Treatment of varicose veins

Varicose veins, expressed in changes in their shape, increase in size and decrease in elasticity, are called varicose veins. With varicose veins, damage and degenerative changes occur in the valves and walls of those blood vessels, their location immediately below the surface of the skin.

The cause of varicose veins

Blood flow in the venous system is characterized by a dominant movement against gravity, upwards. To prevent its reverse movement, there is a valve - a pocket - in the inner wall of the vein. When filled with blood, they close, closing the lumen of the vessel, allowing the blood to flow in only one direction - from the bottom up. With the valves not working properly, blood accumulates in the veins and they begin to stretch and elongate in a bag-like manner, becoming tortuous, causing varicose veins. There are several theories that explain the appearance of malfunctioning valves in veins.

1. Valve insufficiency theory. Varicose veins develop due to improper redistribution of blood from the venous system, located deep into the superficial vascular network. This occurs due to congenital absence or inadequate communicative venous valve function.
2. Neuroendocrine theory. Varicose veins appear due to the weak tone of the entire venous network due to hormonal changes (puberty, pregnancy, menopause). Violations in the endocrine system lead to the fact that the blood supply to the veins increases, the lumen between them expands, the vessel walls become thinner, and poor valve patency occurs.
3. Mechanical theory. Prolonged standing, vein compression leads to an increase in internal pressure in the vessels of the leg.

Early and subsequent signs of varicose veins. Complications

In the early stages of varicose veins, there are no painful symptoms. Signs of a new disease include: heaviness, satiety, fatigue, burning sensation in the legs. In the future, they are accompanied by symptoms such as: itching of the skin, pain and cramps in the calf muscles. There are soft tissue sealing, dark pigment spots. Over time, nodular thickening, convulsions, saccular connections become clearly visible. The phrase "varicose vessels" means "knotted, having various thickening. " With varicose veins, serious complications can occur, such as:

• acute thrombophlebitis (inflammation of the walls of blood vessels with the formation of blood clots);
• bleeding with minor damage to blood vessels due to physical stress, overheating;
• formation of trophic ulcers, eczema, erysipelas.

Treatment of varicose veins is a long process and requires an integrated approach. It is important to use the whole arsenal of available means and methods of treatment aimed at stopping the development of varicose veins and treating possible complications.

Alternative methods of treatment and prevention of varicose veins

Biologically active ingredients in traditional medicine restore the normal appearance and tone of blood vessels and skin, helping to restore full blood circulation in the veins. Here are the most effective and proven recipes for extracts, decoctions, lotions, rubs for the treatment of varicose veins.

1. Treatment of varicose veins with acacia tincture helps dissolve varicose veins. It is prepared as follows: 30-40 g of acacia insist vodka for 7 days. The sore spot is lubricated for a month 3-4 times a day.
2. Fresh purple leaves are washed and rubbed on the sore spots, tied with a bandage over them. Hold for 30 minutes. From the purple leaves, you can also prepare a cold stew, in which gauze is soaked and wrapped legs for 30 minutes. Treatment should be continued for at least 8 weeks.
3. Peeled and grated horseradish root is placed on the foot and secured with a bandage. After 10-20 minutes, remove the compress, rinse feet with water.
4. For 1 teaspoon of turpentine add one tablespoon of apple bite and one egg yolk, then mix in an enamel pan. Sweep the sore spot at night every day. Treatment continued for 3 months.
5. Cut the washed tomatoes into slices, place on a bandage, and then attach them to the legs. The compress is placed for 2-3 hours, then replaced with a new one. The number of replacements is 3-4 times.
6. The affected foot area is first soaped with washing soap, baking soda is poured on top, cover it with white cabbage leaves. Compressed fixed and left overnight. Varicose veins will obviously diminish in 4-6 months.
7. In the treatment of varicose veins, angelica root is very effective. It is poured with alcohol in a ratio of 1: 4, insist for 7 days in a dark place, then the sore spots are rubbed with the resulting tincture for a long time.

The best folk remedies for reducing blood clots, relieving cramps, strengthening the walls of veins and capillaries for varicose veins, are creams and ointments with extracts of hop cones, thyme, horsetail, red grape leaves and mint. The essential oils contained in it increase blood circulation in the veins and create a cooling effect. Productive treatment of varicose veins with excellent results is provided by such folk recipes for ointments.

1. Ointment of 200 gr. lard, 150 gr. resin bread, 150 gr. beeswax. In a water bath, all components are diluted and mixed, 20 g is slowly added to the resulting composition. propolis. After cooling, pour 2 tbsp. spoon of honey. When hot, the ointment is transferred to linen or gauze and the feet are wrapped overnight. Treatment gave results in the second week.
2. The ointment is prepared from 3 parts lard and 1 part pharmaceutical bile. It is applied in a thin layer to the places of varicose veins without rubbing.
3. Mix 0. 5 tsp. starch with 3 tsp. powdered chamomile flowers and 5 tsp. ground chestnuts. The resulting powder is poured with hot duck fat and the ointment is kept in a steam bath for 2 hours. Lubricate the varicose vein area in the morning and evening.
4. Mix one egg yolk, honey, vodka. The mixture is applied to the dilated veins, covered with polyethylene and wrapped warmly. The ointment is used at night for a month.

Such folk remedies for the treatment of varicose veins, such as decoctions, are used orally. At the same time, they not only have a local effect on the affected ducts, but also cleanse the blood, reduce its viscosity and thus increase its current. Here are some recipes.

1. Treatment of varicose veins with a decoction of thistle. The flowering tops of thistle are cut and placed in a bowl, poured with water and boiled. The resulting decoction is taken orally 40 drops for 14 days, then a break for 14 days and again a two -week course of administration. Treatment is carried out in three courses.
2. One tincture of 200 g of grated nutmeg and 1 liter of vodka aged for 12 days. Then the infusion is squeezed and filtered. Receipt of 15 drops 4 times a day. Varicose veins will stop bothering you.
3. Mix 4 parts horse chestnut flowers, 1 part fragrant bison, 2 parts yarrow, mint - 4, banana leaves - 2, hop cones - 2, lingonberry leaves - 2, chicory root - 4. 1 tbsp. l. mixture pour 300 ml. water to a boil and leave for 2 hours. Take half an hour before meals, 100 ml 4 times a day.

When diagnosing varicose veins, it is very useful to take folk remedies with blood-cleansing effect. A good decoction of verbena (not disease) is 3 tbsp. l. From the unpleasant cosmetic problems arising from varicose veins, such folk recipes will help get rid of.

1. In the morning and before bed, rub apple cider vinegar on varicose veins. The process is repeated for 2 - 3 weeks for 5 minutes.
2. 2. Compress for the night from a mixture of sour cream and fresh viburnum leaves ground into a porridge (ratio 2: 1). For 2 weeks.
3. 3. Perform a foot bath using an aqueous tincture of a mixture of oak bark and willow root (ratio 1: 5) before bed.

Home methods of treatment and prevention of varicose veins

Treatment of varicose veins at home should start with simple steps to maintain energy and foot health. Simple physical exercises in the morning strengthen the muscular corset, making the legs morestrong. Essential exercises: rolling a round object with your feet, "birch", "bike", lifting the legs straight and bent, walking on the inside and back of the feet, with the toes. You can improve the tone of the veins affected by varicose veins with the help of baths with different water temperatures. The legs are lowered alternately 15-20 times in a container filled with hot and cold water. At the end of the procedure, the foot is rubbed until redness appears. No worse than a massage, walking barefoot on the ground, gravel, water, dew, snow will relieve foot fatigue. Sea salt contains many trace elements that help in the treatment of varicose veins and improve the condition of blood vessels. 1 tablespoon of salt is added to 1 liter of warm water and a foot bath is prepared. In the resulting salt solution, you can also wet the gauze and wrap it around the calf muscles. The procedure time is 15-20 minutes. Varicose veins with cramps are eliminated by bathing decoctions of linden flowers and chamomile with honey. 2 tablespoons of herbs are poured with boiling water and infused for 10-15 minutes, then honey is added and the legs are lowered for 15-20 minutes. For the absorption of small blood clots in the veins, there is an excellent folk remedy - tincturehorse chestnut alcohol. 10 gr. chestnut peel insist on 100 gr. alcohol for a week, then take daily 15 minutes before meals, 40 drops 2 times a day. Course of treatment for 1. 5 months If there are early signs of varicose veins, it is recommended to wear special medical stockings, stockings, tights. By squeezing the muscles of the lower legs, they facilitate the return of blood to the heart and prevent the expansion of veins. When wearing compression underwear, you need to follow the rules clearly - without getting out of bed, lift your legs vertically and hold slightly, in the same position you need to pull the elastic underwear. If you lower your feet to the floor and only then wear underwear, then the condition of the venous valve will be improved, which means that the benefits of wearing will be reduced to zero. It should be understood that wearing anti-varicose underwear only stops varicose veins, and does not eliminate the disease. At any stage of varicose veins, the fight against constipation is highly relevant. Significant effort is applied during emptying, a heavy load on the lower limbs and varicose veins begin to develop. Simple folk remedies can and should get rid of it.

1. On an empty stomach, drink a glass of tomato juice with the addition of 1 tbsp. spoons of sunflower oil.
2. Gentle cleaning gives a kissel of flax: 0. 5 liters. water 2 tbsp. l. flax seeds. Boil until thick, drink a warm glass an hour before eating.
3. 1 teaspoon of nettle seed powder mixed with 1 tbsp. l. sunflower oil and eaten 3 times a day.

Using folk remedies for the treatment of varicose veins, you can reduce the painful symptoms of disease manifestations to a minimum. This treatment has several advantages:

• side effects are either minimal or non -existent;
• it is cheaper than drug treatment;
• the effects of the use of ointments, decoctions, lotions, etc. have been tested by several generations;
• general strengthening effect not only on the vessels, but also on the whole organism.

With complicated forms of manifestations of varicose veins, the use of only folk remedies is not enough. Neglected or acute venous disease conditions require conservative, medical, and in severe cases, surgical treatment. Today, the diagnosis of varicose veins is, fortunately, not a verse; its development can not only be slowed, but also successfully prevented, while preventing complications from occurring.