Treatment of spider veins with folk remedies
Content:
- Treatment of spider veins with garlic
- Vascular training
- Other traditional medicine recipes
- List of the healthiest foods
Treatment of spider veins with garlic
Spider veins appear on the skin due to various factors, among which the most important is age-related changes in the structure of blood vessels in the negative direction. Garlic is known in folk medicine for protecting the cardiovascular system. The active ingredients in this plant prevent the formation of deposits of low density lipoproteins (or "bad" cholesterol) on the walls of blood vessels, which occurs due to their oxidation by free radicals. The intensity of this oxidation is an indicator of the development of atherosclerosis. It has been scientifically proven that with regular consumption of garlic, the oxidation test results are significantly improved.
In addition, after eating garlic, there is an effect on other blood cells: the intensity of blood clots decreases and fibrinolysis is stimulated (their dissolution). This significantly reduces the risk of stroke and re-heart attack.
Thus, garlic can significantly slow down the development of systemic atherosclerosis, and in the absence of a predisposition to cardiovascular diseases, reduce the risk of their manifestation.
Another important factor in the development of telangiectasias is arterial hypertension. Garlic turns out to be useful in this case, and its effectiveness is much higher than that of motherwort, hawthorn and other herbal and fruit infusions, known as a means of lowering pressure. Many studies of the effect of garlic on hypertensive patients show that the constant use of preparations of this plant in capsules improves the performance of patients by an average of 8%, which corresponds to a decrease in pressure by 11/5 mm Hg. Unfortunately, in order to use this remedy, you must either be a big lover of garlic, or buy capsules, the quality of which has to be doubted.
It is impossible to officially prove that garlic is a good remedy for hypertension - in experiments, it shows results similar to placebo. But in scientific works, only the preparation of garlic is used, and not a fresh plant. And, as you know, the content of useful components in a fresh product is much richer both quantitatively and qualitatively.
Therefore, when choosing folk remedies for hypertension, it is worth stopping at garlic. Especially if the patient tolerates it well and is ready to take it three times a day. This will significantly reduce the proportion of medications used to normalize blood pressure.
Read more: Useful properties and uses of garlic
Universal recipe
As already mentioned, thanks to the unique plant bioactive components contained in garlic, cholesterol, "traveling" through the circulatory system, loses the ability to settle on the walls of blood vessels. Consequently, the body has the opportunity to filter it and remove it together with fatty acids through the bile ducts. Thus, the secretory function of the liver is stimulated, which prevents the development of adipose tissue around it.
To achieve a permanent effect, you need to take garlic regularly. But for a person living in society, such therapy is unacceptable. Preparations in capsules, most often, do not correspond to the natural complex of substances, therefore, they do not have the required effectiveness. But there is a way out, how to use a fresh natural product without repulsive aromatic special effects.
The recipe is very simple and is based on the dissolution of useful bioactive components in water:
- We take two cloves of garlic, cut into very thin slices and put in a glass of purified water;
- The tool is infused from evening to morning or from morning to evening.
The ready-made solution is drunk before meals twice a day (in the morning and in the evening), so the regimen is structured like this: they drank the medicine in the morning and immediately prepared an infusion for the evening -> drank in the evening and immediately prepared it for the morning, and so on.
After a month of daily use of this folk remedy, blood cholesterol levels are normalized, blood vessels and bile ducts are cleared, blood pressure decreases and the number of blood clots is significantly reduced.
Vascular training
One of the reliable ways that allows you to start treating spider veins is to train the vessels using various hardening methods. In this case, the procedures of a contrast shower and turpentine baths are recognized as quite effective.
Cold and hot shower
The classic type of temperature hardening, based on a sharp change in water temperature when taking a shower. It has one significant drawback in the form of discomfort and the application of significant volitional efforts, but the effectiveness of the method is much higher than when dousing rubdowns, etc.
To benefit from the stress that the body is exposed to during a contrast shower, you must follow these rules:
- To make the hardening process softer and safer, you need to start it in the warm season and in a healthy state of the body;
- A contrast shower is a medical procedure, not entertainment, so it must be taken regularly;
- During a contrast shower, the head remains outside the zone of water ingress;
- To have a healing effect, you need to achieve a significant temperature difference: hot water should be really hot, but not scalding, and cold water should be cold to goose bumps, and not cool.
- It is best to harden with a contrast shower in the morning, but it is better to go out after it after at least half an hour. Taking an evening shower can disrupt your normal sleep patterns.
To understand that the procedure has benefited your body, analyze your own feelings from it. If you feel a surge of good mood and positive energy, then you did everything right. Freezing of the limbs and chills indicate improper administration of a contrast shower.
Turpentine baths
Turpentine baths were invented thanks to the domestic scientist Zalmanov, who back in 1904 managed to emulsify (make it suitable for dissolution in water) turpentine. The medicinal substances obtained on its basis Zalmanov called yellow and white emulsions. Turpentine baths have become very popular, as the very first trials showed the significant health potential of this procedure.
Turpentine bath enhances blood flow throughout the body, restores strength and nutrition of organs, helping them to regenerate and independently overcome problems that the patient may not even be aware of.
Studies, the results of which were summed up in 1937, showed the ability of turpentine baths from a yellow emulsion not only to expand the lumen of blood vessels, but also to increase their number, and also to accelerate myocardial metabolism. Thanks to these effects, the endurance of the heart is increased and the likelihood of myocardial infarction is reduced by 30%. Also, with the help of turpentine baths, they achieve a decrease in the dosage of pharmaceutical preparations taken along the way by accelerating blood flow and metabolism.
Baths based on white emulsion successfully fight against such a common problem as impaired blood microcirculation. It significantly helps in the treatment of coronary artery disease, hypertension, vascular insufficiency of the extremities and atherosclerosis.
Find out more: Turpentine baths of Zalmanov at home
Other traditional medicine recipes for spider veins
- Green tomatoes. You need to take green tomatoes, cut them and place the incision on the reddened skin on the face. Only tomatoes must be taken green, not red, since green contains acid, which we just need. Compresses should be done for about 2-3 minutes, and after that it is necessary to anoint with cream, otherwise a burn may remain. The course of folk treatment for spider veins is 10 days.
- Apple cider vinegar for leg veins. It is necessary to lubricate the sore spot with apple cider vinegar 3 times a day for four weeks. By the end of this period, and maybe earlier, the veins will go back.
- Cabbage juice. The main task in the fight against spider veins is to strengthen the blood vessels. You will succeed if you provide yourself with three vitamins: these are P, K, C. Vitamin P works as an antioxidant: it protects our vessels from all the nasty things that enter our body, and thereby increases their elasticity. Vitamin K increases the strength of blood vessels and decreases their permeability. And we need vitamin C to create collagen, which repairs weakened capillaries. Juices containing these vitamins will help to solve the problem. The best juice is cabbage juice. If you don't like its taste, dilute it with carrot juice. By the way, you can use just carrot juice, but, unfortunately, it does not contain vitamin P. Plum juice from dark varieties, containing vitamins P and C, is also useful.
List of the healthiest foods
Food, which contains substances that protect tissues and cells from harmful factors and regenerating damage, helps to increase the elasticity of blood vessels. The following products have these properties:
- Apples help blood vessels thanks to pectins and fiber, rich in vitamins; on the one hand, the vessels are cleared of harmful substances, on the other, their walls are strengthened and the nutrition of the muscular membrane is improved;
- Olive oil is one of the plant foods that contain fatty acids needed to increase the elasticity of the vascular walls;
- Spinach in large quantities contains potassium and folic acid, which reduce pressure on blood vessels;
- Chickpeas are rich in mineral compounds, among which iron, which improves hematopoietic function, and molybdenum, which controls glucose levels, which are beneficial for the cardiovascular system, which prevent diabetes mellitus;
- Grapefruit, like apples, is very rich in pectins; in addition, it also contains magnesium, which strengthens the heart muscle;
- Pomegranate is widely known for its beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system: expanding the lumen of blood vessels, improving blood circulation and removing cholesterol.
- When pressed on a screw juicer, grape seeds give irreplaceable juice, rich in resveratrol, a unique active substance that increases the hemoglobin content in the blood;
- The body needs beet tops due to the presence of carotenoids, pectin substances and choline in it, which reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, thrombosis and liver problems;
- Green tea thins the blood, which prevents the formation of blood clots, and stimulates the excretory function, it helps to remove metabolites from the circulatory system;
- Tomatoes are a source of the unique antioxidant lycopene, known for its cancer-fighting properties;
- Garlic removes toxins, disinfects the digestive and circulatory systems, and also helps to reduce blood pressure;
- Red and saltwater fish are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for blood vessels to fully regenerate and maintain elasticity.
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
