Prevention and treatment of varicose veins

Varicose veins are the scourge of our time. Many people suffer from this insidious disease. At the initial stage, varicose veins - bulging veins on the legs - are considered a simple cosmetic defect, and they make a huge mistake. Because with each passing day, the course of varicose veins worsens, legs begin to swell, blood flow is disrupted, veins become deformed, weaken. How to avoid such conditions and how can you effectively combat varicose veins?

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Contrast baths to relieve stress on your legs

Legs experience enormous loads during the day, they carry the weight of the entire body. And if a person is overweight, the load on the legs increases significantly. Let's unload the legs with water procedures. Especially if the vascular network is already clearly visible on the legs - it first appears in the popliteal hollow.

To improve the tone of blood vessels, you need to take a contrast shower or contrast foot baths. First, pour cold water over your feet, then hot water - alternate 3 times. This procedure not only relieves stress on the legs, but also improves blood circulation in the legs and throughout the body. Contrast baths can be used for the same purpose. Use an elastic bandage

If varicose veins are still at an early stage, you need to use an elastic bandage to support the vessels. It is still too early to wear elastic tights or socks, but an elastic bandage will do just fine. It can be tubular - such a bandage is sold in a pharmacy. The bandage should be applied to the knee area and worn without removing it all day. At night before going to bed, you need to remove the bandage and throw your legs above the heart area. This will relieve them, improve blood flow and activate it.

If you use such procedures every day, varicose veins will not bother you for a long time, since you are doing everything to save your precious veins.

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Learning to do self-massage

This is a very good means of both preventing and treating varicose veins. Of course, self-massage alone is not enough to treat varicose veins. Complex therapy is needed. But this step alone is a big step towards success in treating varicose veins. So, let's start with the thigh muscles. Stroke the leg with your fingers starting from the knee joint towards the groin. Pretend to wring out the skin like underwear. This way the leg muscles are stretched.

Then we work with the knee joint. We knead it with the pads of our fingers in a circle, then we move on to kneading in a straight line and in a spiral. We press the hollow under the knee several times with our fists, but not too hard, so as not to damage the veins. Then we massage the hollow in a circular motion. This will well disperse the blood in the veins, make the veins more passable, and the blood flow more active. In addition, you will feel much more cheerful.

The second option of self-massage

Lie down on your back and bend your legs at the knees. By stroking the outer and inner parts of your shins, you knead the muscles of your shins and improve blood flow in this area. You need to knead the muscles by shaking them with your hands. Then you can start self-massaging your toes.

Rub the sole of each foot and ankle from the bottom up. Then massage the heel and sole with circular movements, vigorously rub the foot and ankle with your hands. Then, using stroking movements, you can stroke the entire foot from bottom to top. You can start from the foot itself to the top of the thighs. For this massage complex, 3-4 repetitions will be enough, and your veins and legs will always be in order.

Just don't be lazy to do this massage every day. If during self-massage you are bothered by pain in your limbs, in any part of your legs, then something is wrong with your health. You need to consult a doctor.

Garlic Therapy

Garlic not only drives away evil spirits, but also disperses blood and treats varicose veins. Garlic is good because it strengthens blood vessels. Garlic juice is good as a bactericide that fights pathogenic bacteria and microbes.

Thanks to zinc, selenium, aluminum and germanium, which are contained in garlic, they help the blood vessels become stronger, the walls of the blood vessels become more elastic, garlic also tones the blood vessels and the entire body well.

Garlic is an excellent remedy for dissolving fibrin, a protein substance that has the ability to form blood clots. And blood clots are very dangerous for humans, having broken away from the vascular walls, a blood clot can lead to blood flow blockage and even death. The substance eichoen, which is part of garlic, effectively reduces inflammation of the vascular walls, since it acts like an antipyretic.

Effective garlic tincture

You need 350 grams of garlic for this tincture. Take peeled garlic cloves, cut them finely and crush them with a garlic press. Or you can do it with a pestle in a small vessel (just not a metal one, the garlic oxidizes there).

Let this garlic gruel stand in a dark place for 1-2 hours. Then measure out 200 grams of this gruel and add the same amount of alcohol. Cover the container with a lid and leave it in a dark, cool place, but not too cold.

Let the tincture sit there for 10 days. After this period, squeeze the garlic pulp through a natural cloth (cotton, linen, gauze) and leave it to infuse again, but this time for only 2 hours. This pulp should be drunk according to the following scheme 30 minutes before meals and washed down with water or milk.

1. First day – 1 drop of garlic for breakfast, 2 drops for lunch, 3 drops for dinner.
2. Second day – 4 drops for breakfast, 5 drops for lunch, 6 drops for dinner.
3. Day 3 – 7 drops for breakfast, 8 drops for lunch, 9 drops for dinner.
4. Day 4 – 10 drops for breakfast, 11 drops for lunch, 12 drops for dinner.
5. Day 5 – 13 drops for breakfast, 14 drops for lunch, 15 drops for dinner.
6. Day 6 - 15 drops of garlic for breakfast, 14 drops for lunch and 15 drops for dinner.
7. Day 7 – 12 drops for breakfast, 11 drops for lunch, 10 drops for dinner.
8. Day 8 – 9 drops for breakfast, 8 drops for lunch, 7 drops for dinner.
9. Day nine – 6 drops for breakfast, 5 drops for lunch, 4 drops for dinner.
10. Day 10 – 3 drops for breakfast, 2 drops for lunch, 1 drop for dinner.

If you have conscientiously followed the entire scheme, your vessels will become much stronger. But you will probably have some garlic tincture left. Should you really throw it away? Of course not, especially since this tincture becomes stronger and more effective every day.

You need to drink 25 drops of the tincture three times a day until the tincture runs out. This will significantly strengthen the walls of the vessels and effectively combat varicose veins. This is an excellent vascular cleansing that can be practiced every year.

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Varicose Vein Prevention with Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar is great for fighting varicose veins. But it should be natural. You need to wipe the entire area of your legs where the veins are with this vinegar. And do this in the morning and in the evening. But that's not all. To get rid of varicose veins, you need to drink 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar diluted in one glass of water. This will provide the vessels and blood with an acidic environment, which is very good for preventing venous pathologies. The fact is that vessels tend to deform and collapse under the influence of alkali. Apple cider vinegar counteracts this process. In addition, it tones the internal organs and tissues.

Under the influence of apple cider vinegar, veins will no longer swell, they will not show through the skin, they will move a little deeper, their walls will be able to contract better, pumping blood. Legs will look much more beautiful, without bluish strings. In order for apple cider vinegar to have its wonderful cosmetic effect on the condition of the legs, a person will need a month of constant work on himself and his health. But the result, of course, is worth it.

But it is necessary to take into account that this method works best at the first stage of varicose veins development, that is, at the very beginning of the disease. When varicose veins are already progressing, apple cider vinegar will not be able to perform a miracle - perhaps surgery or laser therapy will help. But apple cider vinegar can help at the stage of varicose veins, when cramps occur in the limbs or shins, especially at night. You need to make an ointment from it.

Apple Cider Vinegar Ointment Recipe

For the ointment you will need 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, 1 raw egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of turpentine. This ointment should be rubbed into the skin of the legs every evening for a month. The condition of the legs will improve significantly, and cramps will stop bothering you.

Honey against varicose veins

Honey is a wonderful universal natural substance that helps a person cope with many diseases. As it turns out, with varicose veins too. One of the very useful properties of honey is the ability to store minerals and vitamins that enter the human body with food.

To strengthen the blood vessels and their walls, you need to take 2 teaspoons of honey before each breakfast for two months. This will nourish the walls of the blood vessels and make them more elastic. Honey has a particularly good effect on the calf muscle, eliminating cramps and spasms of this muscle, which is important for movement.

Bath against varicose veins

A bathhouse is a very good way to strengthen blood vessels, cleanse the skin, and harden. After a bathhouse, a person feels younger and happier. And gymnastics will complete the process.

True, due to the large temperature difference, a bathhouse can be recommended to patients with varicose veins only at the beginning of the disease. Then - at the third and fourth stages of varicose veins, when the veins on the legs are clearly visible, when they are swollen and covered with nodules, it is better not to go to the bathhouse, otherwise instead of benefit you can harm the body - damage the vessels even more.

To properly approach strengthening blood vessels in the bathhouse, you need to stay in the steam room for the first time for no longer than 6 minutes. You should wear a hat on your head - a special bath cap or a towel tied with a turban. After leaving the steam room, you need to wash yourself with cold water and spend 10 minutes in a room with a normal temperature.

If you sit in the steam room for too long, your veins may swell and your blood flow may be disrupted. This can lead to weakness and even loss of consciousness.

The second visit to the steam room can take 7-8 minutes. You should definitely ask a bathhouse expert or a bathhouse attendant to steam you with a broom. The leaves for the broom are selected individually - it can be oak, birch, aspen or eucalyptus, whatever. The broom will help improve the functioning of the respiratory system, if you steam correctly, the skin will release toxins and other harmful substances along with sweat.

After the second visit, you need to leave the steam room and massage your legs for 15-20 minutes. This can be self-massage or massage with the help of a specialist. Finish the bath procedures with a hot shower. Or a contrast shower to perk up. Visiting the bath once a week for two to three months will harden the blood vessels and significantly reduce the manifestations of varicose veins.

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