Treatment of varicose veins at home

Of course, varicose veins are a disease, in which case you should immediately consult a doctor. However, it is not forbidden to carry out some measures to treat this unpleasant disease at home. Ways to treat varicose veins at home can be an excellent and useful addition to medical treatment. It is possible that folk remedies used in combination with drugs will significantly reduce recovery time.

What is varicose veins?

Varicose veins is a very unpleasant disease that affects not only the internal state of the human body, but also manifests itself in significant external changes. Probably everyone has seen a person suffering from this disease. The main external sign of varicose veins is ugly, bulging, swollen veins. Women who suffer from this disease (and more often women get sick) are forced to hide these defects under their clothes. But, of course, all dangers are not from outside, but from within.

Dilated veins bring an unpleasant feeling of heaviness in the legs, and with further inactivity - severe excruciating pain. Therefore, it must be treated at the first symptoms of the disease. Of course, like any disease, varicose veins are easier to prevent than to treat.

The risk group includes people who have a sedentary job, or a job that requires standing for a long time. In addition, the hereditary factor is very important here. It is almost guaranteed that you have varicose veins if your mother or grandmother suffered from this disease.

To prevent varicose veins, you need to move more, run and jump. It is also very good to lie with your legs elevated for at least a few minutes a day. Use a foot gel that relieves swelling and heaviness.

Ways to treat varicose veins at home

It should be remembered that varicose veins are a serious disease that requires a visit to the doctor. It is the doctor who will be able to determine exactly how developed your disease is and suggest the appropriate treatment for it. However, many doctors themselves advise that in combination with treatment, alternative methods are used to alleviate the symptoms of the disease. Such activities include gymnastics, the use of various herbal decoctions, as well as wearing compression underwear.

As soon as the disease is felt, try to walk more stairs, occasionally stand on your toes and swim. These exercises will help you fight the first symptoms of varicose veins. Even the clothes you wear matter. You must wear shoes with a heel no higher than five centimeters, and avoid too tight socks, tights and jeans, because such clothes and shoes interfere with the normal course of the blood circulation process.

Simple exercises for the treatment of varicose veins

• Exercise 1.Sit on the floor, keep your legs extended, hands on the floor. Then bend one leg at the knee. Slowly raise the other leg up and down, about ten to fifteen times. Then switch legs and repeat the exercise.
• Exercise 2.To do this, you will need a chair. Grab him by the back, put your feet shoulder-width apart. Then sit up, lifting your heels off the floor. Don't squat too deep. Stay in this position for a while and then return to the starting position. This exercise should also be repeated ten to fifteen times.
• Exercise 3Place your feet shoulder width apart. Then stretch your arms forward, sit ten to fifteen times not below knee level. Gradually increase the number of repetitions.

• Exercise 4The so-called birch exercise is considered one of the most effective in the fight against varicose veins. It is very simple to do. You just need to lie on your back and then raise your legs while raising your back so that you are standing on your shoulder blades.
• Exercise 5Stand up on your toes, then hit the floor with your heels. You must repeat this ten to twenty times.

Treatment of varicose veins with folk remedies

In addition to physical exercises, folk natural remedies can also help in the case of varicose veins. Among them are various decoctions, poultices and infusions.

• Rubbing ice cubes on your feet will help reduce swelling and discomfort at the first signs of varicose veins. A cold foot bath in combination with self-massage also has a positive effect. After taking such baths, it is recommended to lie down for a while with your legs raised.

• Grind one spoonful of hop cones, pour a glass of boiling water over them and leave in a water bath. Soaking cones in this way takes about fifteen minutes. After the hops have soaked, take this decoction one glass at a time before eating.
• To prepare this infusion, you will need arnica and hazelnut bark. Both ingredients must be mixed in equal proportions. Two tablespoons of the mixture should be poured with boiling water in the amount of 600 ml and infused in a thermos for about twelve hours. The obtained infusion should be consumed three times a day, three quarters of a glass.
• Prepare a mixture of 250 g of garlic and 350 g of liquid honey. Give the resulting mixture for 2 weeks. After the infusion is finished, one tablespoon of the mixture should be consumed half an hour before meals.

• Take a few cabbage leaves, coat them with honey and apply them to the painful area, wrapped in plastic. Leave the leaves for two hours. This procedure must be carried out periodically in order to achieve the best result.
• Clay liners are also recommended. To make such a wrap, you need to smear the leg with clay, and then wrap it with cheesecloth. Make several such layers and leave for two hours.

Of course, folk remedies and exercises are good. However, do not forget about the seriousness of such a disease as varicose veins. At the slightest sign of illness, consult a doctor immediately.