2. Walnut tincture. Prepared from green walnuts (previously crushed) in combination with olive oil. Home medicine is aged in the sun for 40 days, then problem areas are lubricated with it.
3. Pour lilac leaves with 1 bottle of vodka and let the solution infuse for 2 weeks. Then use in friction for a month and a half.

Also, for rubbing, you can use the fruits of a rare maclura tree, which grows in the southern regions. Internal use is strictly prohibited, since the juice is poisonous, but for external use in the form of alcohol tincture, crushed fruits will be very useful.

Types of folk medicine for internal use

This type of treatment most often involves the preparation of medicinal tinctures and decoctions.

At home, you can experiment with the following alternative medicine recipes:

1. For cooking you will need crushed dry flowers or fruits of chestnut, yarrow, chamomile flowers, raspberry root in equal proportions. From the finished collection you need to take 2 tbsp. I. and pour them with 600 ml of boiling water, put on low heat and bring to a boil, then immediately remove from heat. After insisting on the solution overnight, consume ¾ cup daily in the morning and evening.
2. Garlic tincture. Grind 4 heads of garlic and 4 unpeeled lemons with a meat grinder or blender. The resulting mass should be transferred to a 3-liter glass jar and pour the mixture with warm boiled water. Leave the medicine to infuse for three days at room temperature, occasionally stirring the contents of the jar. After this time, strain the solution into another container and store it on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. You should consume 100 ml 3 times a day during meals or after. A full cure involves preparing four of these pots of medicinal tincture.
3. Prepare a collection of crushed dry leaves of stinging nettle, marshmallow root, yarrow, St. John's wort flowers. Brew 1 tbsp. I. mix in 1 liter of boiling water and insist until the solution cools completely. Then strain the broth and take half a glass 3-4 times a day after eating. The treatment lasts 2-3 weeks, after which the body takes a break for 14 days, and then the treatment is repeated again.

Attention:many folk remedies can be contraindicated due to the individual characteristics of the organism, so if there are allergic reactions to any of the components that are part of the recipe, the use of this method should be abandoned.

Baths as a way to relieve symptoms

After a long tiring day, it's time to relax and the therapeutic baths will come in handy. To relieve the symptoms of the disease, you can use such folk recipes for varicose veins on the legs:

1. Take 500 g of chestnut, oak and willow branches, put them in an enameled container and pour cold water over them. Bring to a boil and wait another half hour, then add 200 g of marsh grass, St. John's wort, succession and chamomile. This solution should be infused overnight. Before the bath, steam rye bread and pour the broth into the bath with the previously prepared medicinal solution. Procedures are carried out daily before going to bed for 30-40 minutes. The water temperature should be 38-43°C.
2. Prepare a decoction for the bath from 2 handfuls of willow bark, filled with 5 liters of boiling water. Then the solution languishes on low heat for another half an hour, then pours into the bath. Hygiene measures should be applied in the same way.

It is better to combine folk recipes for varicose veins with daily walks, proper nutrition, therapeutic exercises and wearing appropriate clothing. In this case, the effectiveness of not only non-traditional therapy, but also drug therapy will increase.

natural drinks

Freshly squeezed juices are useful not only for the treatment of varicose veins, but also for many other diseases and disorders. They perfectly enrich the body with nutrients that strengthen blood vessels, reduce the risk of blood clots and increase the body's defenses.

For this purpose, you can prepare these popular juice blends:

juice products	Percentage of coins	Advantageous features
Carrots and spinach	10: 6	Carrots contain bioflavonoids, which help reduce vascular fragility and strengthen blood walls. Spinach is rich in oxalic acid, which purifies the blood and prevents the formation of harmful deposits on the walls. Daily use of this juice saturates the body with vitamins, removes excess water, toxins and toxins, stimulates the processes of lipolysis and has a complex beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system.
Carrots, celery stalks, spinach leaves, parsley leaves	7: 4: 3: 2	Parsley strengthens the vascular wall and protects blood vessels from damage and thinning. Celery helps eliminate excess water and other harmful substances. Preparing such a mixture will help cleanse the vessels of calcium salts, strengthen them and reduce the risk of atherosclerosis.
Carrots, spinach, beets	10: 3: 3	When drinking juice, there is such a positive effect: the pressure stabilizes; excess fluid is eliminated and puffiness decreases; hematopoietic processes are stimulated; the level of hemoglobin increases; the supply of useful vitamins and minerals is replenished; prevent the development of anemia.
Spinach leaves, turnip greens and roots, watercress	4: 2: 2	When you take a healthy drink, the balance of electrolytes is leveled and the metabolism in the tissues is improved. The risk of developing hypertension and other vascular complications is reduced. This combination is an excellent option for thinning the blood and dissolving already formed blood clots.

Attention:prepare and take juice daily in the amount of 500 ml. Storage is allowed no more than half an hour, since most of the useful components can disappear on contact with air.

Knowing how to cure varicose veins in the legs with folk remedies, you can significantly relieve your condition and prevent the symptoms and severity of the disease from worsening. However, pay attention to the side effects and if warning signs appear in the form of itching, burning, abdominal pain, etc. , contact your doctor immediately.