This insidious varicose veins. How to treat at home?
Loss of elasticity of the walls of the subcutaneous veins, thatleads to the formation of nodes on their different sites - it's varicose. How to treat this disease at home and can it be avoided? This issue is relevant for 40% of the population. This ailment is accompanied by a violation of blood flow and the work of the valves and leads to the formation of blood clots.
Nowadays, there are many theories related to why varicose veins occur. The main of them are:
- hormonal changes: have a strong effect on the vascular system;
- obesity: increased load on the lower limbs, which leads to the development of this disease;
- pregnancy: there are hormonal changes, and the load on the entire body in general and especially on the legs;
Also I would like to note that the way of life alsois of great importance in the development of this disease. Stress and strain on the feet during the day, tight underwear, high heels, and, as a result, varicose veins, at home which is difficult to heal.
Symptoms of varicose veins
The initial symptoms of varicose veins are the appearance ofsmall sosudarbs on the surface of the skin, pain and heaviness in the legs (which is most often manifested after sufficiently strong physical exertion), swelling of the lower extremities.
Treatment of varicose veins
If you already know what varicose is, howtreat this illness at home, we will tell you. With varicose veins, it is recommended to wear special elastic bandages and underwear. Also in the fight against this disease can help and training, such as swimming, walking. But do not forget that exercise with a load on your legs is a taboo in this disease.
Varicosity: how to treat at home 
If your illness is at an early stage andDo not have the status of a chronic disease, you can do therapy yourself. Home treatment of varicose veins may take a little longer than surgical or medication, but it is more sparing for our body. So, the people's means:
- When varicose veins are often used infusion of nettles dried. To do this, for 30 minutes, insist the leaves of this plant, filter and take three times a day for a third of the glass.
- In the fight against varicose veins, applevinegar. It can be taken orally: a glass of water takes 2 teaspoons of the substance, stirs well and drinks. At one time you can drink 2-3 cups of this mixture. You can also use this vinegar to wipe the problem areas of the skin.
- Fresh potatoes - this is another helper in the fightwith such a disease as varicose veins. How to treat this disease with the help of tubers at home? It's very simple: potatoes need to be grated. Making it a gruel, we place this mixture in gauze and apply it to problem areas, it is very effective for ulcers caused by varicose veins.
- When thrombophlebitis use tincture from the flowers of white acacia, with its help the problem areas are lubricated.
- The leaves of the Kalanchoe will also come to our aid. Apply the most commonly tincture from this plant. For its preparation, a 0.5 liter bottle is taken, filled with cut Kalanchoe leaves and filled with alcohol. Infuse the mixture for a week in a place where direct sunlight does not penetrate, after which the liquid is filtered. It is ready for use. Most often, it is used when rubbing the lower extremities.
- A leaf of white cabbage, which is discarded, tooA good helper in the fight against varicose veins. Lubricate one side of it with vegetable oil, apply to the affected area and fix, for example, with a bandage, we go with such a compress day.
- Antonov's apples are another tool in the fight againstvaricose veins. We take 3 apples. We cut them and put them in a saucepan. Fill with 1 liter. boiling water, close the lid and leave to infuse for 4 hours under the blanket. Then, without removing the apples from the pan, we knead them, turning them into gruel. We strain the resulting mixture through gauze and take this infusion together with honey (for 50 ml a teaspoon of honey) in the morning or before going to bed.
- Chopped bark hazel: a tablespoon of raw material is poured into 500 ml. boiling water and cooked for 10 minutes on fire, then filtered.
- Green walnuts (immature) are placed in a jar, poured with olive oil and insist 40 days in the sun. With the prepared mixture, we lubricate the sore spots.
- Spirituous tincture from the herb rue, which is infused for 10 days in a dark place, is taken 10 drops, diluted in a liquid, three times a day.
- In the fight against varicose veins, a tomato will also help: cut into lobules and apply to the affected areas, hold to wilting, then change the slices.
- Fill the half-liter bottle with birch buds (3/4 of the capacity) and fill it with vodka. Lubricate this tincture of the place where there is pain.
Diet for varicose veins
It is impossible not to mention that effectivea means to combat varicose veins is a diet. Very useful in this disease is its fruit variants or on the basis of juices lasting 7-8 days. Also do not forget to exclude from your diet alcoholic beverages, coffee, strong tea and starch.
Therapeutic baths for varicose veins
Varicose veins are very effectivemedicinal baths with the use of decoctions from such medicinal plants as chamomile, oak bark, string, etc. Addition of sea salt and essential oils to water is not out of place.
Therapeutic exercises with varicose veins
With varicose veins, light physical exercises will be superfluous, but do not forget that heavy loads on the lower limbs with such a disease are inappropriate.
